Daimler AG is the organizer of the above stated competition. The competition has no connection or affiliation with Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram and is in no way sponsored, supported or organised by one of these social networks. Any and all questions, comments or complaints regarding this competition should be directed to Daimler AG, not Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram.
No purchase is necessary in order to participate; competition entry and registration are entirely free of charge. By taking part in the competition, the user accepts the binding terms and conditions.
Any person with a minimum age of 18 years at the time of entry with residence and/or location in a country which allows participation in a competition and which allows the import or sale of the PlayStation®4 console — as well as subject to the legal requirements which apply to them, particularly in terms of place of residence and/or location of participation - is considered eligible to participate. Employees of Daimler AG and affiliated companies, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and affiliated companies, their respective distribution organizations, or any other entity involved in administration of the competition or prizes are not eligible to participate.
Participating users have to connect directly with Facebook, Google+ or Twitter in order to register and login on the microsite journeyofstars.com.
Closing date for all entries is 10/10/2014 12am CET.
Participants may only register via Facebook (with name, profile picture, gender, user ID, list of friends, e-mail address, birthday and any other public information), Google+ (with name, email, address, profile picture, user ID, age group, gender, language, list of friends and any other information you made public), and Twitter (with reading tweets from your timeline, see who you follow, follow new people, update of your profile, posting tweets for you, email address (manually)). This is essential in order to determine the participant’s identity. Any participant who does not comply with these rules or enters the competition more than once will be excluded from participation.
The competition’s premise is to build the biggest club which undertakes the longest virtual journey around the world. Participants invite friends from their social networks to join the club. Everyone who accepts the invitation is now part of the newly built club and able to play the first challenge. Pending invitations of applicants, who are waiting to join the club are gathered on a waiting list. They move up successively for their next chance to be invited. The founder of each club selects a Mercedes-AMG car and a club name to start the journey. After three friends joined the club, invitation slots for new club members can be earned by completing club challenges within a defined time, which range from:
answering multiple choice questions
uploading user pictures
solving rebuses
finding words and numbers on websites
bringing club members online within a certain time to guess right distances
The participant can take part in the competition by completing the challenges stated above within a certain time. If a challenge is solved successfully, a so-called “trophy” is earned. Each club is able to collect different trophies for accomplishing challenges on their journey.
The club, that received the most trophies within the competition, will win. All trophies can be seen in the "trophies" tab within the vertical navigation bar for logged in users. In case two clubs have the same amount of trophies, the winner will be determined according to the following criteria (in this particular order):
Number of club members
Length of club journey in kilometers
Activity of members (number passing Challenges)
Decision by drawing lots
Every member of the winning club will receive a winner’s package.
The winning team will be determined according to the above mentioned criteria (6) after the closing date. This decision will be communicated to each team member of the winning team via e-mail.
Every member of the winning club, will receive a winner’s package consisting of: A PlayStation 4 and a PlayStation 4 DRIVECLUB game.
Participating countries and conditions of entry depend on the user’s location. In order to participate, the user needs to enter the competition from a country that permits participation in Facebook, Google+ and Twitter competitions. Participants themselves are responsible for a legal participation in accordance with local regulations/laws.
E-mail notifications will be sent to club member in the following cases:
a new challenge can be played
if new players can be invited to the journey, only involved persons will receive an e-mail- after an applicant from the waiting list has been added to the journey, only involved persons will receive an e-mail.
if no invitation has been accepted and the waiting list is empty, every team member will receive an e-mail notification.
Facebook notifications will be sent to club members using a desktop computer in the following cases:
a new challenge can be played
if new players can be invited to the journey, only involved persons will receive an e-mail- after an applicant from the waiting list has been added to the journey, only involved persons will receive an e-mail.
if no invitation has been accepted and the waiting list is empty, every team member will receive an e-mail notification.
Each member of the winning team shall be notified via e-mail after the determination of the winning team on 13/10/2014. The winners shall promptly confirm acceptance of the prize with Daimler AG, but no later than 20/10/2014 and supply Daimler AG with all the necessary information. Otherwise, Daimler AG shall be authorized to determine a new winner.
By accepting the prize, the winner consents to Daimler AG and companies affiliated with Daimler AG using his / her name for marketing purposes without further remuneration.
The prize delivery will be arranged with the winners. The prizes will be sent to each winner’s address specified and confirmed by e-mail. Once the prize has being posted any further risk lies with the winner. Daimler AG cannot be held responsible for any shipping-related damage.
The winner agrees to accept necessary changes to the prize caused by factors which are out of the control of the participating companies; any replacement prize shall be equal in value to the prize offered originally.
For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), the participant grants Daimler AG all rights required for the realization of this competition according to these terms & conditions. The participant grants Daimler AG a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, temporally unlimited, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with the Mercedes-Benz DRIVECLUB campaign (IP License).
The user will grant the Daimler AG and its associated companies the right to make, disseminate and publish the photos or video recordings uploaded. This right granted shall apply without limitation in terms of time, place, or content and shall also include transfer of use to third parties (e.g. the press). Constraints, such as use only for specific products, companies or advertising materials, do not exist.
The participant assures that he holds the necessary rights granted under the aforementioned clause. He also guarantees that he is exclusively authorized to transfer the rights affected by competition participation. Furthermore, the participant assures that these rights do not violate third-party rights and that he will not violate third-party rights, especially personal rights, when participating according to these terms & conditions.
Independent of fault, the participant will indemnify Daimler against all claims, costs, damages and losses (including litigation fees) asserted by Facebook or third parties against Daimler that arise from the user’s violation of these terms & conditions, third party rights and / or the present terms of use. This provision also applies to any claims by Facebook, Google, Twitter and Instagram against Daimler based on Facebook’s, Google's, Twitter's and Instagram's own terms of use.
Any decisions made by Daimler AG shall be binding. Any inquiries to this effect will not be answered. If the integrity of the competition comes in doubt or under threat, Daimler AG reserves the right to suspend the competition completely or temporarily.
Users participate at their own risk. In particular, the liability for damages of Daimler AG and its bodies, employees and vicarious agents resulting from or in connection with the competition or the prizes, on any legal grounds whatsover, shall be limited to cases of intent or gross negligence to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws. Daimler AG exempts Facebook, Google, Twitter and Instagram from any and all damage, loss or expenses of any kind (including lawyer’s fees and costs of a reasonable amount) and shall indemnify Facebook, Google, Twitter and Instagram from any claims in connection with the promotion (including, without limitation, its publication and organization).
To learn more about the platform, including how you can control what information other people may share with applications, read our Data Use Policy as well as Facebook’s, Instagram’s and Twitter’s Data Use Policies. (LINKS: Data Use Policy of Facebook, Data Use Policy of Google and Data Use Policy of Twitter and Data Use Policy of Instagram).
When publishing content or information using the public setting on Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram, you should be aware of the fact that everyone, including non-users, will be able to access and use that information.
Daimler AG collects, processes and uses the user’s personal data in accordance with these Terms and Conditions in order to provide the user with the application and its functionalities as well as the competition's execution and for providing the necessary e-mail prize notification. To this end, Daimler AG collects, processes and uses in particular the data the user had cleared for usage by means of the registration dialogue preceding initial access to the microsite. Any disclosure of personal data to government agencies will only take place if and when required by mandatory provisions of national law.
Within the frameworks of Google, Instagram and Twitter themselves, the respective social network bears sole responsibility for any data collection, processing and use. Said data collection, processing and use are subject to the privacy policy of the respective social network. Information on these privacy policies, corresponding user rights and potentially relevant account privacy settings can be found in the following links:
Google's privacy statement
Instagram's privacy statement
Twitter's privacy statement
The connection and link between the application and the user’s Facebook, Google+ and Twitter profile can be controlled and terminated via Facebook’s respective privacy and account settings. Daimler AG does, however, not assume any responsibility for the functionalities of third party websites.
Please also review our own privacy statement.
Early termination of the Contest: The Daimler AG reserves the right to stop or cancel the Sweepstake at any time without notice and without giving any reason. From this option, Daimler AG makes particular use if for technical reasons (e.g. server shutdown, non-usable challenges, viruses in the computer system, manipulation or error / manipulation in the hardware and / or software) or legal reasons, proper conduct of the game can not be guaranteed. If such termination is caused by the behavior of a participant, Daimler AG may demand compensation for the damage suffered by that person.
Exclusion from the competition: In a breach of these terms and conditions or manipulation, the Daimler AG reserves the right to exclude persons from the competition with immediate effect. Persons who use illegal means or otherwise gain advantages through manipulation are also excluded. Optionally, in these cases, also subsequently denied gains cannot be reclaimed. Any person who makes false personal information, may be excluded from the competition.
There is no right of appeal. In any other cases and in accordance with law, any disputes shall be settled exclusively under German law. Place of jurisdiction is, to the extent legally permissible, Stuttgart. If the participant has no place of residence in Germany or if he moves his residence to a foreign country, Stuttgart shall also be the place of jurisdiction.
Should any provisions of these terms and conditions of participation be or become invalid, the remaining provisions remain unaffected. The invalidated provision shall be replaced by one that comes closest in purpose to the invalidated provision.