Conditions of participation

Conditions of participation for the competition of HOBART GmbH at the HOST from 17 – 21 October 2025

1. Organiser and body responsible for data processing

The “HOST 2025” competition is organized and run by HOBART GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Str. 17, 77656 Offenburg, Germany (hereinafter known as HOBART).
 

2. Competition
The competition will run from 8:00 a.m. on 17 October 2025 until 0:00 p.m. on 21 October 2025. During this period, users will have the chance to take part in the competition online.
 

3. Registration/eligibility and deadline for participation

To participate in the draw, the following conditions must be met:

• Correctly answer the sweepstake questions
• Fill out the contact form
• Submit the filled page at HOBART 
  (hall 5 booth B23/C24)
• Collect the participation gift
• With a bit of luck, be notified as a winner via email

All natural persons aged 16 years or older who have fulfilled all the above conditions are eligible to participate in the iba sweepstake.

The organizer will draw a grand prize on October 22, 2025, which consists of a SAMSUNG tablet.

Winners will be notified via email and will receive the prize by post to their provided address.

Participation is free of charge. Participants only need to cover their own internet connection costs. Participation is independent of any purchase of products, services, or any other offerings from the organizer or companies involved in organizing the sweepstake. It is not limited to customers of the organizer.

By participating in the sweepstake, participants agree to the sweepstake rules.

The organizer reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the sweepstake at any time without prior notice and without giving reasons, if necessary due to force majeure or external circumstances beyond HOBART’s control, or if proper execution of the sweepstake can no longer be guaranteed (e.g., due to software/hardware errors or other technical/legal reasons affecting the administration, security, integrity, or proper conduct of the sweepstake).

Each person may only participate once. Participation via automated mass entry services is not permitted.

The organizer reserves the right to exclude participants from the draw at its own discretion if there are justified reasons, such as:

• (a) suspicion of technical manipulation
• (b) manipulation related to access or execution of the sweepstake
• (c) violations of these terms and conditions
• (d) unfair conduct
• (e) false or misleading information in connection with participation

Only one entry per participant will be considered. It is strictly prohibited to use multiple profiles to increase the chances of winning.
 

4. Prizes, allocation of prizes and notification of winners

The prize of this sweepstake consists of the item specified in Section 2.

The organizer will randomly draw the winner(s) from all participants who have properly entered the sweepstake after the participation deadline.

Cash redemption is not possible. The prize will not be paid out in cash.
 

5. Notification/consent for use of names

Winners shall be informed by email and shall receive their prize by post to the address requested via email. If the prize cannot be delivered on the first attempt, the participant shall lose their claim to the prize and HOBART shall be entitled to randomly select a replacement winner.

The operator of the competition shall assume any costs incurred for sending the prizes.

The winner shall be responsible for any additional costs associated with claiming the prize.

The winner shall be responsible for any tax applied to the prize.

The prize cannot be swapped, collected or redeemed in cash.
 

6. Data privacy

Personal data is required to participate in the competition. The participant confirms that the personal details provided, particularly their first name, surname and email address, are true and correct.

The organizer states that all personal data belonging to participants will not be passed on to third parties without their consent nor will it be shared with third parties for use.

We will use participants’ data only to run the competition.

The participant can revoke their consent at any time. Consent must be revoked in writing and sent to the contact details provided for the organizer. Once consent has been revoked, any personal data that has been recorded and saved for the participant will be erased without delay.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6, Para. 1 b) of the GDPR. For other data-processing-related information (including recipients, transfer to third countries), please refer to the privacy policy for the internet pages of dm.de, accessible at Privacy Policy | HOBART.

Each participant has the right to information about the processing of their personal data, the right to data portability, and, if applicable, the right to erasure, correction, restriction of processing and/or objection against processing.

If you have any further questions concerning collection, processing and use of your personal data, then please contact our data protection officer:

By email at datenschutz@hobart.de or by post at HOBART GmbH, Data Protection Officer, Robert-Bosch-Strasse 17, 77656 Offenburg, Germany.
 

7. Liability, complaints, legal recourse

The operator’s competition is subject exclusively to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The organizer’s decision is final. Participants have no enforceable claim to the disbursement of the prize.

In particular, HOBART is not liable for the availability of the website. HOBART also shall not be liable for any transmission errors.

Furthermore, HOBART shall not be liable for the loss, lateness, delay, amendment, manipulation and/or misrouting of emails and/or data during data entry, recording, transmission and/or saving, which originate from third-party data networks, in particular the Internet or world wide web, third-party phone lines and/or other hardware and/or software belonging to the participant and/or third parties; this relates in particular to faulty, missing, interrupted, deleted or defective data. HOBART shall not be liable for incorrect information that has been generated by participants and/or third parties, their hardware and/or software and is needed for or related to the competition. In particular, no liability shall be assumed if emails or data entries do not meet the requirements stipulated therein and if they are not accepted by the system as a result. Furthermore, HOBART shall not be liable in the case of theft or destruction of data storage systems and/or storage media or in the event of unauthorized changes to and/or manipulation of data in the systems and/or on storage media by the participant or third parties. Otherwise, HOBART shall only be liable for incidents of gross negligence or intent by its legal representatives, employees or agents. HOBART shall also not be liable for any damages that are incurred by the winner or relatives of the winner in relation to the prize. The aforementioned liability disclaimer does not apply in cases of mandatory liability, e.g. in cases of intent, gross negligence, injury to life, limb or health, or due to violation of material contractual obligations. However, claims for damages arising from the violation of material contractual obligations shall be limited to typical foreseeable damages unless liability is assumed due to intent, gross negligence or injury to life, limb or health. The above provisions do not imply a change to the burden of proof to the participant’s detriment.
 

8. Final provisions
If a provision of these conditions of participation is or becomes invalid, this shall not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions. In this case, the organizer and participants shall work together to agree on provisions that come as close as possible to the aim of the ineffective provision.