General Terms and Conditions of Entry for Competitions

The organiser of competitions on rausch.de and the associated Facebook page www.facebook.com/rauschberlin/, Instagram page www.instagram.com/rauschberlin/ and TikTok page, as well as in the Rausch chocolate house, is Rausch GmbH Wolframstr 95-96 12105 Berlin (hereinafter: Rausch GmbH). For competitions via the channels on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and TikTok or other third-party platforms, the following also applies: the competition is in no way connected to Facebook or Instagram, TikTok and is in no way sponsored, supported or organised by Facebook or Instagram, TikTok.

The following terms and conditions of participation and competition rules for individual competitions apply to participation in competitions organised by Rausch GmbH, in which the procedure and period of the competition, the prizes and the determination and announcement of the winners are set out. Prizes in kind cannot be paid out in cash and cannot be exchanged. The prize is not transferable; cash payment or exchange is excluded. By taking part in the competition, participants accept the terms and conditions of participation and competition rules. The participant agrees to any free publication of poems with their name.

All persons aged 18 and over who have their place of residence in the Federal Republic of Germany are eligible to participate. Participation by children and young people is only permitted if their parents or guardians agree to their participation in the competition before participation; in the event of a win, the prize will be awarded to the parents or guardians. Employees of Rausch GmbH, as well as relatives of the relevant employees, are excluded from participation. Each participant may only take part in one individual competition once.

In the case of competitions via social media channels, the winner will be notified via direct message through the respective social media channel within 7 days after the closing date for entries; in the case of competitions via Rausch newsletter registration, directly by e-mail. If the winner does not respond within 72 hours of notification, the prize will be redrawn.

In the case of WhatsApp competitions that are linked to a registration for the Rausch WhatsApp newsletter, participation takes place by sending the intended WhatsApp message and subsequently confirming the newsletter subscription.

A breach of the terms and conditions of participation, including the rules for the relevant competition, entitles Rausch GmbH to exclude the respective participant from participation. This applies in particular if a participant provides false information when registering for the competition, enters with multiple profiles or attempts to influence the course of the game or the conditions for receiving a prize in a manipulative manner (e.g. by manipulating software). If the excluded participant is a winner, the prize may subsequently be withdrawn. The entitlement to the prize shall also lapse if the prize cannot be sent within six weeks of the first notification of the win for reasons attributable to the winner; in this case, a reserve winner will be selected. Participants undertake not to share any unlawful content.

Rausch GmbH reserves the right to end the competition at any time, in whole or in part, even without observing any notice periods, or to modify its course if, for technical reasons (e.g. computer virus, manipulation of or errors in software/hardware) or legal reasons, it is not possible to ensure that the competition is conducted properly.

Rausch GmbH collects, processes and uses the personal data provided by the participant in connection with participation in the competition (e.g. name, address, telephone number, e-mail address) for the purpose of carrying out the competition, in particular for the purpose of notifying the winners.
Further information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy.