GENERAL RULES OF GAME for
UPBEAT Awards Best New Talent 2025 Public Vote
ARTICLE 1 – SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1.1. These General Rules are applicable for the voting game organized by Hangvető Zenei Terjesztő Társulás Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (seat: 1027 Budapest, Margit körút 62. V./1.) as game organizer in the framework of the Upbeat Awards Best New Talent 2025 public vote.
1.2. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms and expressions set forth hereunder, if capitalized, shall have the following meaning in these General Rules:
- Upbeat Platform” is a European Showcase Platform for World Music with the purpose to “increase the visibility of emerging European talents in the world music scene in the European Union and beyond. The Platform consists of the most prominent and promising European showcases and festivals of world music. The Platform is developed with the support of an EU project grant, in the framework of the call for proposals ‘European Platforms for the promotion of emerging artists (CREA-CULT-2021-PLAT) by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, starting on 1 August 2022 and ending on 31 July 2025 (Project Reference No.: 101059182).
- “Upbeat Awards Best New Talent Public Vote 2025” is a vote in which voters have the possibility to choose between the new talents introduced in the Upbeat Platform.
- “Applicant” means a natural person who has submitted a vote in the framework of the Upbeat Awards Best New Talent Public Vote 2025 public vote.
- “Voting” means the casting of vote in the course of the Upbeat Awards Best New Talent public vote.
- “Organizer” means Hangvető Zenei Terjesztő Társulás Kft. (seat: 1027 Budapest, Margit körút 62. V./1., represented by Miklós Cserba and András Lelkes collectively; EU VAT: HU13125684; reg. No.: 01-09-719984).
ARTICLE 2 – ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
2.1. Eligible for participation in a Vote for Prize are natural persons above 18 years of age, from all over the world without any geographic limitation.
ARTICLE 3 – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RULES OF VOTING F, REGISTRATION, TERM
3.1. Applicants are allowed to participate in the Voting – only if they agree to the present General Rules. By participating in the Voteing-, the Applicants acknowledge and accept all the terms and conditions set out in these General Rules-
3.2. Registrations and voting shall be made in writing on the website by filling out the voting form as described in Article 5.1.
3.3. Voting- shall commence on 19 February- 2025, at 00:00 and shall end on 31 March-, 23:59.
ARTICLE 4 – EXCLUSION, CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, WITHDRAWAL
4.1. The Organizer shall exclude Applicants (a) who are under 18 years of age by the date of registration to the –
4.2. The Organizer shall reject from voting- an Applicant who: (a) is in an exclusion situation established in accordance with Article 4.1.; (b) has misrepresented the information required as a condition for participating in the Vote for Prize or has failed to supply that information.
4.3. Applicants must inform the Organizer without delay of any situation constituting or likely to lead to a conflict of interests and immediately take all the necessary steps to rectify this situation.
4.4. The Organizer may withdraw the Voting- if it finds out that (a) false information, fraud or corruption was used to obtain it; (b) an ApplicantWinner was not eligible or should have been excluded; (c) an Applicant – is in serious breach of his obligations under these General Rules.
4.5. The Organizer shall not be held liable for any damage caused to or sustained by any of the Applicants, including any damage caused to third parties during the implementation of the activities related to the Voting –
ARTICLE 5 – VOTING TERMS, DRAW
5.1. Voting shall be made on the https://upbeatawards.eu/best-new-talent-2025/ website. Each individual is allowed to submit only one vote for the UPBEAT Best New Talent Award 2025. We track IP addresses to ensure the integrity of the voting process and prevent multiple submissions from the same person.
5.2. Voters are obliged to give their countries when submitting a vote. Those votes that have been submitted to a nominee from the same country as the voter’s country are counted once. Those votes that have been submitted to a nominee from a different country as the voter’s country are counted twice.
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ARTICLE 7 – CANCELLATION, MODIFICATION
7.1. The Organizer upon its discretion and taking into consideration the principle of proportionality shall cancel the Votinge- process particularly if the objectives cannot be fulfilled anymore, -Cancellation of the Voting shall not entitle the Applicant to any right of compensation.
7.2. The Organizer reserves the right to modify the present General Rules, the Prizes, the terms of voting as well as the terms of the draw.
ARTICLE 8 – DATA PROTECTION
8.1. Any personal data related to the Votinge-, including its execution shall be processed by the Organizer as a data controller, pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union, the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 95/46/EC) and Act CXII of 2011 on Freedom of Information, the Information Act.
8.2. Processing of the personal data is necessary for the performance of the Voting-, therefore it shall be processed solely for the purposes of the performance, management and follow up of the Votijng -by the Organizer without prejudice to possible transmission to internal audit services.
8.3. The personal data of Applicants shall be processed for the duration of the Voting-and for 30 days following the end of the Voting- The Applicant shall have the right of access to their personal data and the right to rectify any such data that is inaccurate or incomplete. Should the Applicant have any queries concerning the processing of their personal data, they shall address them to the Organizer.
ARTICLE 9 – APPLICABLE LAW
9.1. The Voting is governed by the applicable EU Law complemented, where necessary, by the law of Hungary.
ARTICLE 10 – LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION
10.1. The language of these General Rules is English. Any communication in relation to these rules shall be in English. Any communication shall be made by email to info@upbeat-platform.eu.sh. Any communication in relation to these rules shall be in English. Any communication shall be made by email to info@upbeat-platform.eu.
