Competition Countdown
Terms of Use
The website competitioncountdown.live is a hosting service only. All liability in relation to the competitions listed rests with the competition organiser and not competitioncountdown.live. While every effort has been made by competitioncountdown.live to verify the legitimacy of the organisers of the competitions listed, we cannot provide any warranty or guarantee in relation thereto. All data provided is for information purposes only.

We provide links to third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. In the event that you visit a website link on this website or participate in a competition via a link that you have accessed from this Website, and by accepting the terms and conditions of the website that you have entered the competition on, you hereby confirm that you are not breaching any laws in your country of residence regarding the legality of entering a competition. Neither this website nor the promoter of the competition nor Facebook or any of its subsidiaries may be held responsible for any user visiting a linked website or entering any of the listed Competitions unlawfully. If in any doubt you should immediately leave the Website and check with the relevant authorities in your country.

The website and all social media pages representing the website CompetitionCountdown represents and warrants to Facebook that in all jurisdictions in which Facebook will be expressly engaged by to run advertisements, there is no material risk to Facebook of any legal or regulatory challenge or sanction being imposed by any court or regulator in connection with the listed Competitions and/or Website as a result of any advertisement run by Facebook in connection with the Website and/or the Competitions; and that the Competitions Listings and the Website fully comply with all relevant laws in each such jurisdiction.

By using this website you confirm that you are above the age of 18 and are fully allowed to visit this website according to the relevant laws in your jurisdiction.
Privacy Policy


Registration
Certain services are only available to registered users. Examples of these are newsletters, competitions and access to certain selected features.
We make registering for these services as easy as possible, enabling you to use Social Login providers such as Facebook and Google.

Sign up

When you sign up or register with Competition Countdown to avail of a service we collect only the information needed to provide that service.

What we process:

Personal Identifier– we collect an identifier such as your email address or social login.
Password – we collect a password to ensure that your data is kept safely on our systems and that other users cannot access your personal data.
Optional social information – we collect basic social profile information such as the photo provided that you have agreed to share this with us.
This is described elsewhere on this page in the Social Sign Up section.
Why we process this data: The legal basis for processing this data is to enable us to deliver registration services that you have consented to.

The personal identifier allows us to recognise you when you come to our site or service. This enables us to provide you with the service that you signed up for.
For example, access to your favourite competitions, viewing your newsletter preferences etc. Details of these specific services are provided elsewhere on this page.

Who has access: Customer registration identity information is only ever accessible to Competition Countdown employees though sometimes aggregated statistics about usage may be made available to others.
For example, we might state to the market that we have a certain number of registered users who access Competition Countdown.

Access may be granted to our registration system provider in order to resolve problems but only under the strictest governance by Competition Countdown.
Competition Countdown ensures that our registration provider, adheres to the highest standards of data protection and privacy.

Your data may also be shared with a 3rd party if you choose to avail of a service from that 3rd party.
We may share customer data with third parties to perform services such as showing ads on our behalf, including google and Meta.

Delete My Account: If you wish to delete your Competition Countdown account please email info@competitioncountdown.live and request that your account is deleted.
You may also delete your data from our website in your profile settings.
At the bottom of the page you will find the 'Delete Account' option. This will allow you to permanently delete your account.

Social Sign Up

We also provide the ability to sign up or sign in using social login services such as Google, Apple and Facebook.
It's a faster way to log in and saves you the pressure of having to create and remember countless different usernames and passwords.

What we process:

Google Login: If you register through Google, you grant permission to Google to share basic data from your Google account with us, like your name, email address, and profile picture.
Facebook Login: If you register through Facebook, you grant permission to Facebook to share your user details with us.
This will include your name, email address. You can also use your picture from Facebook as part of your profile.
Apple Sign in: If you register through Apple, you grant permission to Apple to share your basic data from your Apple account with us.
Data collection is limited to the user’s name and email address, and Apple’s private email relay.
Why we process this data: The legal basis for processing this data is to enable us to deliver services that you have consented to receive.

The personal identifier allows us to recognise you when you come to our site or service and provide you with the service that you signed up for.
For example, access to your favourite competitions, viewing your mail preferences etc. Details of these specific services are provided elsewhere on this page.

Who has access: You are always in control of what data we can access, and you can change this through your Google, Apple or Facebook account preferences.

We never have access to your Google or Facebook account or password.

Delete My Account: If you remove Competition Countdown from your Google Settings, Apple or Facebook Settings we will no longer have access to the information you previously chose to share with us.
Similarly, you can delete the Google, Apple or Facebook account that you used to sign in to the Competition Countdown in my account page on the Competition Countdown.
If you wish to delete your Competition Countdown account entirely please request please email info@competitioncountdown.live and request that your account is deleted.

What we process:

Registration & login data as described in the Sign Up and Social Sign Up Sections
Why we process this data: The legal basis for processing this data is to enable us to deliver services that you have consented to receive.

This registration data allows us to provide you with access to various Competition Countdown sites with as little hassle as possible.
It also allows us to understand which of these services are of interest to you so that we can provide you with a better service.

Who has access: Customer registration identity information is only ever accessible to Competition Countdown employees. Sometimes aggregated statistics about usage may be made available to others.
For example, we might state that we have a certain number of registered users who access Competition Countdown.

Newsletters

All users who register may choose to receive a newsletter.
These newsletters are a selection of the latest competitions that may be of interest to you.
Users can unsubscribe at any time, by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each newsletter or going to 'My Account'.

We also offer to our users the ability to sign up to a variety of newsletters.
When you sign up for newsletters, we collect information to enable us to deliver the newsletter and to tell us what content you are interested in.

What we process:

Identity data – your email address and name
Newsletter Interest - which newsletters you wish to receive.
Interaction data - newsletters that you open and the links you follow in the newsletter
Why we process this data: The legal basis for processing this data is to enable us to deliver the newsletters that you have consented to receive.

This identity and interest data help us deliver the newsletters that you have requested.
The interaction data allows us to understand which parts of the newsletter and which content interest you to enable us to improve the service that we deliver to you.

Who has access: Only Competition Countdown employees will have access to this data through our email and customer identity systems.
Access may be granted to third parties such as our email campaign provider in order to resolve problems sending emails etc. but only under the strictest governance by Competition Countdown.
Competition Countdown ensures that our email campaign provider adheres to the highest standards of data protection and privacy.

Site Function

We use analytics providers in order for us to understand our audience, the content that appeals to them and how well our site is working.
We also provide tools from the major social networks (Twitter, Facebook etc.) to allow you to share content from our site.

Analytics

Analytics tools allow us to understand how our audience interacts with our site and our content and enables us to provide a better service to our site visitors.
We do not collect or process any personal information in our analytics platform.

What we process:

Your IP address- in order to track your activity on our site we process your IP address
Anonymous data about your device – your operating system (e.g. iOS11), device type (e.g. tablet)
Anonymous aggregated demographics- for example your current city and other anonymous data.
Anonymous data about your browsing- competitions you viewed, types of content consumed and browsing patterns.
Why we process this data: The legal basis for processing this data is the legitimate interests of Competition Countdown to manage and optimise the running of our site and its content.

This data helps us optimise the way the site is structured and how content is arranged on the site.
It also allows us to show interested parties how many people access the different parts of our site and on average how often they visit.
This allows understanding of how many people look at our content at different times of the day etc.
These statistics are always calculated on an aggregated basis – never individually. We use the data for future marketing and personalisedAdvertisement

(https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2700409?hl=en-GB&utm_id=ad).

Who has access: Anonymised versions of the data are hosted on Google Analytics platform.
At no point do we have access to personally identifiable information through Google Analytics.
Anonymous aggregated reports about the general behaviour of our audience may be made available to the public, or advertisers, or others.

Stop being tracked: These analytics tools run on most sites across the web.
If you wish to opt out of analytics tracking you must do so on these 3rd party sites or by changing your browser settings.

Social Sharing

Our website and mobile applications use interfaces with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others.

If you choose to like or share information from our sites through these services, you should review the privacy statement of that service.
If you are a member of a social media site and logged in, the interfaces configured on our Services allow the social media site to connect your
site visit and browsing behaviour to the personal data held on your social media site. Competition Countdown can use this information on an aggregate basis to place
ads that are based on your interests on these social media sites. These practices are governed by the privacy statements of these social networking
sites and you are advised to review these separately.

Where links are provided on the site to other websites, Competition Countdown bears no responsibility for such sites.
These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their contents.
Where links are provided to websites that process your data. Competition Countdown will not be privy to any processing that occurs and accepts no responsibility
in relation to the processing of your data by these third parties.

By using this Site and/or by disclosing your Data to us, you understand that we may collect, store, process, use and disclose your Data as described in this Privacy Statement.
If you are not comfortable with any aspect of this Privacy Statement or Terms of Use, you can discontinue using our Site or not provide us with any further personal data.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time.


CONTACT US
If you would like to discuss anything in this policy or if you want to exercise your rights, please get in touch:

Email: info@competitioncountdown.live

Please write to us at:

MC2 NB Energy Ltd. T/A Competition Countdown
Company Registration Number 464742
Kilmessan,
Co.Meath
C15 V409
Ireland