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AAA NATIONAL AUTO PAYMENTS SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. THE PURCHASE OF ANY GOOD OR SERVICE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

THE AAA NATIONAL AUTO PAYMENTS SWEEPSTAKES (“SWEEPSTAKES”) IS VOID OUTSIDE OF THE PARTICIPATING ZIP CODES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. THESE OFFICIAL RULES (“RULES”) ARE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN YOU AND SPONSOR (DEFINED BELOW) AND GOVERN YOUR ENTRY IN THE SWEEPSTAKES. THE SWEEPSTAKES IS GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.

  1. SPONSOR; ADMINISTRATOR. The sponsor of the Sweepstakes is TrueCar, Inc., 120 Broadway, Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (“Sponsor”). Promotion Activators Management LLC (“Promotion Activators”), 5550 W Touhy Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 has been retained by the Sponsor to administer the Sweepstakes.

  2. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD. The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:00 AM Central Time (“CT”) on April 1, 2016 and ends at 11:59:59 PM CT on September 30, 2016 ("Sweepstakes Period"). The Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for online entry into the Sweepstakes.

  3. ELIGIBILITY. The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older. Employees, directors, and officers of the Sponsor, American Automobile Association (“AAA”), Promotion Activators, and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, and promotional and advertising agencies, and any other individuals engaged in any way in the development, production, printing, distribution or execution of this Sweepstakes (collectively, “Sweepstakes Entities”), and the immediate families of any such persons and those with whom such persons are domiciled are not eligible to enter or win the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

  4. HOW TO ENTER. During the Sweepstakes Period, go to http://www.aaafreecarpayments.com (“Website”) and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the entry process and receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. You must provide all required information for your entry to be eligible. Entries will not be acknowledged. The Sponsor and Promotion Activators assume no responsibility for lost, late, or incomplete entries. Limit one (1) entry per person/household. Multiple entries from any one person/household will be disqualified.

  5. PERSONAL DATA. You are required to submit personal data such as your name, email address, and phone number (“Personal Data”) with your entry. Personal Data will be collected by the Sponsor to (i) administer the Sweepstakes, (ii) send communications relating to the Sweepstakes (iii) notify the winners and award the Prizes, and (iv) analyze performance of the Sweepstakes, as well as for purposes related to the TrueCar-powered AAA auto buying program.

    All Personal Data will be held, used and processed by the Sponsor in accordance with the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (https://www.truecar.com/privacy/ ). If you are selected as a winner, your information may also be included in a publicly-available winner’s list.

  6. WARRANTIES AND CONSENTS. By completing and submitting an entry, you: (a) represent and warrant that (i) you have read, and agree to be bound by, these Rules, and (ii) you are eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes; and (b) agree to be bound by the interpretations of these Rules by the Sponsor and, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes.

  7. PRIZE DRAWINGS. Six (6) random drawings will be held, one for each Entry Period (see table below). To be eligible for the drawing for an Entry Period, an eligible entry must be received and recorded by Sponsor’s computer by the end of the Entry Period. Prize winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received as of the entry of each Entry Period as follows:

    ENTRY PERIOD

    DRAWING ON OR ABOUT

    # OF PRIZES

    4/01/16, 12:00:00 a.m. CT – 4/30/16,11:59:59 p.m. CT

    5/07/16

    1

    5/01/16, 12:00:00 a.m. CT – 5/31/16,11:59:59 p.m. CT

    6/07/16

    1

    6/01/16, 12:00:00 a.m. CT – 6/30/16,11:59:59 p.m. CT

    7/07/16

    1

    7/01/16, 12:00:00 a.m. CT – 7/31/16,11:59:59 p.m. CT

    8/07/16

    1

    8/01/16, 12:00:00 a.m. CT – 8/31/16,11:59:59 p.m. CT

    9/07/16

    1

    9/01/16, 12:00:00 a.m. CT – 9/30/16,11:59:59 p.m. CT

    10/07/16

    1

    Non-winning entries will carry over to drawings for subsequent Entry Period(s), if any. The drawing and awarding of each prize will be conducted by Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received as of the end of each Entry Period.

  8. PRIZES. Six (6) Prizes (one per Entry Period drawing): Each prize winner will receive $3,000 awarded in the form of a check intended to be used towards the purchase of a new vehicle (“Prize”). Limit one Prize per person/household. Total value of all prizes: $18,000. Prize must be accepted as awarded and no substitution, transfer or assignment of Prize will be allowed, except upon the Sponsor’s sole discretion. All federal, state, and other taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners.

  9. PRIZE AWARDING/winner notification. Potential Prize winners will be notified by overnight delivery and will be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (where permitted) within 14 days of request. Failure to comply may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Prizes will be mailed within approximately six – eight weeks from the end of the Sweepstakes Period to the mailing address provided. If any Prize or winner notification is returned as undeliverable or refused, or a potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, the Prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, an alternate winner may be selected from all remaining eligible entries received for that Entry Period. Sponsor and Promotion Activators are not responsible for any change of mailing address, phone number, or e-mail address of entrants. By entering the Sweepstakes and accepting a Prize, winner (i) confirms compliance with these Rules, (ii) gives permission (and agrees to confirm such permission in writing) to the Sweepstakes Entities, and/or their respective advertising/marketing/promotion agencies, at their option, to publish or otherwise use the winner’s name, address, photograph, likeness, voice and comments, and Prize information on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without notice or compensation or additional permission, except where prohibited by law. Prizes will be awarded by the Sponsor to the winners only after verification by Promotion Activators that all the Sweepstakes requirements have been met by the winners. You are not a winner until your eligibility has been verified, and it is determined that you have complied with all terms of these Rules. 

  10. GENERAL RULES. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE TO RELEASE, DISCHARGE, INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS THE SPONSOR, AAA, AAA AFFILIATED MOTOR CLUBS, PROMOTION ACTIVATORS AND THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CLAIMS, COSTS, INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, OR DOWNLOADING OR ACCESSING OF ENTRY MATERIALS, OR THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION OR USE/MISUSE OF THE PRIZE AWARDED HEREIN, ANY SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRIZE AWARDED, OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS, COSTS, INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES RELATED TO PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH, DAMAGE TO OR, LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY, DEFAMATION OR PORTRAYAL IN A FALSE LIGHT).

  11. INTERNET. The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits you to automatically enter the Sweepstakes repeatedly is prohibited. Any use or attempt to use by you of such means to enter the Sweepstakes will result in your disqualification from the Sweepstakes. You may not enter the Sweepstakes with multiple Entries or use any other device or artifice to enter multiple times or as multiple entrants. Anyone who attempts to enter with multiple email addresses under multiple identities or uses any device or artifice to enter multiple times will be disqualified and forfeit any prize won. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Sweepstakes. In the event that the Sweepstakes is cancelled or terminated prior to the stated end date, Sponsor will randomly select winners from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to the time of the action or event warranting such cancellation/termination. Proof of entering is not considered proof of delivery or receipt by the Sponsor. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries. The Sponsor is not responsible for Entries that are lost, late, stolen, incomplete, damaged, garbled, destroyed or misdirected, or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any Entry to be received by the Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, or for any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from your participation in the Sweepstakes or the downloading or accessing of any materials in the Sweepstakes. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant from this Sweepstakes or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsor or any of its affiliates if the Sponsor suspects or finds entrant to be: (a) violating the Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with or subvert the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes; (c) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person or (d) attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants, the Sponsor, Promotion Activators, or Sponsor’s representatives. If the Sponsor or Promotion Activators suspects that an entrant has engaged in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, the entrant will be contacted as soon as practicable. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM YOU AND ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AND TO BAN THE ENTRANT FROM FUTURE SWEEPSTAKES.

    In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a potential winner based on an email address, the potential winning Entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address provided at the time of entry, provided such person meets the eligibility requirements of these Rules. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Multiple entrants may not share an email address.

  12. PUBLICITY; PRESS RELEASES. You may not issue press releases or other publicity in connection with your participation in the Sweepstakes.

  13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE SPONSOR IS PROVIDING THE SWEEPSTAKES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE SPONSOR DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SWEEPSTAKES OR THE TECHNOLOGY USED TO PROVIDE IT: (I) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE, (II) WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, OR (III) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR ENABLE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES MAKES NO WARRANTIES OTHER THAN THOSE MADE EXPRESSLY IN THESE RULES, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

  14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, DIRECT, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DAMAGES ARE RELATED TO LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION ON WHICH THEY ARE BASED, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING.

  15. LEGAL RIGHTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED ABOVE OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

  16. GOVERNING LAW & JURISDICTION. These Rules and the Sweepstakes are governed by U.S. law and are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Rules, and the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, U.S., without giving effect to the conflict/choice of laws rules thereof. Entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively in Los Angeles County, California. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Sweepstakes-related materials, these Rules shall prevail, govern and control.

  17. WINNERs’ NAMES. For the winners’ names, which shall be available after November 1, 2016, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: AAA National Auto Payments Sweepstakes Winners, 5550 W Touhy Ave, Suite 403, Skokie, IL 60077 by December 30, 2016.