Competition Terms and Conditions for Defence24 Competitions
(hereinafter referred to as the “Competition Terms and Conditions”)

§1 General Provisions

1. These terms and conditions set out the framework for conducting all competitions (hereinafter referred to as the “Competition” or “Competitions”) organized by the Organizer referred to in paragraph 2 below, through various communication channels, including in particular through the websites of the Defence24 media group (Defence24.pl, Energetyka24.com, CyberDefence24.pl, InfoSecurity24.pl, Space24.pl), social media channels, including in particular Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram (hereinafter referred to as the “Communication Channel” or collectively as the “Communication Channels”).
2. The organizer of the Competitions is DEFENCE24 Sp. z o.o., with its registered office in Warsaw (00-872), ul. Foksal 18, 00-372 Warsaw, entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs kept by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court Register, under KRS number: 0000427851, NIP: 1132857583, REGON: 146224999 (hereinafter referred to as the “Organizer”).
3. The Competition may be organized under the patronage of or in cooperation with another entity (hereinafter referred to as the “Co-organizer”).
4. Competitions are organized and conducted on the territory of the Republic of Poland.
5. Competitions are organized and conducted by means of competition posts published in the Communication Channels (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Post” or collectively as “Competition Posts”).
6. Detailed rules for conducting a specific Competition will be specified in the Competition Post, including in particular:
a) the subject/course/purpose of the Competition,
b) the duration of the Competition,
c) the date and manner of announcing the winner(s) (hereinafter referred to as the “Prize” or “Prizes”),
d) prizes (including the number and type of prizes, including for specific places), hereinafter referred to as “Prize” or “Prizes,”
e) rules for awarding Prizes,
f) method of delivering Prizes.
7. The Organizer may decide to specify detailed terms and conditions for conducting a specific Competition in a separate document, the link to which will be included in the Competition Post.
8. Competition Posts will contain a link to these Competition Terms and Conditions.

§2 Participation in the Competition

1. Participation in the Competition is voluntary.
2. A Competition participant may be a natural person who, at the time of entering the Competition, is of legal age and has full legal capacity.
3. Persons without full legal capacity, including minors, may participate in the Competition only with the consent of their legal representative, unless otherwise stated in the Competition Post.
4. The following persons may not participate in the Competitions:
a) employees or associates of the Organizer, Co-organizer, or Sponsor, or entities that are capital-related to the aforementioned parties,
b) other individuals involved in organizing the Competition,
c) closest family members of the persons referred to point a) and b) above (spouse, ascendant, descendant, relative in the same line or degree, person in an adoptive relationship and their spouse, or a person in a cohabiting relationship).
5. Participation in a Competition shall be effective upon the submission of an Entry in the manner specified in the Competition Post (hereinafter referred to as the “Entry”), unless otherwise stated in the Competition Post . The Entry requires providing contact details including: first and last name, date of birth, address of residence, address for service in Poland, contact telephone number, and e-mail address. For a specific Competition, the Organizer may define detailed rules and requirements regarding the Competition Entry.
6. Entry into the Competition requires:
a) a statement by the Participant that they have read and accepted the Competition Terms and Conditions.
b) the Participant’s consent to the processing of their personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act for the purposes specified in the Competition Terms and Conditions.
7. By entering a Competition, the Participant agrees to participate on the terms set out in the Competition Terms and Conditions and the Competition Post.
8. By submitting an Entry, the Participant authorizes the Organizer to publish their personal data (first and last name or first name and initial of last name, place of residence) on the Communication Channels, in particular for the purpose of announcing the Winners by publishing their names on the Publication Channels.
9. The rights arising from participation in the Competition shall not be transferred to a third party by the Participant.

§3 Rules for Determining the Winner

1. The Winner(s) shall be selected by the Organizer based on the criteria specified in the Competition Post related to a given Competition.
2. Only Participants who submitted valid Entries, including the required consents, may be selected as Winners.
3. The winners of the Competition shall be individually notified of their victory and the Prize received via any chosen means of communication, unless otherwise specified in the Competition Post. In particular, the Organizer may stipulate that the announcement of the Winner or Winners of the Contest shall be made by means publishing their first and last names or first names and initials along with their places of residence in the Communication Channels.

§4 Prizes

1. The number and type of Prizes will be specified in the Competition Post.
2. If the Prize is funded by an entity other than the Organizer (the “Sponsor”), this information shall be indicated in the Competition Post.
3. Receipt of a Prize is conditional on compliance with the Competition Terms and Conditions.
4. The Winner may not reserve the Prize’s properties, exchange it, or receive a cash equivalent.
5. Prizes will be delivered by the Organizer via courier, postal service, or via email correspondence sent to the address provided in the Entry, no later than within 30 (thirty) days from the date the Winner is informed of their win or the announcement of the Winners of the given Competition in the Communication Channels, to the address indicated in the Entry.
6. In the event that the Prize dispatched to the Winner is returned to the sender, i.e., the Organizer, the Organizer shall retain the Prize for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of its return. Within this period, the Winner may collect the Prize in person at the Organizer’s registered office or contact the Organizer to request redelivery. Any costs incurred in connection with the redelivery of the Prize shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner.
7. If the Winner does not collect the Prize in accordance with the rules specified in paragraph 6 above, the Winner’s right to the Prize shall expire, and the Prize shall remain at the Organizer’s disposal.

§5 Liability

1. The Organizer shall not be held liable for any delay in the execution, improper performance, or non-performance of the Competition resulting from circumstances beyond the Organizer’s control, including but not limited to technical malfunctions of the Communication Channels, internet connectivity issues, or events of force majeure.
2. The Organizer shall not be held liable for any inability to participate in the Contest due to circumstances not attributable to the Organizer, including, without limitation, technical difficulties experienced by the Participant, such as the inability to submit a Competition Entry or to timely perform the task constituting the subject of the Competition.
3. The Organizer shall not be held liable for the submission of incorrect or incomplete contact details in the Competition Entry.

§6 Ownership and Copyright

1. In the event that submission of a work within the meaning of the Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (hereinafter referred to as the “Work”) is required along with the Entry to the Competition, the Participant shall be obliged to consent to the gratuitous transfer of economic copyright, including derivative rights, to the submitted Work in favor of the Organizer, unless the Organizer decides otherwise. Such consent shall be expressed by the Participant by signing the Agreement on the Transfer of Economic Copyright, which constitutes an annex to the Competition Post relating to the specific Competition.
2. In the event that a Work is submitted together with the Entry, the Participant shall be required to grant a royalty-free license to the Work, unless the Organizer decides otherwise. The consent referred to in the preceding sentence shall be expressed by signing the License Agreement by the Participant, which constitutes an annex to the Contest Post related to the specific Contest.
3. In the situation described in paragraph 1 above, upon delivery of the Work to the Organizer, the ownership of the Work (including any copies and media on which the Work is recorded) shall be transferred to the Organizer.
4. By submitting the Work to the Organizer, the Participant represents and warrants that they hold exclusive and unrestricted proprietary and personal copyrights to the submitted Entry and that the Entry does not infringe upon the rights or personal interests of any third parties.
5. The Organizer shall not be held liable for any infringement of third-party copyrights.
6. The Participant shall indemnify and hold the Organizer harmless from any liability towards third parties arising from any infringement of rights or personal interests and shall cover any damages incurred by the Organizer in connection with third-party claims related to the Work.

§7 Complaint Procedure

1. A Participant may submit a complaint within 14 days from the date of the occurrence giving rise to the complaint, provided that such complaint is submitted no later than 14 days following the conclusion of the Contest.
2. Complaints may be submitted by the Participant via email to [email protected] or in writing, including by registered mail, to the registered office address of the Organizer.
3. The complaint must include the Participant’s full name, address, and a description of the complaint (including the grounds therefor) together with a justification.
4. Complaints shall be reviewed and resolved within 14 days from the date of receipt by the Organizer.

§8 Personal Data Protection

1. With regard to personal data protection, the Privacy Policy available on the website www.defence24.pl(hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”) shall apply, taking into account the provisions of this Framework Rules.
2. The data controllers are the Organizer, in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Policy and these Framework Rules.
3. A Data Protection Officer has been appointed for the entire Defence24 Group. This is the person to be contacted in all matters related to the processing of personal data and the exercise of rights related thereto, at the following contact details:
Correspondence address:
Defence24 – Data Protection Officer
ul. Foksal 18, 00–372 Warsaw, Poland
Email: [email protected]
4. The provision of personal data is voluntary; however, it is a necessary condition for submitting an Entry and participating in the Competition.
5. Personal data shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation – “GDPR”) for the following purposes:
a) to organize and conduct the Competition, including the transfer of the Prize the Winner (pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR),
b) for marketing, analytics, archiving, and statistical purposes (pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR),
c) for the potential establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, on the basis of the legitimate interests of the Organizer (pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR),
d) to fulfil tax obligations and maintain accounting records related to the handling of Competition Winners (pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) GDPR).
6. Personal data of Competition Participants shall be processed by the Organizer for the period during which claims related to the execution of the Contest may be pursued and until the expiry of the statute of limitations for tax obligations with respect to the purposes referred to in section 5(c) above.
7. The Participant has the following rights with respect to the processing of their personal data by the Organizer:
a) the right to access their data,
b) the right to rectify their data,
c) the right to restrict processing,
d) the right to erasure (the “right to be forgotten”) in cases provided for by law; in particular, the Competition Participant may not exercise this right if the period during which claims related to the Contest may be pursued has not yet expired,
e) the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (President of the Personal Data Protection Office).
8. No automated decision-making will be carried out based on the Competition Participant’s personal data. The data will not be subject to profiling.

§9 Final Provisions

The Terms and Conditions are available on the websites of the Defence24 media group (Defence24.pl, Energetyka24.com, CyberDefence24.pl, InfoSecurity24.pl, Space24.pl).
1. The Organizer reserves the right to amend the Terms and Conditions at any time by publishing the amended version thereof.
2. In matters not regulated by these Competition Terms and Conditions or the Competition Post, the provisions of the Civil Code shall apply.