AlertBoot.com Protect Your Work Encrypted Laptop Giveaway Official Rules

Enter for a chance to win one of two Sony Vaio Laptops with a 1-year subscription to AlertBoot.

AlertBoot Full Disk Encryption announces a new promotional giveaway targeting all their followers on both the Twitter and Facebook social networks.

AlertBoot wants to reach 5,000 followers on Twitter and 5,000 fans on Facebook. And to show their appreciation for spreading the word about computer security and encryption, AlertBoot will be giving away TWO NEW Sony Vaio Laptops – one to a Twitter follower and one to a Facebook fan. Plus, each laptop will be 100% encrypted, secured, and protected by a free one-year subscription to AlertBoot Full Disk Encryption. Once AlertBoot gets 5,000 followers on Twitter and 5,000 fans on Facebook, two winners (one from Facebook and one from Twitter) will be randomly selected out of all AlertBoot followers and fans. Each winner will receive a Sony Vaio (MSRP $900) preloaded with a free 1-year subscription to AlertBoot Full Disk Encryption.

Here’s how to enter the giveaway:
1) Follow AlertBoot on Twitter
- Visit www.twitter.com/AlertBoot
- "Follow" AlertBoot
- To enter tweet the following message: "I just entered to win a free encrypted laptop from @AlertBoot #AlertBootGiveAway"


2) Become a Fan of AlertBoot on Facebook
- Visit www.facebook.com/AlertBoot
- "Become a fan" of AlertBoot
- Post "I just entered to win a free encrypted laptop from @AlertBoot" on your Wall


Once AlertBoot gets 5,000 followers on Twitter and 5,000 fans on Facebook, two winners (one from Facebook and one from Twitter) will be randomly selected out of all AlertBoot followers and fans. Each winner will receive a Sony Vaio (MSRP $900) preloaded with a free 1-year subscription to AlertBoot Full Disk Encryption. We’ll announce the winners on Facebook and Twitter, and we’ll contact the winner directly via either Facebook or Twitter. If it’s you, make sure to contact us back within 48 hours. Contest ends on June 29, 2010 at 11:59 PM PST or when we reach 5,000 Twitter followers and 5,000 Facebook Fans. Drawing will be held on the day after we reach 5,000 Twitter followers and 5,000 Facebook Fans or on June 30, 2010, whichever comes first. Notification of the pending drawing will be posted on www.facebook.com/alertboot and/or on www.twitter.com/AlertBoot .

Read on for official rules...

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, PLAY OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THE FOLLOWING GIVEAWAY IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. DO NOT ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES.

DESCRIPTION OF GIVEAWAY: Entrants will have the opportunity to win one of two Sony Vaio Laptops encrypted with a 1-year subscription to AlertBoot Full Disk Encryption. Entrants are entered via one of two ways: (1) Follow AlertBoot on Twitter at www.twitter.com/AlertBoot and post the following required Tweet – "I just entered to win a free encrypted laptop from @AlertBoot #AlertBootGiveAway"; or (2) become a Fan of AlertBoot on Facebook and post "I just entered to win a free encrypted laptop from @AlertBoot" on your Facebook Wall. Entries will be accepted starting at 12:01 a.m. on START DATE until 11:59pm ET on the date AlertBoot reaches the milestone of 5,000 Twitter Followers and 5,000 Facebook fans, or until 11:59pm ET on June 30,2010 – whichever comes first. Notification of the pending drawing will be posted on www.facebook.com/AlertBoot and/or www.twitter.com/AlertBoot.

ELIGIBILITY: The AlertBoot.com Protect Your Work Encrypted Laptop Giveaway (the "Giveaway") is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia), who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of AlertBoot.com, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, promotion and other vendor agencies involved in this Giveaway, as well as the immediate family members (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee, are not eligible. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

GIVEAWAY TIMING: The Giveaway begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on 1/1/2010 and ends at 11:59pm ET on the date AlertBoot reaches the milestone of 5,000 Twitter Followers and 5,000 Facebook Fans, or at 11:59pm ET on June 29,2010 – whichever comes first. (the "Promotional Period") Notification of the pending drawing will be posted on www.facebook.com/AlertBoot and/or www.twitter.com/AlertBoot.

HOW TO ENTER: There are two different ways to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Entry method 1 – to enter, visit www.twitter.com/AlertBoot and become a follower. Then tweet "I just entered to win a free encrypted laptop from @AlertBoot #AlertBootGiveAway". Contestants are encouraged to retweet, but this is not a requirement of this offer. Entry method 2 - to enter, visit www.facebook.com/AlertBoot and become a fan. Then, post "I just entered to win a free encrypted laptop from @AlertBoot" on your Facebook Wall. Winner will be posted on the www.alertboot.com website, and the winner will also be notified via Facebook or Twitter. You will be required to contact AlertBoot within forty-eight (48) hours if you have been notified you are the winner. All entries must be received by 11:59 pm ET on the day before the drawing.

AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: Participation in the Giveaway constitutes full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent on fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

WINNERS PRIZE SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: This is a game of chance. Odds of winning are based on eligible number of entries. Two winners will be selected at random using an independent auto-generated selection process available at http://www.random.org/integers/. Potential winners will be notified via the www.alertboot.com webpage and via Facebook or Twitter. You can enter both for the Facebook and the Twitter drawing; however, limit one (1) laptop prize to any real entrant. If you win the Facebook drawing, you will be ineligible for the Twitter drawing, and vice versa. If any winner notification remains unanswered for more than forty-eight (48) hours, the prize will be forfeited in its entirety. The prize is not transferable; no prize substitutions or cash alternatives are allowed except as may be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

PRIZE AND RETAIL VALUE: Prize is valued at $900. Sponsor will not replace any lost, damaged, mutilated, or stolen prizes. All federal, state, and local taxes and fees are the sole responsibility of the winner. Sponsor will comply with all income tax reporting obligations.

BY ENTERING THE GIVEAWAY, participants release and hold harmless Sponsor, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this Giveaway or any prize won, including any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with participation in the Giveaway. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of this offer, administration of the Giveaway or in the announcement of prizes. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with this Giveaway, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Giveaway is undermined by any event including but not limited to fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), terrorist threat or activity, or any federal, state or local government law, order or regulation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a "Force Majeure" event or occurrence), Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Giveaway without further obligation and, if so, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to award the prize from among all valid and eligible entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event. All entries are the property of Sponsor and are not returnable. The laws of the State of Nevada (USA), without regard to its conflict of law rules, will govern these Terms. Any action relating to this giveaway shall be initiated only in the state and federal courts located in Nevada (USA).

ONLINE REGISTRATION: This Giveaway is intended for viewing in the United States only and shall be construed and evaluated according to U.S. law. Do not enter this Giveaway if you are not located in the 50 United States or District of Columbia or if you are not a legal U.S. resident. Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the Twitter address and/or the Facebook account submitted at the time of entry. In the event of a dispute, the potential winner may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the identified Twitter or Facebook account, and Sponsor’s decision will be final. 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, including any error that may result in an erroneous appearance of qualification for a prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction of any computer equipment or software that results in loss of entry. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY COMPUTERIZED SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGE FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

ENTRANT’S PERSONAL INFORMATION: Information collected from entrants is subject to AlertBoot’s privacy policy at the following address:

http://www.alertboot.com/legal/privacy.aspx