Legal Policy
Privacy Policy
Sweepstakes & Giveaways Rules

Privacy Statement

Land O'Lakes, Inc. recognizes its obligation to protect the privacy of its online guests. We have developed these privacy practices in order to maintain these standards and to comply with the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of the Better Business Bureau's guidelines on Internet advertising. It is a policy of Land O'Lakes that no information should be submitted to or posted at any Land O'Lakes web sites by children 16 years of age or under, without the consent of a parent or guardian. Land O'Lakes does not actively seek any demographic or preference information from children, nor will it ever disclose any personally identifying information regarding children to third parties.

Land O'Lakes only collects personal information from our online guests on a voluntary basis and we do not require any personal information for access to our web sites. If one of our web sites solicits personal information such as names or addresses, Land O'Lakes will use the voluntarily submitted information only to respond to our online guests and for internal purposes and will not disclose any personal information to third parties.

Land O'Lakes web sites collect non-personal information from our online guests (such as the guests' type of browser, operating system and domain names). This non-personal information is used by Land O'Lakes for internal purposes only and we will not disclose any of this non-personal information to any third parties.

Communications To Land O'Lakes

Land O'Lakes appreciates hearing from you. However, in your communications with us, please keep in mind that any communication or material you transmit to any of our web sites by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, recipes, creative suggestions, ideas, concepts, products, marketing or promotional plans or strategies, or the like shall be deemed and shall remain the exclusive property of Land O'Lakes. You understand and acknowledge that Land O'Lakes has the resources which may have developed or may in the future develop ideas identical to or similar to your suggestions or comments and that Land O'Lakes is only willing to consider suggestions and ideas on the terms set forth herein. Any suggestion, idea, or comment is not submitted in confidence and Land O'Lakes assumes no obligation, express or implied, by considering it. Without limitation, Land O'Lakes shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to the suggestions, ideas or comments of every kind and nature and Land O'Lakes shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the suggestions, ideas or comments for any purposes whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcasting or posting without any compensation to the provider of the suggestions, ideas or comments.

Online Legal Policy

Land O'Lakes maintains this web site for your personal information, education, and communication. You may download materials displayed on this web site only for your non-commercial personal use and provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices which appears on any such materials. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of the web site for any public or commercial use including, but not limited to, any text, image, audio or video, without Land O'Lakes' prior written consent.

Your access to and use of this web site is also subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing this web site, you accept, without limitation or qualifications, the terms and conditions set forth below and you acknowledge that any other agreements between you and Land O'Lakes are superseded and of no force.

1. You should assume that everything you see or read on this web site is copyrighted (regardless of whether or not a copyright notice appears on all materials) unless otherwise noted and may not be used, except as provided herein, without the prior written consent of Land O'Lakes. Land O'Lakes neither warrants nor represents that any materials displayed on this web site will not infringe the rights of third parties not owned or affiliated with Land O'Lakes.
   
   
2. Although Land O'Lakes uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information on this web site, Land O'Lakes makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. Land O'Lakes assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the web site.
   
   
3. Your use of, and browsing in, this web site is at your own risk. Neither Land O'Lakes nor any other party involved in creating this web site is liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this web site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this web site is provided to you "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Land O'Lakes also assumes no responsibility for, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other equipment or other property due to your access to, use of, or browsing in this web site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from this web site.
   
   
4. Land O'Lakes has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this web site and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this web site. The existence of any link to such other sites does not imply endorsement by Land O'Lakes of such other sites. Your access to any other off-site pages or sites is at your own risk. No links are permitted to this web site without the prior written consent of Land O'Lakes.
   
   
5. Images of people or places displayed on this web site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Land O'Lakes. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is strictly prohibited unless permitted by these terms and conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on this web site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and/or communications regulations and statutes.
   
   
6. All of Land O'Lakes trademarks, logos and service marks (collectively "Trademarks") displayed on this web site are the registered and unregistered trademarks of Land O'Lakes. Nothing contained on this web site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this web site without the prior written permission of Land O'Lakes. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this web site, or any other content displayed on this web site, except as provided in these terms and conditions, is strictly prohibited.
   
   
7. Land O'Lakes may at any time revise these terms and conditions by updating this posting and may also make changes to the content or any links at any time. You are bound by any revisions and should, therefore, periodically visit this page to review these terms and conditions.

General Sweepstakes Rules

No entry fee. No purchase necessary. Sponsored by Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Eligibility

Open to residents of the United States, Canada and all other countries except as prohibited by law. Entrants must be aged 18 years or older. Employees, officers, and directors of Land O'Lakes, Inc. and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, legal advisors, or other parties in any way involved in the development, production, or distribution of the Land O'Lakes, Inc. Sweepstakes and their immediate family members and persons living in their same household are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes. Void in Puerto Rico and Quebec and wherever prohibited by law.

How to enter
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Sweepstakes official rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Only one entry per person. Entries must be completed in full to be eligible. Timing of receiving entries and awarding of prizes will vary based on offer.

Mechanically reproduced entries will be automatically disqualified. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, delayed, damaged, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, inaccurate, or misdirected entries. Sponsor, its agents and representatives are not responsible for entries that are late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, or incomplete. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor.

Prizes

The Land O'Lakes designated prize will be awarded to the contest winner of the Sweepstakes. All federal, state, provincial and/or local taxes/duties are the sole responsibility of the winners. Failure to take delivery within 14 days of availability may cause prize to be forfeited. No prize transfer or substitution.

Selection of winners

Winners will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the promotion period. Odds of winning depend upon number of eligible entries received.

Notification of winners

Winners will be notified by Land O'Lakes with timing dependent on offer. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, or misdirected notification. If winner is not of legal age in the state of residence, prize will be forfeited. By accepting the prize and executing the publicity release, each winner agrees that Sponsor may post winner's name on list of winners.

Internet specific Sweepstakes

In the event of a dispute regarding an Internet entry submission, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organizations (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. No automatically generated entries will be accepted.

Sponsor, its agents and representatives are not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access or alterations of entry materials, computer transmissions, or for technical telephone equipment, electronic, hardware or software, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions of any kind, or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof.

Sponsor, agents and representatives of Sponsor are also not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed software transmissions which may limit a participant's ability to participate, or damage user's system as a result of participation, or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes.

General terms and conditions

By participating in this Sweepstakes, the entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and judges, which shall be final. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, consultants, employees and representatives are not responsible for (i) any condition caused by events beyond their control that may cause the Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted; (ii) any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from participation in the Sweepstakes; or (iii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or cancel Sweepstakes in whole or in part, in the event of technical or other difficulties, or if the integrity of the Sweepstakes is compromised, without any liability to any entrant.

By participating in the Sweepstakes, each participant agrees to release and hold Sponsor, and its employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives of Sponsor, their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors, harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with the Sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy.