General Terms and Conditions

Using our Site:
These terms govern your use of theprogressproject.com (the Site), so please read them carefully. The terms may change from time to time, so check them regularly.

No commercial use of this Site is permitted. You may use the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes only.


Lonely Planet trade marks and copyright:
All content on the Site is owned by Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd (us) or licensed to us by our registered users and other licensees. You may not copy or use any part of our Site without permission.

Our trade marks (including the Lonely Planet trade mark) and Nokia’s trade marks may not be used in any way or for any purpose without our or Nokia’s permission.


Comments:
By submitting a comment, question, suggestion or other information (Content) to us, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right to reproduce, communicate, edit, adapt or otherwise use that Content on the Site and in our other products, and the right to sublicense others at our discretion. You also consent to your Content being altered, edited or adapted for such uses, or to ensure your Content does not infringe these terms, as we see fit. Although we generally attribute authorship, it’s not always possible, so you consent to us not attributing authorship to you.


Your privacy:
The purposes for which we collect your personal information when you register or email us are: administering the Site and any competitions run on the Site, contacting you about your Content and keeping in touch with you.

We may disclose information about you to other Lonely Planet companies and, if you request us to, Nokia. If your Content breaches these terms or the law, we may pass your details and IP address on to an aggrieved person or law enforcement agency. Don’t worry, we won't sell your contact details to marketing companies for spamming!

To find out more, please read our privacy policy.


Liability:
We are not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense suffered in connection with the use of the Site or any content on the Site. The Site is provided “as is”. We make no warranties or representations about the Site or its content and exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of their use. We will never be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or loss of profits or revenue arising out of the use of the Site. You indemnify us and the other Lonely Planet companies against each claim, action, proceeding, judgment, damage, loss, expense or liability incurred or suffered by, or brought, made or recovered against us or the other Lonely Planet companies in connection with any breach by you of these terms.

Any disputes will be dealt with under the laws of Victoria, Australia.

The Progress Project Prize Draw terms

Who’s running the show?
The promoter is Lonely Planet Publications Pty Limited (ABN 36 005 607 983) of 90 Maribyrnong Street, Footscray, Victoria 3011 Australia. Our friends at Nokia Corporation, Keilalahdentie 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland are our promotional partner. Information about the prizes and how to enter form part of these conditions of entry. By entering the promotion, you agree that these conditions of entry apply to your entry and that Lonely Planet’s decisions (as the promoter) will be final. Any changes will be subject to approval and published on the Lonely Planet website at www.lonelyplanet.com.

Can I play?
The laws in some places don’t allow Lonely Planet to run this promotion, in which case the promotion and these conditions of entry are void in those places. Also, you can’t enter this promotion if you (or your immediate families or housemates) are employed by Lonely Planet, Nokia Corporation or their subsidiaries and affiliated companies.

How do I play?
To enter you must during the promotion period, complete and submit an online entry at http://www.theprogressproject.com or http://progress.lonelyplanet.com. In order to fully complete the entry form, you must provide your full name, residential address, contact telephone number and a current and valid email address. You don’t have to buy anything to enter. You can enter between 12:00.01 am GMT on 9 November 2009 and 11:59.59 pm GMT on 31 March 2010. You can only enter once - we’ll make confetti out of any extra entries you submit. Your entry is received at the time Lonely Planet receives it. If your entry gets lost in cyberspace or doesn’t arrive for any other reason, that’s not Lonely Planet’s fault either. Lonely Planet might have to change the dates of the promotion, but only if it’s totally unavoidable (and we’ll let you know if we do).

How do you pick the winner?
The winner will be determined by a random draw of all eligible entries. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. This unenviable task will happen in a small, dark room at Lonely Planet, 90 Maribyrnong Street, Footscray, Victoria 3011 Australia, on 5 April 2010. Lonely Planet’s decision is final (so there!) and no correspondence will be entered into, even if you think that sucks.

Lonely Planet can cancel or modify the promotion if there are compelling technical or administrative reasons which we cannot control. If that happens, Lonely Planet will conduct the draw from all eligible entries received at that time.

What can I win?
The first 5 entries randomly draw will each win a sim-free Nokia N97 handset with a RRP of €549 (approximately AUD$895) and a single copy of Lonely Planet’s Volunteer: A Traveller’s Guide To Making A Difference Around the World with a RRP of €17.50 (approximately AUD$30).

Total maximum prize value is approximately €2,832.50 (approximately AUD$4,650). These prize values are accurate as at 26 October 2009, and any change after the promotion begins is beyond our control.

How do I find out if I won?
We’ll give the winner the good news via the email address provided by the entrant at the time of entering the promotion and their name(s) will be published on the Lonely Planet website within 2 days after the draw. If you’re riddled with curiosity, send us a stamped, self-addressed envelope (including the name of the promotion) within 3 months of the date of the draw, and we’ll write back and tell you who won.

Lonely Planet will do its best to find the winner. But if we can’t, or if the winner hasn’t accepted the prize by 27 June 2010, a redraw will be conducted on 12 July 2010, and a new winner announced.

If you do win …
You can’t exchange the prize for cash, or ask us to give it to someone else (not that you’d want to!). If for some terrible reason Lonely Planet cannot award the prize as described, we’ll substitute it either for cash or another prize of comparable value (but we’ll decide which).

You’ll be responsible for all taxes, insurance and organising a mobile network contract or sim for your N97 handset and any other expenses, fees and costs connected with that prize that are not included in the prize description.

Before we can give you your prize, you’ll have to sign a “release”, which says that if anything goes wrong with your prize once it’s been awarded, you agree that Lonely Planet and its promotional partners won’t be responsible (unless the law says otherwise). If the prize description says you can take a friend, you’ll need to get your friend to sign a release too.

Of course, if you win a prize, you’ll be good and comply with all relevant laws, rules and regulations.

What happens to my entry?
On submission, your entry becomes the property of Lonely Planet, and you give Lonely Planet a worldwide, irrevocable licence to reproduce, publish, adapt, communicate and broadcast all or part of it in any form and media, and to sublicense those rights (including to our related companies, licensee publishers and partners). You also consent to us editing, re-using, storing, reproducing and communicating your entry in any medium. We’ll decide whether you should be attributed.

Lonely Planet and its promotional partners will only use the personal information contained in your entry to conduct the promotion and award the prize (but if you’ve told Lonely Planet that you want to receive stuff from us and/or our promotional partners, we’ll use your personal information for that too). If you win a prize, Lonely Planet can use your name and photograph for future marketing purposes unless you tell us not to. You can view Lonely Planet’s privacy policy at www.lonelyplanet.com/privacy/.

Permit numbers
NSW Permit No: LTPS/09/10309

Good luck!

At Lonely Planet, we understand that privacy is really important. So we have prepared this privacy policy to fill you in on who we are, our objectives in handling personal information that we collect, and how you can find out more about our privacy philosophy and the personal information that we collect about you.


So who are we?

Lonely Planet operates through different companies around the world that are all part of the Lonely Planet Group. This includes BBC Worldwide, which is the majority shareholder of Lonely Planet. Individual Lonely Planet companies sometimes need to share personal information with other companies in the group to let us provide the quality products and standard of service you've come to expect of us. If corporate structures excite you, click here for more information on the Lonely Planet Group.


What do we collect and why do we collect it?

There will be situations in which it is necessary for us to collect information about individuals. We collect and hold personal information such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers. The types of purposes for which we collect information about individuals include the following (we'll generally explain more about why we collect personal information when we actually collect it - but there are some exceptions):
responding to your feedback and questions;
sending our and Nokia’s newsletters to you (if you ask us or Nokia to);
contacting you with information and updates (like exciting travel news, great offers, promotions, special events, competitions and surveys) from Nokia, Lonely Planet and/or BBC Worldwide (again, if you ask us or Nokia to); and
to manage our competitions and contact the winners.


You tell who?

We may share personal information amongst companies in the Lonely Planet Group (which includes BBC Worldwide) and with Nokia (but only if you opt-in to receiving information from Nokia). We may also disclose that information to our travel writers and other contractors who help us put together the Lonely Planet products and services you know and love and, where relevant, to our business partners who assist us in providing these products and services, or to successors in title to our business. This may involve transferring your data from one country to another. By giving us personal information through the Lonely Planet website or communicating with us, you acknowledge and agree to us using your data in these ways and on a global basis, but if you have any concerns about this please let us know.

If legal or health and safety issues arise we may also have to make disclosures to relevant organisations to deal with these matters.


Complaints, comments or corrections?

You generally have a right to access the personal information Lonely Planet holds about you (although there are exceptions). To access correct or update your other personal information, or if you have any questions about personal information, please contact us by e-mail or by writing to us at Locked Bag 1, Footscray, Victoria 3011, Australia.


A world without lawyers…

…it's a nice thought. However, for the time being the information handling activities of the Lonely Planet Group are governed by privacy and anti‑spam laws throughout the world. For instance, in Australia that means being guided by the Australian National Privacy Principles and SPAM Act 2003. In Europe the regulations are based on EC Directive 95/46/EC.


Security

The security of your personal information is important. Lonely Planet has in place proper security measures to protect your personal information.


What about "cookies"?

A "cookie" is a small message given to your web browser by our web server. The browser stores the message in a text file, and the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. We use cookies on our website to tailor our web pages to your needs. This may include recording what region of the world you are from so we don't make the mistake of requiring you to buy stuff with British Pounds when you live in Fiji - or Australia for that matter at current exchange rates! Information supplied by cookies can also help us to analyse your profile when you visit, and help us to provide you with a better user experience. We also employ independent measurement, advertising and research companies to help us gather information about visitors to our website, using cookies, log file data and code which is embedded on our website. We use this information to help improve the services we provide. Lonely Planet strictly requires that these companies do not use of this information for their own purposes. We do not match cookies to your registration details (that is, if you are registered with us) and we do not use cookies to track your movements after leaving this website.

A list of the main cookies that we set on our site (and what each is used for), together with ways to minimise the number of cookies you receive is set out below. Note that while you can turn off cookies, doing this will restrict your use of our website.


Cookies we set on our site

This site stores the user’s viewing preferences (Flash/HTML/Mobile) in order to improve the user experience.


Setting up your browser to reject cookies:

You can adjust your browser settings to reject cookies (for mobile phones you will have to refer to your handset manufacturer's help manual) using one of the following procedures (depending on your website browser):


If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0:
- Choose Tools, then
- Internet Options
- Click the Privacy tab
- Click on Custom Level
- Click on the 'Advanced' button
- Check the 'override automatic cookie handing' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.


If you're using Firefox 2.0:
- Choose Tools, then
- Options
- Click the Privacy icon


If you're using Firefox 1.0 or 1.5:
- Choose Tools, then
- Options
- Click the Privacy icon
- Click the Cookies tab


If you're using Opera 8.0 or 9.0:
- Choose Tools, then
- Preferences
- Advanced
- Cookies


If you're using Opera 7.0:
- Choose File, then
- Preferences
- Privacy


If you're using Netscape 6.0:
- Choose Edit, then
- Preferences
- Click on Advanced
- Click on Cookies


If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:
- Choose Tools, then
- Internet Options
- Click the Security tab
- Click on Custom Level
- Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate.


If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
- Choose View, then
- Internet Options
- Click the Advanced tab
- Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.


If you're using Internet Explorer 3.0:
- Choose View, then
- Options
- Click on Advanced
- Click on the button that says Warn before Accepting Cookies.


If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
- Choose Edit, then
- Preferences
- Click on Advanced
- Set your options in the box that says Cookies.

To see your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.


Further information

Additional information regarding cookies and opting-out is available at www.youronlinechoices.co.uk and www.allaboutcookies.org.