Regulation

HIRO: DESIGN IN SIGHT

Event excluded from the rules on prize competitions pursuant to Article 6.1 letter a) of Presidential Decree 430/2001

ART.1. PROMOTING COMPANY (HEREINAFTER ALSO REFERRED TO AS “PROMOTER”)

The promoting company is Hiro Srl Via dell'Artigianato 6/8, 37030 Badia Calavena (VR) VAT number 04470670235 Verona Registry Office, REA VR – 423099

ART. 2. SUBJECT OF THE CONTEST

The object of the Contest is the creation of a photograph dedicated to the furnishing of homes with products marketed by Hiro Srl,

ART.3. DURATION OF THE CONTEST

The Contest runs from 12/03/2024 at 11:59 PM until 21 April 2024 at 11:59 PM.

ART.4. RECIPIENTS

Creatives from all over Italy, including but not limited to illustrators, designers, and visual artists, whether professionals, non-professionals, or students, may participate in the Contest, provided they are of legal age at the time of registration for the Contest (hereinafter, the Participant).

It is hereby acknowledged that participation in the Contest, in addition to acceptance of the rules and the related privacy policy, implies acceptance of the publication of the winner's name on the Promoter's social media channels and website. The Promoter will publish all news, information, and images regarding the Contest and the final result on the website https://hiro.design/pages/hiro-design-in-vista as well as on its social media pages. Participation is free.

ART. 5 TERRITORY

The entire Italian territory.

ART. 6 PUBLICITY OF THE EVENT

Contest advertising will strictly comply with these rules and will be distributed via the hiro.design website, social networks, influencers, the press, newsletters, social media, and generally online and offline. The complete rules will be available on the hiro.design website and related subdomains at https://hiro.design/pages/regolamento .

ART. 7 COMPLIANCE

This event is excluded from the rules governing prize competitions pursuant to Article 6.1, letter a) of Presidential Decree 430/2001. By participating in the Contest, Participants unconditionally and fully accept these rules.

ART. 8 PARTICIPATION MECHANICS

Through the Contest, the Participant will be able to demonstrate his talent in showing an original and engaging photographic composition relating to home furnishings.

Participation in “The Event” requires the “Participants” to submit a photo on their personal Instagram profile.

To finalize your application, the following steps are required:

The Participant clicks on the registration landing page link shown on the social channels (url: https://hiro.design/pages/hiro-design-in-vista ) and enter the required information (name, surname, date of birth, email address), where they will upload their photograph and flag the mandatory consent to the rules and related privacy policy. After registering, the Participant must:

a. follow the Instagram page @Hiro_Your_Design (https://www.instagram.com/hiro_your_design) by clicking the “follow” button on the profile;

b. have a public profile (required to be able to re-share content);

c. publish a photo on your feed according to the characteristics specified below:

  • the photo must feature at least 1 Hiro product presented in a domestic context;
  • the photo must be clear, with correct focus and a resolution sufficient to be viewed on smartphones and tablets;
  • no people's faces must appear in the photo;
  • the image must not feature iconic objects from competing companies (furniture, accessories and homeware manufacturers) or objects with recognizable brands;
  • tag the “Company” profile in the post, i.e. @hiro_your_design;
  • insert the hashtags #HiroDesign #HiroMDW24 #HiroDesignInVista into the text of the post;

d. reshare the post on your stories;

Failure to comply with the specifications will make participation in the Contest impossible.

ART. 9 COPYRIGHT AND PUBLICATION

The Participant guarantees that the content provided is original and exclusive and that in creating it he/she has not used material covered by copyright or third parties, nor minors and/or other third-party brand products or third-party brand logos, indemnifying the Promoter Company from any liability in this regard, including from any claims asserted by third parties. The intellectual property rights of the creations created by the Participant are transferred to the Promoter Company definitively and exclusively for the purposes of this contest and promotional purposes. The Winner authorizes the Promoter Company and its third parties to acquire, use, publish, and disseminate the photographs produced, without limitations of format (website, website, social networks, brochures), time, or space, in Italy and abroad, with any and all rights to adapt, modify, or edit as deemed necessary and appropriate. The photographic material will be used for promotional purposes. The Promoter Company acquires all rights arising from and consequent upon the photographic material thus produced, such as: the right to publish; the right to reproduce in any manner or form; the right to transcribe, edit, adapt, process, and reduce; the right to communicate and distribute to the public, including the rights to screen, broadcast, and disseminate, including in summarized and/or abridged versions, by any technical means; and the right to retain copies of the materials, including in electronic form and on any technological medium, with the broadest economic exploitation rights legally due. The Winner declares that he or she has no claim against the Promoter for any damage to his or her name or image that may arise from any detrimental use thereof by third parties. The right to use the above photographs is free of charge, with the express waiver of any financial claims in this regard.

ART. 10 JURY AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE WORKS

The Jury will meet on April 23, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., either remotely or in person. It will consist of three members, including the CEO of Hiro Srl, the art director, and an interior designer. They will also include any substitutes in the event the designated juror is unavailable. The Jury is made up of respected experts in the design field.

The papers will be evaluated according to the following criteria with a score from 0 to 10 for each criterion.

  1. ORIGINALITY
  2. IMAGE QUALITY
  3. QUALITY OF CONTENT AND FORM
  4. ABILITY TO EVOKE CORPORATE IDENTITY

    The score obtained is equal to the sum of the scores obtained in each individual criterion assigned by each juror. A ranking will be created with first, second, and third place awarded. The jury reserves the right to award additional honorable mentions to other participants.

    ART. 11 PRIZE

    The prize consists of the awarding of 1 (one) voucher to the 3 winners, spendable on the website of the promoting company for a period of 6 months, with the following value:

    For the first place winner, a voucher for a purchase worth 500 euros

    For the second place winner, a voucher for a purchase worth 200 euros

    For the third place winner, a voucher for a purchase worth 100 euros

    The Participant acknowledges and accepts that the Voucher cannot be used partially and in the event of choosing a product whose value does not reach the threshold of the voucher held, the same cannot be refunded or used for another purchase.

    ART.12 METHOD OF NOTIFICATION OF THE WIN

    The winner chosen by the Jury will be notified via a message on their Instagram account along with the release form or by email. If they accept the prize, the winner must complete and sign the prize acceptance/refusal release form in its entirety, attaching a copy of a valid ID. If the winner expressly declines the prize, it will be forfeited to the Promoter, who reserves the right to refuse it at their sole discretion.

    It should be noted that:

    - The win cannot be confirmed if the information on the identity document sent by the winner does not match the information entered during registration;

    - The prize cannot be confirmed if the winner is a minor;

    - In the event that the winner does not follow the instructions received within the time and manner received, the Contest prize will be considered invalid upon the expiration of the Contest.

    ART.13 MODIFICATION OF THE TERMS OF USE

    Any changes or additions to these rules made by the Promoter will be communicated to consumers through appropriate information notices or through any other means the Promoter reserves the right to decide. The Promoter declares, in any case, that any changes will not affect the rights acquired by Participants in the prize competition.

    ART. 14 DATA PROCESSING

    In compliance with the provisions of EU Regulation no. 679/2016, as Data Controller, Hiro srl hereby provides the necessary information regarding the purposes and methods of processing personal data, the nature of the data, and its provision.

    1. Purpose of the processing

    The data will be processed for the following purposes:

    Purposes related to the Promotion. The legal basis for the aforementioned processing is the consent you freely provide.

    Marketing purposes. The legal basis for the aforementioned processing is the consent you freely provide.

    2. Methods of processing

    The processing will be carried out using electronic and paper-based tools by persons specifically appointed for this purpose, in order to guarantee maximum security and confidentiality of the data.

    3. Scope of communication and dissemination

    Your data, subject to processing, will and/or may subsequently be communicated:

    - to any Data Processors appointed to carry out activities related to the Contest, including accounting, tax, and administrative management related to the Contest; and to provide cloud services used by the Data Controller for the electronic storage of documents.

    - to external collaborators who have been entrusted with the execution of all or part of the processing in question;

    - to public entities in compliance with legal obligations;

    Any further communication or dissemination will only occur with your explicit consent.

    4. Duration of treatment

    The Personal Data provided by the interested party will be processed for the time strictly necessary to fulfill the obligations arising from the Contest and therefore for the entire duration of the Contest. After this period, in accordance with the principle of necessity, the personal data collected will be processed and retained only for the period strictly necessary to fulfill legal obligations in tax, fiscal, and civil matters, including to protect the right to credit arising from the contract pursuant to the statute of limitations.

    5. Rights of the interested party

    As a data subject, you have the right to exercise the rights provided for in Articles 7, 15-22 of European Regulation 679/2016. Specifically, by contacting the Data Controller at the email address ….., you may request access to your personal data, receive the personal data provided to the Data Controller and transmit it to another Data Controller without hindrance (so-called data portability), obtain its updating, restriction of processing, rectification of data, and erasure of data processed in violation of applicable law. You also have the right to object to processing for the same purposes by following the procedure indicated in each email received from the service provider. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante della Privacy), as the supervisory authority for Personal Data Protection.

    ART. 15 RESPONSIBILITY AND WARRANTY

    To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter, its employees, agents, or distributors will under no circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate Participants and Winners or assume any liability for any loss or damage incurred as a result of participation in the Promotion. The Promoter excludes all liability to the Participant for any loss of income, loss of profit, loss of goodwill, loss of data, loss of opportunity, and any indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred or suffered by the Participant in connection with their participation in the Promotion.

    The Promoter Company will not be responsible for:

    late, lost, delayed, damaged, incorrect, incomplete, illegible, or incomprehensible entries; telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, delays, or difficulties;

    transmission errors;

    attempted but not received Reward notification deliveries;

    any loss suffered by anyone who enters or attempts to enter and/or participate in the Promotion, whether the entry is lost, not sent, incorrectly processed or does not win.

    The Promoter is not responsible if you are unable to participate in the Promotion for any reason.

    ART. 16 MISCELLANEOUS

    If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected or impaired in any way. These Terms and Conditions are governed entirely by Italian law. Any dispute arising in connection with the validity, interpretation, or performance thereof will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Participant's place of residence (so-called consumer court).

    ART. 17 AVAILABILITY OF THE REGULATION

    The original regulations will be kept at the registered office of the promoting company for the entire duration of the event and for 12 months following its conclusion.