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GitHub Education Student Developer Pack 10th Anniversary Random Prize Draw Terms and Conditions

  1. Promoter The promoter of this prize draw is GitHub Education, a division of GitHub, Inc., located at 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

  2. Eligibility

The prize draw is open to former and current verified registered students of GitHub Education who are at least 13 years old.

  • Participants under 18 years must have parental or guardian consent to enter.
  • Employees of GitHub, Microsoft, their immediate families, and anyone otherwise connected with the organization are not eligible to enter.
  • The prize draw is void in countries where such promotions are prohibited by law. This includes, but is not limited to, the following countries:
    • Belgium
    • Poland
    • Sweden
    • Cuba
    • Malaysia
    • Brunei
    • Bangladesh
    • Any other country where local laws prohibit free entry random prize draws.
  1. Entry Period
  • The entry period begins on August 1, 2024 11:59 PM EST and ends on August 19, 2024, at 11:59 PM EST.
  1. How to Enter
  • To enter, participants must visit the designated forum discussion, share their story about how the Student Developer Pack has helped them in their learning or achieving their goals, and optionally link to a repository or project.
  • Entries must be original and not generated entirely by AI tools. AI tools may be used for grammar and spelling checks only.
  1. Free Entry
  • Participation in the prize draw is free, and no purchase is necessary to enter or win.
  1. Parental/Guardian Consent
  • If you are under 18 years old, you must have parental or guardian consent to enter the prize draw. By entering, you confirm that you have obtained such consent.
  1. Selection of Winners
  • Up to 10 winners will be selected at random from all eligible entries between August 20 and August 23, 2024.
  • The draw will be conducted using a verifiably random process under the supervision of an independent person or by an independent entity.
  1. Notification of Winners
  • Winners will be notified via the email associated with their GitHub account by August 30, 2024.
  • Winners must respond to the notification email within 7 days to claim their prize. Failure to respond within this period may result in forfeiture of the prize, and GitHub Education reserves the right to select an alternative winner.
  1. Prizes
  • Each winner will receive GitHub swag, which may include items such as T-shirts, stickers, or other branded merchandise.
  • Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternative is available.
  • GitHub Education reserves the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
  1. Data Protection
  • Participants' personal data will be used solely for the purposes of administering the prize draw and in accordance with GitHub's privacy policy.
  1. General Conditions
  • GitHub Education reserves the right to cancel or amend the prize draw and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside GitHub Education's control.
  • GitHub Education is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any participant by any third party connected with this prize draw.
  1. Governing Law
  • This prize draw and these terms and conditions will be governed by the laws of the country where the participant resides, provided that such laws do not conflict with the laws of the United States. Any disputes will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the country of the participant's residence.
  1. Limitation of Liability
  • By entering, participants agree to release and hold harmless GitHub Education, GitHub, Inc., and Microsoft from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant's participation in the prize draw and/or their acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof.
  1. Sponsor
  • The prize draw is sponsored by GitHub Education.

For further information or any questions regarding the prize draw, please contact [[email protected]].