Acuity Insights Applicant Survey & Contest Terms and Conditions
Participation and Contest Rules
ACUITY INSIGHTS’ APPLICANT SURVEY & CONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANADA AND THE USA (INCLUDING HAWAII AND EXCLUDING ARIZONA AND ALL OTHER USA TERRITORIES) AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO, AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO, APPLICABLE CANADIAN AND USA LAWS. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE OF THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR PROVINCE, STATE OR TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST RULES”).
References to “Sponsor” shall mean Acuity Insights Inc. “Acuity Entities” means any member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates associated with Acuity Insights Inc., their predecessors, successors and assignees, and all partners, principals, members, owners, directors, employees, subcontractors and agents of all such entities.
Sponsor Address and Contact Information:
ACUITY INSIGHTS INC.
325 Front Street West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2Y1 Canada
Attn: Surveys and Contests Team
Email: contests@acuityinsights.com
1. HOW TO PARTICIPATE
1.1. Eligibility: To be eligible for this Contest, you (“Entrant”) must:
1.1.1. be a legal resident of Canada/US;
1.1.2. be of the age of majority in your state, province or territory of residence, or older at the time of entry; and
1.1.3. Have applied to an undergraduate or graduate program with a college, polytechnic, or university, or be a recent graduate of the same within the last three (3) years.
1.2. Non-Eligibility:
1.2.1. Employees of of the Sponsor or Acuity Entities;
1.2.2. Any other individual involved in the development, production, administration, or fulfillment of the Contest
1.2.3. Members of the immediate family (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother, spouse) of the individuals outlined in 1.2.1; and
1.2.4. Household members of any of the parties listed above.
Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to Sponsor for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Sponsor reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any Entrant should such an Entrant at any stage supply information that does not meet these requirements.
1.3. Contest Period and Participation
1.3.1. Starting on 12:00 a.m., Eastern Time, March 20, 2025 to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, March 13, 2026 (“Contest Period”), Entrants may participate in the Contest by either completing the online student survey OR by mailing an entry to Sponsor as indicated in Section 4.8 of these Contest rules (the “Rules”). The Entrants participating via completion of the survey must clearly and fully complete the survey with all requested information. Entrants may complete the survey on-line. Those who choose to forgo the survey and mail in their entry stand the same chance of winning the Prize as those who fully complete the online survey. NEITHER METHOD OF ENTRY WILL INCREASE OR DIMINISH OR OTHERWISE IMPACT YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING IN THIS CONTEST.
1.4. Contest Entry
1.4.1. Upon completion and submission of the survey or by mailing in an entry (in accordance with Section 4.8 of these Rules), eligible Entrants will be entered into the Contest for one (1) chance to win the Prize (described below).
1.5. Contest Entry Restrictions
1.5.1. Entrants are restricted to one (1) entry (via survey completions or mail-in entries without purchase) per person. Any excess entries will be invalid for purposes of the Contest draw.
1.6. Awarding of Prize
1.6.1. The Prize will be awarded to the Entrant whose contact information has been given by the Entrant through the survey or indicated on the mail in entry and who has complied with these Rules.
2. PRIZE
2.1. Prize Availability
2.1.1. There are five (5) prizes available to be won by a Prize winner (a “Winner”), consisting of one (1), Amazon Gift Card, valued at approximately CAD $50.00 (the “Prize”).
2.1.2. The odds of being randomly selected to win the Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
2.2. Prize Acceptance
2.2.1. The skill testing question must be answered correctly, and the terms and Prize must be accepted as awarded. Acceptance must be made by email as a reply to the official notification email containing the Declaration and Release that will be sent to the Winner. No cash alternatives, substitution or transfers of the Prize will be allowed. The Winner is not entitled to the monetary difference between the actual Prize value and stated approximate Prize value, if any. The Prize will be forwarded (in digital format) by email to the Winner, within two (2) weeks from the date when the Winner replies (correctly and as instructed) to the official notification email from Acuity.
2.3. Prize Draw
2.3.1. The Prizes will be awarded by five (5) random draws on March 20, 2026 before 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time in Toronto, Ontario from ALL eligible Contest entries received during the relevant Contest Period (the “Draw”).
2.4. Notification of Selection following Prize Draw
2.4.1. The selected Entrant will be contacted by email (using the contact information provided by Entrant on-line or through their mail entry) at least three (3) times within the fourteen (14) days after the Draw. If the selected Entrant cannot be contacted in that time, another Entrant will be randomly selected and the initial selected Entrant will be disqualified and will have no recourse towards Acuity Entities, or anyone involved in the Contest. In order to win, the selected Entrant must accept the Prize in accordance with Section 2.2 “Prize Acceptance” above, confirming compliance with the Contest Rules, acceptance of the Prize as awarded and releasing Acuity Entities from all liability relating to the Contest or Prize. The selected Entrant will have seven (7) days from the date of receiving the official email notification of winning the Prize, to appropriately reply to the Sponsor by email as instructed and in accordance with Section 2.2. If the selected Entrant does not do so within this period of time, another Entrant will be randomly selected and the initial selected Entrant will be disqualified and will have no recourse towards Acuity Entities, or anyone involved in the Contest.
3. SURVEY
3.1. Survey Reports.
3.1.1. By conducting the survey, Sponsor is looking to understand how to better support applicants who take assessments offered by the Sponsor that are later used to support their admissions applications to certain higher learning institutions. Sponsor will use an Entrant’s survey responses (which may include information such as an Entrant’s name, age, email address, and whether they plan to attend or are currently attending a college/polytechnic/university, etc. collectively “Personal Information”) and the survey responses of other Entrants (“Survey Responses”), in the aggregate and anonymized, to generate reports or promotional or marketing materials or other records or documents recording, describing or summarizing the Survey Responses and any insights or opinions or conclusions Sponsor may derive from the same (“Survey Reports”). Some Survey Reports will be internal to Sponsor (“Internal Reports”) and are not intended for public disclosure. Other Survey Reports may be published generally or may be provided by Sponsor to specific other persons, including but not limited to, institutions of higher learning, business partners, Acuity Entities, or clients of Sponsor (“External Reports”). Sponsor will use commercially reasonable efforts to not include any Personal Information in any Internal or External Report which could reasonably be expected to identify an Entrant. Sponsor is under no obligation to use an Entrant’s survey responses for any Survey Reports.
3.2. License to Survey Responses.
3.2.1. By providing a Survey Response, you, as an Entrant, grant to Sponsor an irrevocable, unlimited, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), transferable, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to use, copy, distribute, publish, modify, make derivative works from, and disclose the information and any other content in the Survey Response, in any online, print or other media, now known or hereafter devised, without notice, review or approval, for the purposes and objective noted in Section 3.1 of these Rules, and you hereby waive all related moral rights. All of the license rights so granted to Sponsor are subject to Sponsor’s compliance with its obligations in Section 3.1 of these Rules. Entrant acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be required to compensate them, notify them, or request any further permission in connection with Sponsor’s use of any Survey Responses, unless otherwise prohibited by law. For a summary of how Sponsor otherwise collects, uses, and discloses Personal Information, please see Acuity Insights’ Privacy Policy.
4. ADDITIONAL CONTEST RULES
4.1. Claiming the Prize: Claiming the Prize is subject to verification by Sponsor. Entries made with multiple addresses or identities or through the use of any device or artifice to enter multiple times or entries during the Contest Period are automatically void. All Contest entries which are incomplete, illegible, mutilated, altered, reproduced, forged, irregular or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules are automatically void. Sponsor will be the sole and final reference source in validating a Prize claim.
4.2. Participation: By participating, each eligible Entrant and the selected Winner agree: (a) to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, (b) to release and hold harmless Acuity Entities, their affiliates, subsidiaries, and independent contractors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives including advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, out of participation in the Contest, breach of these Rules, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of the Prize, including but not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, exposure to the COVID-19 virus, damage to or loss of or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising therefrom; (c) to the collection and use of his/her/their personal information by Sponsor for Contest related purposes; (d) to grant Sponsor rights to the Entrant’s Survey Response in accordance with these Rules; and (e) to answer a skill testing question and sign a Declaration and Release Form if selected as the Winner.
4.3. Sponsors Decisions: The decisions of Sponsor in relation to this Contest will be final and binding on all Entrants.
4.4. Aberrations: Acuity Entities shall not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription or registration of Contest entry information, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible, or erased computer or network transmissions, line failures of any telephone network, failure of computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, inability to submit the online survey, or any other human or technical error or malfunction, or any injury or damage to Entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest, or for late, lost, stolen, postage due, illegible or misdirected entries.
4.5. Rights of Sponsors: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or suspend this Contest, at its sole discretion, in the event of a technical failure, computer virus or bug, unauthorized human intervention, fraud or any other occurrence or cause beyond its control that corrupts or adversely affects the administration, security, fairness or normal operation of the Contest.
4.6. Prize Award. Under no circumstances will Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and independent contractors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents, including advertising and promotion agencies be required to award more Prizes than what is indicated in these Rules or award a Prize other than in accordance with these Rules.
4.7. No Purchase Necessary. To enter without fully completing the on-line survey, an Entrant must be an applicant to a recognized educational institution and taking the associated Acuity Insights Admission Assessment(s) as part of the application process. That Entrant may hand print their name, date and email address associated with their Acuity Insights account, on a plain piece of paper and sign it. Place the entry form in an envelope and mail it with sufficient postage to Attn: Surveys and Contests Team, Acuity Insights Inc., 325 Front Street West, 4th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5V 2Y1 Canada. Entries must be received no later than February 27, 2026. Limit of one (1) entry per envelope with sufficient postage. All mail-in entries will bear the same odds as survey responses received on-line.
4.8. Law. The Contest is subject to all Federal, Provincial, and local laws, as well as the rules adopted in view of said laws. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Rules or the rights and obligations as between the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws.
4.9. For residents of Québec, Canada: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (if applicable) for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the board only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
4.10. For a copy of the Contest Rules, please write to:
Attn: Surveys and Contests Team
ACUITY INSIGHTS INC.
325 Front Street West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2Y1 Canada
Email: contests@acuityinsights.com