“Invite Friends”Terms & Conditions (the“Official Rules”)
These Official Rules apply to the“Invite Friends”promotional campaign of AliExpress Platform (the“Campaign”):
1. Campaign and Prizes. During the Campaign Period, Eligible Members who invite friends and satisfy the requirements under Clause 6 shall be entitled to receive referral AliExpress Coupons. If their friends participate in the Campaign and satisfy the requirement under Clause 6, their friends shall be entitled to new member benefit in form of AliExpress Coupons.
2. Campaign Period. Unless otherwise decided by the Promoter, the Campaign shall be available during the whole year of 2022, ending at 23:59:59 (PT time) on 31 December 2022 (the “Campaign Period”).
3. Promoter: Alibaba.com Singapore E-Commerce Private Limited, a company registered in Singapore.
4. Availability. This Campaign is available on AliExpress iPhone and Android apps as well as the mobile site of AliExpress (the“AliExpress Platform”).
5. Eligible Members: To participate in the Campaign, you must have a registered account on AliExpress Platform and your“Ship to” setting should not be from any of the Non-Participating Counties. Employees, officers and directors of the Promoter and their respective immediate family members, affiliated and subsidiary companies, as well as any company involved in the Campaign, together with their respective agents, are not eligible to participate in the Campaign. In addition, only natural persons older than 18 years are eligible to participate in the Campaign. The Campaign is not available in the United States, Indonesia, India, Brazil, Korea, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan or in any other jurisdiction where the Campaign is not allowed or is subject to specific requirements (the“Non-participating Countries”). You confirm that you are allowed to participate in the Campaign and that the Campaign as designed is valid and does not require specific requirements in the jurisdiction you are based or accessing the Campaign from (the“Eligible Member”).
6. Campaign Rules:
a) Campaign Description
i) During the Campaign Period, an Eligible Member who wishes to invite his/her friend (“Inviter”) may access the Campaign on AliExpress App via: Account > Share and save more > Invite friends.
ii) Upon accessing, Inviter may start inviting friends to shop on AliExpress by sending a link or code (“Invite Link”).
iii) If the friend being invited (“Invitee”) is not yet a registered member of AliExpress, after the Invitee has created an account with AliExpress through the Invite Link, the Invitee will obtain benefit for new members in the form of AliExpress Coupons. The value and form of such benefit depends on relevant rules applied in the country where the Invitee belongs to. The Promoter has the final discretion as to the value and form of such benefit the Invitee will obtain in this regard.
iv) The Invitee may only enjoy the benefit for new members once. If the Invitee registers through the Invite Link shared by the Inviter and completes a purchase on the AliExpress, the Inviter will get referral AliExpress Coupons within 24 hours after the Invitee’s successful purchase on AliExpress. Inviter will not get any referral AliExpress Coupons if (a) the Invitee is an existing member of AliExpress, (b) the Invitee places an order but never completes the transaction, or (c) the Invite Link used by Invitee is not the one shared by the Inviter. The number of pieces and the value of such referral AliExpress Coupons that Inviter will obtain depends on rules applied in the country where the Inviter belongs to. The Promoter has the final discretion as to the number of pieces and the value of such coupons that the Inviter will obtain in this regard.
v) The Inviter may check the status of the Invitation Links he/she has sent out and the total referral AliExpress Coupons he/she has earned via the following:
- on AliExpress app, via Account > Share and save more > Invite friends
vi) If the Invitee has not completed any purchase, the Inviter may remind the Invitee by clicking the “Remind” function and resend the message.
b) Campaign Restrictions
i) Inviter may only invite third parties other than himself/herself who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, or are based or accessing the Campaign from a jurisdiction other than the Non-participating Countries.
ii) The Campaign is subject to Invitee’s consent to the account registration with AliExpress and participation of the Campaign. Inviter may not send Invite Links in a manner that the Promoter (in its sole and absolute discretion) believes constitutes spam or otherwise undesirous communications.
iii) Each computer or mobile device can only have up to 4 AliExpress.com Platform membership accounts to participate in this Campaign.
iv) The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any “same user” who tries to create different accounts to participate in this Campaign. The Promoter may use any metric, such as platform membership account, payment account, identity proof documents, recipient name, address, contact method, IP address, and etc., as appropriate to determine whether or not the accounts belong to the same user.
v) Any fraudulent act or abusive behaviors in connection with the Eligible Member’s participation in the Campaign (as determined by the Promoter at its discretion) will result in forfeiture of eligibility to receive any coupons or offers associated with the Campaign. The Promoter reserves the right to revoke any coupons issued, deduct the value of any offers awarded inappropriately to the Eligible Member directly without prior notice.
vi) An Inviter shall not (a) create multiple, duplicate or fake accounts in order to invite himself/herself as a friend, (b) invite friend s who have created multiple, duplicate or fake profiles, (c) use alternative contact information in order to invite himself/herself as a friend, (d) invite friends that the Inviter do not know personally, if the Promoter (in its sole and absolute discretion) believes that the Inviter is doing so in a way that constitutes spam or otherwise undesirous communications, (e) invite fictitious or fake persons, (f) do anything that harms or damages the brand, goodwill, or reputation of the Promoter or AliExpress Platform or any service providers that assist the Promoter with providing the Campaign, (g) use any automated system, script or macro to participate in the Campaign, (h) resell, barter, trade, auction or otherwise generate income by providing access to the Campaign, (i) stalk, harass or harm any individual and (j) participate in the Campaign in a manner that the Promoter (in its discretion) considers to be unreasonable, excessive or in bad faith.
c) AliExpress Coupon Terms and Conditions:
i) There are different types of AliExpress Coupons awarded in this Campaign, which come with different usage restrictions. Please check the usage period, usage method, minimum spending requirement (if any), etc. as stated on the AliExpress Coupon.
ii) AliExpress Coupons that remain unused after the coupon usage period will lapse and cannot be refunded or exchanged for anything.
iii) AliExpress Coupons may not be used for certain regions and/or products and/or shipping purposes as may be decided by the Promoter from time to time.
iv) Use of any AliExpress Coupons is also subject to the following AliExpress Coupons Terms and Conditions:
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7. General Rules:
a) By participating in the Campaign, Eligible Members are bound by these Official Rules.
b) In the event that the Campaign is ceased or suspended by the relevant authorities or due to serious network attack or system fault, the Campaign may be terminated prematurely. Such situation constitutes a force majeure event and the Promoter is not liable for any damages or claims that arise out of such event of force majeure.
c) The Promoter is not responsible for any late, lost, delayed, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or undeliverable entries, responses, or other correspondence, whether by e-mail or otherwise.
d) In the event that any Campaign becomes inoperable due to any computer network related reasons, the Promoter is not liable for any damages.
e) The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Official Rules as well as to vary or terminate any of Campaign without prior notice.
f) Eligible Members understand that Promotor shall process personal data in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Notice in the Annex.
8. Disclaimer: To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will the Promoter be liable to eligible member for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages (including loss of use, data, business or profits) arising out of or in connection with Eligible Member's participation in this Campaign, whether such liability arises from any claim based upon contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, and whether or not the Promoter has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.
9. Disputes: The Promoter and its affiliates are not responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else for any dispute or claim that arises out of Eligible Member's participation in the Campaign.
10. Governing Law: This Campaign is governed, interpreted and enforced by the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. All legal actions, claims or proceedings arising out of, or in connection with this Campaign must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Hong Kong.
ANNEX – PRIVACY NOTICE
This Privacy Notice applies to “Invite Friends” and sets out how Promoter will collect and use the personal data of Eligible Members in this Campaign.
If an Eligible Member has any requests, questions or concerns about the use of personal data or this Privacy Notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer at: DataProtection.AE@aliexpress.com.
A. DATA WE COLLECT
For the purposes of “Invite Friends”, Promoter will collect and use the following types of personal data from Eligible Members:
a. Account information registered by Invitee where the Invitee voluntary participates in this Campaign and become a new member of AliExpress
b. Interaction information of the Inviter and Invitee as listed below, which will also be visible to the relevant Inviter
· Username of the Inviter and Invitee
· Publicly available image of the Inviter and Invitee
· Whether or not the Invitee has thereafter completed the first order with AliExpress and relevant date of completion so that the Inviter is eligible for a referral coupon
c. Referral coupon value and total referral coupons value earned by Inviter (visible to the Inviter only)
B. PURPOSE AND BASIS FOR COLLECTING DATA
Promoter will collect and use the above data for the purpose of the Campaign. Data will be collected and used on the basis of Promoter's legitimate interest to serve as platform through which third parties may offer products and services to consumers, including via special offers and promotional activities. As stated in section D below, each Eligible Member has the right to object to this basis for processing his/her personal data.
C. SHARING OF DATA
As stated in Section A item c above, certain interaction information of Invitee will be shared with relevant Inviter.
Other than the above, Promoter will only share an Eligible Member’s personal data with the third-party marketing firms who will be responsible for the direct realization of this Campaign and who are under appropriate contractual obligations to protect the personal data entrusted to them. Promoter may also share this data internally as necessary for the purposes of this Campaign.
D. STORAGE AND DELETION OF DATA
The account information registered by Invitees will be held by Promoter per the general storage period for all Eligible Members.
Apart from the above, Promoter will only store Eligible Members’personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes of this Campaign, after which time Promoter will delete this data.
E. RIGHTS CONCERNING DATA
Eligible Members in the Campaign have rights concerning their data, including the right to access, rectify or erase their personal data, as well as the right to object to or restrict the processing of their personal data. If an Eligible Member objects to the processing of his personal data, or otherwise requests restriction or deletion, then the Eligible Member will no longer be able to participate in the Campaign. Eligible Members also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of their personal data with the Supervisory Authority.
F. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF DATA
Promoter may transfer Eligible Members’personal data to countries outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), including to countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as in an Eligible Member's home country. In such cases, Promoter has taken appropriate steps to ensure that the recipients of personal data are bound to duties of confidentiality and appropriate contractual safeguards to ensure personal data will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Notice – including, where applicable, standard contractual clauses. A copy of those clauses can be obtained by contacting us through the means noted above.