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1The vast majority of prerecorded sales calls are 

illegal under the Telemarketing Sales Rule unless 

the recipient has provided express written consent 

to receive them. 73 FR 51164 (Aug. 29, 2008); 16 

CFR 310.4(b)(1)(v). The Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act also prohibits any type of call (other 

than a call made for emergency purposes) using 

automated telephone equipment or an artificial or 

prerecorded voice to a cellular telephone in the 

absence of prior express consent. 47 U.S.C. 

227(b)(1)(A)(iii). 

failure, or any other unanticipated factor 

or factors beyond Sponsor’s control 

impairs the integrity or proper 

functioning of the Contest, or for any 

other reason. The Sponsor reserves the 

right at its sole discretion to disqualify 

any individual or Contestant that the 

Sponsor finds to be tampering with the 

entry process or the operation of the 

Contest, or to be acting in violation of 

these Official Rules or in a manner that 

is inappropriate, not in the best interests 

of this Contest, or in violation of any 

applicable law or regulation. 

C. Any attempt by any person to 

undermine the proper functioning of the 

Contest may be a violation of criminal 

and civil law, and, should such an 

attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves 

the right to take proper legal action, 

including, without limiting, referral to 

law enforcement, for any illegal or 

unlawful activities. 

D. The Sponsor’s failure to enforce 

any term of these Official Rules shall 

not constitute a waiver of that term. The 

Sponsor is not responsible for 

incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, 

lost, illegible, or incomprehensible 

Submissions or for address or email 

address changes of the Contestants. 

Proof of sending or submitting is not 

proof of receipt by Sponsor. 

E. In the event of any discrepancy or 

inconsistency between the terms and 

conditions of the Official Rules and 

disclosures or other statements 

contained in any Contest materials, 

including but not limited to the Contest 

Web site or point of sale, television, 

print or online advertising, the terms 

and conditions of the Official Rules 

shall prevail. 

F. The Sponsor reserves the right to 

amend the terms and conditions of the 

Official Rules at any time, including the 

rights or obligations of the Contestant 

and the Sponsor. The Sponsor will post 

the terms and conditions of the 

amended Official Rules on the Contest 

Web site (‘‘Corrective Notice’’). As 

permitted by law, any amendment will 

become effective at the time the Sponsor 

posts the amended Official Rules. 

G. Excluding Submissions, all 

intellectual property related to this 

Contest, including but not limited to 

trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, 

promotional materials, Web pages, 

source codes, drawings, illustrations, 

slogans, and representations are owned 

or used under license by either the 

Sponsor or Participating Organizations. 

All rights are reserved. Unauthorized 

copying or use of any copyrighted 

material or intellectual property without 

the express written consent of the 

relevant owner(s) is strictly prohibited. 

H. Should any provision of these 

Official Rules be or become illegal or 

unenforceable under applicable Federal 

law, such illegality or unenforceability 

shall leave the remainder of these 

Official Rules unaffected and valid. The 

illegal or unenforceable provision may 

be replaced by the Sponsor with a valid 

and enforceable provision that, in the 

Sponsor’s sole judgment, comes closest 

and best reflects the Sponsor’s intention 

in a legal and enforceable manner with 

respect to the invalid or unenforceable 

provision. 

13. Disputes 

Subject to the release provisions in 

these Official Rules, Contestant agrees 

that: 

A. Any and all disputes, claims, and 

causes of action arising out of or 

connected with this Contest, any Prizes 

awarded, the administration of the 

Contest, the determination of Winners, 

or the construction, validity, 

interpretation, and enforceability of the 

Official Rules shall be resolved 

individually; 

B. any and all disputes, claims, and 

causes of action arising out of or 

connected with this Contest, any Prizes 

awarded, the administration of the 

Contest, the determination of Winners, 

or the construction, validity, 

interpretation, and enforceability of the 

Official Rules shall be resolved pursuant 

to Federal law; 

C. under no circumstances will 

Contestants be entitled to, and 

Contestants hereby waive, all rights to 

claim, any punitive, incidental, and 

consequential damages and any and all 

rights to have damages multiplied or 

otherwise increased. 

14. Privacy 

The sponsor may collect personal 

information from the contestant when 

he or she enters the contest. Such 

personal information collected is subject 

to the privacy policy located here: 

http://www.ftc.gov/site-information/

privacy-policy. 

15. Contact Us 

Please visit the Contest Web site for 

further Contest information and 

updates. 

Jessica Rich, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05439 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Robocall Contest; ‘‘DetectaRobo’’ 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; public challenge. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’) announces an 

open source prize competition that 

challenges the public to analyze data 

from a robocall honeypot, thus 

improving honeypot design. A honeypot 

is an information system that is 

designed to attract perpetrators of illegal 

acts—in this case robocallers—and gain 

knowledge about their tactics. The 

Contest will be held during the National 

Day of Civic Hacking, from June 6–7, 

2015. 

DATES: Contestants may register 

beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time (‘‘EDT’’) on June 6, 2015. Further 

instructions and requirements regarding 

registration and submission will be 

provided on the Contest Web site 

(ftc.gov/detectarobo). The deadline for 

submitting entries is June 7, 2015, at 

8:00 p.m. EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Hsue, 202–326–3132, Division 

of Marketing Practices, Bureau of 

Consumer Protection, FTC; 600 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Mailstop CC– 

8528; Washington, DC 20580. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTC 

DetectaRobo Contest (the ‘‘Contest’’) is 

the next step in the Federal Trade 

Commission’s battle against illegal 

robocalls, and complements the results 

of the FTC’s two prior robocall 

challenges in 2012 and 2014. Robocalls 

are prerecorded messages that generally 

seek to promote the purchase of goods 

or services to a consumer, and are 

regulated by the FTC under the 

Telemarketing Sales Rule. See 16 CFR 

310.4(b)(1)(v). Most such calls are 

illegal,1 and yet they continue to be 

prevalent. 

The FTC is hosting the Contest in 

conjunction with the 2015 National Day 

of Civic Hacking. The Contest will 

challenge the public to contribute to the 

design of robocall honeypots— 

information systems intended to attract 

perpetrators of illegal robocalls and 

gather knowledge about robocaller 

tactics. The Contest is intended to 

engage individuals or teams of 

individuals with information security 

expertise (collectively ‘‘Contestants’’) to 

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apply their knowledge to further the 

design of robocall honeypots. 

The Contest is subject to all 

applicable laws and regulations. 

Registering to enter the Contest 

constitutes Contestant’s full agreement 

to these Official Rules and to decisions 

of the Sponsor (as defined below), 

which are final and binding in all 

matters related to the Contest. Winning 

a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all 

requirements set forth in the Official 

Rules. 

1. Sponsor and Participating 

Organizations 

A. Sponsor: Federal Trade 

Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20580. 

B. Participating Organizations: 

(i) Pindrop Security, Inc., 817 West 

Peachtree Street NW., Suite 770, 

Atlanta, GA 30308; 

(ii) Canadian Radio-television 

Telecommunications Commission, 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A ON2. 

The FTC reserves the right to modify 

the list of Participating Organizations at 

any time and will provide any updates 

on the Contest Web site. 

2. Eligibility 

A. To participate in the Contest: 

(i) Contestants may compete as 

individuals or as teams of individuals, 

if they meet all eligibility requirements 

set forth in Sections 2.A–C. To be 

eligible to win a Prize, Contestants must 

meet the additional prize eligibility 

requirements set forth in Section 9. 

(ii) Contestants must comply with all 

terms and conditions of the Official 

Rules. 

(iii) Contestants must own or have 

access at their own expense to a 

computer, an Internet connection, and 

any other electronic devices, 

documentation, software, or other items 

that Contestants may deem necessary to 

create and enter a Submission (as 

defined in Section 4 below). 

(iv) Each team must appoint one 

individual (the ‘‘Representative’’) to 

represent and act on behalf of said team, 

including by entering a Submission. The 

Representative must be duly authorized 

to submit on behalf of the team, and 

must represent and warrant that he or 

she is duly authorized to act on behalf 

of the team. 

(v) An individual may enter the 

Contest only once, either on an 

individual basis or as a member of one 

team. 

(vi) No individual or team may enter 

the Contest on behalf of a corporation or 

other non-individual legal entity. 

B. The following individuals 

(including any individuals participating 

as part of a team) are not eligible 

regardless of whether they meet the 

criteria set forth above: 

(i) Any individual under the age of 18; 

(ii) any individual who employs any 

of the Contest Judges as an employee or 

agent; 

(iii) any individual who owns or 

controls an entity for whom a Contest 

Judge is an employee, officer, director, 

or agent; 

(iv) any individual who has a material 

business or financial relationship with 

any Contest Judge; 

(v) any individual who is a member 

of any Contest Judge’s immediate family 

or household; 

(vi) any individual who has been 

convicted of a felony; 

(vii) any employee, representative or 

agent of the Sponsor or Participating 

Organizations, as well as any employee, 

representative, or agent of an advertising 

agency, contractor or other individual or 

organization involved with the design, 

production, promotion, execution, or 

distribution of the Contest; and all 

members of the immediate family or 

household of any such employee, 

representative, or agent; 

(viii) any Federal employee acting 

within the scope of his or her 

employment, or as may otherwise be 

prohibited by Federal law (employees 

should consult their agency ethics 

officials); 

(ix) any individual or team that used 

Federal facilities or consulted with 

Federal employees to develop a 

Submission, unless the facilities and 

employees were made available to all 

Contestants participating in the Contest 

on an equitable basis; and 

(x) any individual or team that used 

Federal funds to develop a Submission, 

unless such use is consistent with the 

grant award, or other applicable Federal 

funds awarding document. If a grantee 

using Federal funds enters and wins this 

Contest, the prize monies shall be 

treated as program income for purposes 

of the original grant in accordance with 

applicable Office of Management and 

Budget Circulars. Federal contractors 

may not use Federal funds from a 

contract to develop a Submission for 

this Challenge. The Sponsor will, in its 

sole discretion, disqualify any 

individual or team that meets any of the 

criteria set forth in Section 2.B. 

C. For purposes hereof: 

(i) The members of an individual’s 

immediate family include such 

individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and step-parents, and 

siblings and step-siblings; and 

(ii) the members of an individual’s 

household include any other person 

who shares the same residence as such 

individual for at least three (3) months 

out of the year. 

D. Pursuant to the America Creating 

Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote 

Excellence in Technology, Education, 

and Science Reauthorization Act of 

2010, 15 U.S.C. 3719, Contest Prizes (as 

defined in Section 8 below) may be 

awarded only to individuals and teams 

of individuals who are citizens or 

permanent residents of the United 

States, subject to verification by the 

Sponsor before Prizes are awarded (see 

Section 9 below). 

3. Registration Requirement for All 

Contestants 

A. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT on June 

6, 2015, Contestants may register to 

participate in the Contest. 

B. To enter, every Contestant, 

including all members of a team, must 

register by submitting a form 

(‘‘Registration Form’’) to verify that he 

or she has read and agreed to abide by 

the Official Rules and meets the 

eligibility requirements, including that 

he or she: (1) Is at least 18 years old; (2) 

does not have a familial, or material 

business or financial relationship with 

any Contest Judge; and (3) has not been 

convicted of a felony. The Registration 

Form will be available to Contestants 

beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT on June 6, 

2015. Additional information and 

requirements about the registration 

process will be provided on the Contest 

Web site. 

C. Contestants should register as soon 

as possible and after their registration is 

completed, will receive access to the 

data to be analyzed. Contestants must 

submit their Registration Forms before 

the Submission Deadline. Contest 

participation will be limited to the first 

50 individuals or teams who register. 

D. After a Contestant registers, the 

Sponsor will send a confirmation 

message to the email address provided 

by the Contestant. The Contestant 

should use the confirmation message to 

verify the email address that he or she 

provided in order to receive important 

Contest updates. 

E. In the event of a dispute pertaining 

to this Contest, the authorized account 

holder of the email address listed at 

registration will be deemed to be the 

Contestant. The ‘‘authorized account 

holder’’ is the natural person assigned 

an email address by an Internet access 

provider, online service provider, or 

other organization responsible for 

assigning email addresses for the 

domain associated with the submitted 

address. Contestants may be required to 

show proof of being the authorized 

account holder. 

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4. Submission 

A. To participate in any phase of the 

Contest, a Contestant must submit the 

following: 

(i) Solution source code; 

(ii) a written description of the 

Submission (see Section 7); and 

(iii) any other materials required 

under Section 7 below, including 

robocall predictions and access to 

technologies needed to test the 

Submission, including any legal rights 

or licenses required to access the 

technologies. 

Paragraphs (i)–(iii) above are 

collectively a ‘‘Submission.’’ If the 

Sponsor permits submission via email, 

Contestants must use the email address 

provided on their Registration Forms (or 

in the case of a team, the email address 

on the team Representative’s 

Registration Form). With the exception 

of this originating email address, no part 

of the Submission shall contain 

information revealing the Contestant’s 

identity, such as a name, address, 

employment information, or other 

identifying details. Additional 

information about and requirements for 

the Submission process will be 

provided on the Contest Web site. 

B. Submission deadlines. 

Contestants must enter their 

Submissions by June 7, 2015 at 8:00 

p.m. EDT (‘‘Contest Deadline’’). The 

Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for this Contest. The 

Sponsor reserves the right, in its 

discretion, to extend the Contest 

Deadline at any time in appropriate 

circumstances and without prior notice. 

Any Submissions entered following the 

Contest Deadline shall be disqualified. 

The Judging Period will commence after 

the Contest Deadline. 

C. Submission requirements. 

(i) The source code, written 

description, and any other materials 

must all be submitted at the same time. 

All Submissions must be received by 

the Contest Deadline. 

(ii) Source code must be compatible 

with any of the following languages: 

C++, C, Java, PERL, Ruby, or Python. 

(iii) No part of a Submission, 

including any records, platforms, 

technologies or licenses required to 

evaluate the Submission, may require 

the Sponsor or Contest Judges to spend 

money or otherwise obtain anything of 

value; or to execute or enter into any 

binding agreement (except for a nondisclosure or non-compete agreement) 

not otherwise provided for under these 

Rules. 

(iv) Submissions from a team must be 

indicated as such when entering a 

Submission. 

(v) With the exception of source code, 

Submissions must be in English, except 

that textual material in a language other 

than English will be accepted if 

accompanied by an English translation 

of that text. 

(vi) Any solution that was publicly 

available prior to the start of the Contest 

Period (June 6–7, 2015) is not eligible 

for entry in the Contest, unless the 

solution submitted incorporates 

significant new functionality, features, 

or changes that are not publicly 

available. Contestants must identify any 

portion of the solution that was publicly 

available and include a narrative 

description of the new functionality, 

features, or changes with any such 

Submission. 

(vii) Submissions must not: 

a. Violate applicable law; 

b. depict hatred; 

c. be in bad taste; 

d. denigrate (or be derogatory toward) 

any person or group of persons or any 

race, ethnic group, or culture; 

e. threaten a specific community in 

society, including any specific race, 

ethnic group, or culture; 

f. incite violence or be likely to incite 

violence; 

g. contain vulgar or obscene language 

or excessive violence; 

h. contain pornography, obscenity, or 

sexual activity; or 

i. disparage the Sponsor or 

Participating Organizations. 

(viii) Submissions must be free of 

malware and other security threats. 

Contestant agrees that the Sponsor may 

conduct testing on each Submission to 

determine whether malware or other 

security threats may be present. 

(ix) Any Submissions that fail to 

comply with these requirements, as 

determined by the Sponsor in its sole 

discretion, may be disqualified. 

D. Additional terms. 

(i) Once a Submission has been 

submitted, Contestant may not access or 

make any changes or alterations to the 

Submission. 

(ii) A Contestant may submit only one 

Submission as either an individual or a 

member of a team. 

(iii) By entering a Submission, 

Contestant represents, warrants, and 

agrees that the Submission is the 

original work of the Contestant and 

complies with the Official Rules. 

Contestant further represents, 

warrants, and agrees that any use of the 

Submission by the Sponsor and Contest 

Judges (or any of their respective 

partners, subsidiaries, and affiliates) as 

authorized by these Official Rules, does 

not: 

a. infringe upon, misappropriate or 

otherwise violate any intellectual 

property right or proprietary right 

including, without limitation, any 

statutory or common law trademark, 

copyright or patent, nor any privacy 

rights, nor any other rights of any 

person or entity; 

b. constitute or result in any 

misappropriation or other violation of 

any person’s publicity rights or right of 

privacy. 

5. Submission Rights 

By entering a Submission to this 

Contest, Contestant grants to any person 

obtaining a copy of his or her 

Submission, a non-exclusive, 

irrevocable, royalty-free and worldwide 

license to use, copy, modify, merge, 

publish, or distribute the Submission, 

any information and content submitted 

by the Contestant, and any portion 

thereof. Contestants agree that such 

Submissions shall be made and remain 

available to all for use on an open 

source basis, as defined by the Open 

Source Initiative, see opensource.org. 

Contestant further grants to the Sponsor 

the right to display the Submission on 

the Internet. The Contestant agrees that 

the foregoing constitutes a condition of 

the Contestant’s participation in the 

Contest, and that the Contest is not a 

request for, or acquisition of, any 

property or service or any other matter 

subject to federal procurement 

requirements. 

6. Winner Selection and Judging 

Criteria 

A. All Submissions will be judged by 

an expert panel of judges (the ‘‘Contest 

Judges’’) selected by the Sponsor at the 

Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Sponsor 

reserves the right to substitute or modify 

the judging panel, or extend or modify 

the Judging Period, at any time for any 

reason. 

B. All Contest Judges shall be required 

to remain fair and impartial. Any 

Contest Judge may recuse him or herself 

from judging a Submission if the 

Contest Judge or the Sponsor considers 

it inappropriate, for any reason, for the 

Contest Judge to evaluate a specific 

Submission or group of Submissions. 

C. A Contestant’s likelihood of 

winning will depend on the number and 

quality of all of the Submissions, as 

determined by the Contest Judges using 

the criteria in these Official Rules. 

D. For all phases, the Sponsor 

reserves the right to review the Contest 

Judges’ decision and to withhold any 

Prize if, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, 

there is a procedural, legal, or other 

reason that the Prize should not be 

awarded. 

E. The Sponsor intends to announce 

the Winners within two months of the 

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Contest Period, and the results will be 

made available on the Contest Web site. 

The Sponsor, however, reserves the 

right to change the announcement date 

at any time with or without prior notice 

for any reason. 

7. Solution Requirements 

A. Each Contestant will have access to 

two sets of call data from an existing 

robocall honeypot. Contestants will be 

authorized to access the data only after 

the Contestant submits a Registration 

Form to the Sponsor. To access this 

data, Contestants may also be required 

to agree to certain terms and conditions 

specified by Pindrop. Contestants may 

not disseminate this data to any 

individual or legal entity other than 

another team member, and Contestants 

shall be disqualified from the Contest by 

the Sponsor if they do so. The first data 

set will identify calls that are likely to 

have been a robocall (a call delivering 

a prerecorded message). Based on 

information provided in the first data 

set, Contestants will develop an 

algorithm and will predict which of the 

calls in the second data set are likely to 

be robocalls. The Contestants’ 

predictions must be submitted in ascii 

text format using CSV. In addition to 

submitting these predictions, each 

Contestant must submit all source code 

and a written description of the 

algorithm consisting of fewer than 250 

words. 

Judging Criteria 

(i) Uncovering the Truth (70% of total 

score). 

• How well did you predict whether 

the calls in the second honeypot data set 

were likely to be robocalls? To assess 

this, the Contest Judges will compare 

your predictions with actual data about 

which calls are likely to be a robocall in 

the second data set. You will receive 

one point for each call you successfully 

identified as a likely robocall, and 

deducted two points for each call you 

inaccurately identified as a likely 

robocall. 

(ii) Explaining the Scheme (20% of 

total score) 

• What insights did your Submission 

demonstrate with respect to the analysis 

of honeypot call records? 

(iii) Innovation (10% of total score). 

• How innovative was your 

Submission? 

B. In order to be considered for a 

Prize, Submissions must receive a score 

greater than zero in each required 

category (uncovering the truth, 

explaining the scheme, and innovation). 

If the Contest Judges determine that no 

one satisfies each required category, no 

one will be deemed eligible for any 

Prize. 

C. The one (1) Contestant or 

Contestants whose Submission earns the 

highest overall score will be named 

Winner of the Top Prize identified 

below in Section 8, if the Contestant 

satisfies the verification requirements 

described in Section 9. If the Contestant 

does not satisfy the verification 

requirements, the Top Prize may be 

awarded to the next highest scorer who 

satisfies the verification requirements, at 

the Contest Judges’ or Sponsor’s 

discretion. 

D. Up to two (2) Contestants with the 

next highest scores who meet the 

Section 9 verification requirements may 

be awarded the Honorable Mention 

Prizes—described below in Section 8— 

at the Contest Judges’ or the Sponsor’s 

discretion. If the Contestant does not 

satisfy the verification requirements, the 

Honorable Mention Prize may be 

awarded to the next highest scorer who 

satisfies the verification requirements, at 

the Contest Judges’ or Sponsor’s 

discretion. 

E. In the event of a tie between or 

among two or more Submissions where 

the Contestants meet the verification 

requirements, the relevant Prize 

identified below in Section 8 will be 

divided equally between the tied 

Contestants. 

8. Prizes 

Winner Prize Quantity 

Top Prize .......... Champion 

RoboSleuth 

Award.

1 

Honorable Mention(s).Master 

RoboSleuth 

Award(s).

2 

A. If no eligible Submissions are 

entered in the Contest, no Prizes will be 

awarded. 

B. Each Contestant hereby 

acknowledges and agrees that the 

relationship between the Contestant and 

the Sponsor is not a confidential, 

fiduciary, or other special relationship, 

and that the Contestant’s decision to 

provide the Contestant’s Submission to 

Sponsor for the purposes of this Contest 

does not place the Sponsor and its 

respective agents in a position that is 

any different from the position held by 

the members of the general public with 

regard to elements of the Contestant’s 

Submission, except as specifically 

provided in these Official Rules. 

9. Verification of Eligibility for Receipt 

of a Prize 

A. All Prize Awards Are Subject to 

Sponsor Verification of the Winner’s 

Identity, Eligibility, and Participation In 

the Creation of the Solution. The 

Sponsor’s Decisions Are Final and 

Binding In All Matters Related to the 

Contest. In order to receive a Prize, a 

Contestant will be required to complete, 

sign and return to the Sponsor 

affidavit(s) of eligibility and liability 

release, or a similar verification 

document (‘‘Verification Form’’). (In the 

case of a team, the Representative and 

all participating members must 

complete, sign and return to the 

Sponsor the Verification Form.) 

B. Contestants potentially qualifying 

for a Prize will be notified and sent the 

Verification Form using the email 

address submitted at registration within 

two months of the Contest Period. The 

Sponsor reserves the right to change the 

time period to send the Verification 

Form without providing any prior 

notice. In the case of a team, the 

notification will only be sent to the 

Representative. If a notification is 

returned as undeliverable, the 

Contestant or team may be disqualified 

at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. 

C. At the sole discretion of the 

Sponsor, a Contestant or team forfeits 

any Prize if: 

(i) The Contestant fails to provide the 

Verification Form within five (5) 

business days of receipt of the email 

notification discussed above (or in the 

case of a team, any team member fails 

to provide the Verification Form within 

five business days of receipt of the email 

notification); 

(ii) the Contestant (or in the case of a 

team, its Representative) does not timely 

communicate with the Sponsor to 

provide all other necessary information 

within five business days of receiving a 

request for such information; 

(iii) such individual or team 

Representative is contacted and refuses 

the Prize; or 

(iv) the Submission of the Winner, the 

Winner, or any member of a Winner’s 

team is disqualified for any reason. 

D. In the event of a disqualification, 

Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may 

award the applicable Prize to an 

alternate Contestant. The 

disqualification of one (or more) team 

members at any time for any reason may 

result in the disqualification of the 

entire team and of each participating 

member at the sole discretion of the 

Sponsor. 

10. Entry Conditions and Release 

A. By registering, each Contestant 

(including, in the case of a team, all 

participating members) agree(s): 

(i) To comply with and be bound by 

these Official Rules; and 

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(ii) that the application of the judging 

criteria, evaluation of the Submissions, 

and final selection of the winners is a 

matter of discretion of the Contest 

Judges and Sponsor, and that their 

respective decisions are binding and 

final in all matters relating to this 

Contest. 

B. By registering, each Contestant 

(including, in the case of a team, all 

participating members) agree(s) to 

release, indemnify, and hold harmless 

the Sponsor, Participating 

Organizations, and any other 

individuals or organizations responsible 

for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, 

advertising, or promoting the Contest, 

including their respective parents, 

subsidiaries, and affiliated companies, if 

any, and all of their respective past and 

present officers, directors, employees, 

agents and representatives (hereafter the 

‘‘Released Parties’’) from and against 

any and all claims, expenses, and 

liabilities (including reasonable 

attorneys’ fees and costs of Submission 

preparation) arising out of or relating to 

a Contestant’s entry, creation of 

Submission or entry of a Submission, 

participation in the Contest, acceptance 

or use or misuse of the Prize, and the 

disclosure, broadcast, transmission, 

performance, exploitation, or use of 

Submission as authorized or licensed by 

these Official Rules. Released claims 

include all claims whatsoever 

including, but not limited to (except in 

cases of willful misconduct): Injury, 

death, damage, or loss of property, 

revenue, or profits, whether direct, 

indirect, or consequential, arising from 

the Contestant’s participation in a 

competition, whether the claim of 

injury, death, damage, or loss arises 

through negligence, mistake or 

otherwise. This release does not apply 

to claims against the Sponsor arising out 

of the unauthorized use or disclosure by 

the Sponsor of intellectual property, 

trade secrets, or confidential business 

information of the Contestant. 

C. Without limiting the foregoing, 

each Contestant (including, in the case 

of a team, all participating members) 

agrees to release all Released Parties of 

all liability in connection with: 

(i) Any incorrect or inaccurate 

information, whether caused by the 

Sponsor’s or a Contestant’s electronic or 

printing error or by any of the 

equipment or programming associated 

with or utilized in the Contest; 

(ii) technical failures of any kind, 

including, but not limited to, 

malfunctions, interruptions, or 

disconnections in phone lines, internet 

connectivity, or electronic transmission 

errors, or network hardware or software 

or failure of the Contest Web site, or any 

other platform or tool that Contestants 

or Contest Judges choose to use; 

(iii) unauthorized human intervention 

in any part of the entry process or the 

Contest; 

(iv) technical or human error that may 

occur in the administration of the 

Contest or the processing of 

Submissions; or 

(v) any injury or damage to persons or 

property that may be caused, directly or 

indirectly, in whole or in part, from the 

Contestant’s participation in the Contest 

or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize. 

If for any reason any Contestant’s 

Submission is confirmed to have been 

erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise 

destroyed or corrupted, the Contestant’s 

sole remedy is to request the 

opportunity to resubmit its Submission. 

The request will be addressed at the sole 

discretion of the Sponsor if the Contest 

Submission Period is still open. 

D. Based on the subject matter of the 

Contest, the type of work that it possibly 

will require, and the low probability 

that any claims for death, bodily injury, 

or property damage, or loss could result 

from Contest participation, the Sponsor 

determines that Contestants are not 

required to obtain liability insurance or 

demonstrate fiscal responsibility in 

order to participate in this Contest. 

11. Publicity 

Participation in the Contest 

constitutes consent to the use by the 

Sponsor and Participating 

Organizations, their agents’, and any 

other third parties acting on their behalf, 

of the Contestant’s name (and, as 

applicable, those of all other members of 

the team that participated in the 

Submission) for promotional purposes 

in any media, worldwide, without 

further payment or consideration. 

Furthermore, a Contestant’s likeness, 

photograph, voice, opinions, comments, 

and hometown and state of residence 

(and, as applicable, those of all other 

members of the team that participated in 

the Submission) may be used for the 

Sponsor or Participating Organizations’ 

promotional purposes if the Contestant 

provides consent. In addition, Sponsor 

and Participating Organizations reserve 

the right to make any disclosure 

required by law. 

12. General Conditions 

A. Each Contestant agrees that the 

Sponsor is vested with the sole 

authority to interpret and apply these 

rules. 

B. Sponsor reserves the right, in its 

sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, or 

modify the Contest, or any part of it, 

with or without notice to the 

contestants, if any fraud, technical 

failure, or any other unanticipated factor 

or factors beyond Sponsor’s control 

impairs the integrity or proper 

functioning of the Contest or for any 

other reason. The Sponsor reserves the 

right at its sole discretion to disqualify 

any individual or Contestant that the 

Sponsor finds to be tampering with the 

entry process or the operation of the 

Contest, or to be acting in violation of 

these Official Rules or in a manner that 

is inappropriate, not in the best interests 

of this Contest, or in violation of any 

applicable law or regulation. 

C. Any attempt by any person to 

undermine the proper functioning of the 

Contest may be a violation of criminal 

and civil law, and, should such an 

attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves 

the right to take proper legal action, 

including, without limiting, referral to 

law enforcement, for any illegal or 

unlawful activities. 

D. The Sponsor’s failure to enforce 

any term of these Official Rules shall 

not constitute a waiver of that term. The 

Sponsor is not responsible for 

incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, 

lost, illegible, or incomprehensible 

Submissions or for address or email 

address changes of the Contestants. 

Proof of sending or submitting is not 

proof of receipt by Sponsor. 

E. In the event of any discrepancy or 

inconsistency between the terms and 

conditions of the Official Rules and 

disclosures or other statements 

contained in any Contest materials, 

including but not limited to the Contest 

Web site or point of sale, television, 

print or online advertising, the terms 

and conditions of the Official Rules 

shall prevail. 

F. The Sponsor reserves the right to 

amend the terms and conditions of the 

Official Rules at any time, including the 

rights or obligations of the Contestant 

and the Sponsor. The Sponsor will post 

the terms and conditions of the 

amended Official Rules on the Contest 

Web site (‘‘Corrective Notice’’). As 

permitted by law, any amendment will 

become effective at the time the Sponsor 

posts the amended Official Rules. 

G. Excluding Submissions, all 

intellectual property related to this 

Contest, including but not limited to 

trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, 

promotional materials, Web pages, 

source codes, drawings, illustrations, 

slogans, and representations are owned 

or used under license by either the 

Sponsor or Participating Organizations. 

All rights are reserved. Unauthorized 

copying or use of any copyrighted 

material or intellectual property without 

the express written consent of the 

relevant owner(s) is strictly prohibited. 

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H. Should any provision of these 

Official Rules be or become illegal or 

unenforceable under applicable Federal 

law, such illegality or unenforceability 

shall leave the remainder of these 

Official Rules unaffected and valid. The 

illegal or unenforceable provision may 

be replaced by the Sponsor with a valid 

and enforceable provision that, in the 

Sponsor’s sole judgment, comes closest 

and best reflects the Sponsor’s intention 

in a legal and enforceable manner with 

respect to the invalid or unenforceable 

provision. 

13. Disputes 

Subject to the release provisions in 

these Official Rules, Contestant agrees 

that: 

A. Any and all disputes, claims, and 

causes of action arising out of or 

connected with this Contest, any Prizes 

awarded, the administration of the 

Contest, the determination of Winners, 

or the construction, validity, 

interpretation, and enforceability of the 

Official Rules shall be resolved 

individually; 

B. any and all disputes, claims, and 

causes of action arising out of or 

connected with this Contest, any Prizes 

awarded, the administration of the 

Contest, the determination of Winners, 

or the construction, validity, 

interpretation, and enforceability of the 

Official Rules shall be resolved pursuant 

to Federal law; 

C. under no circumstances will 

Contestants be entitled to, and 

Contestants hereby waive, all rights to 

claim, any punitive, incidental, and 

consequential damages and any and all 

rights to have damages multiplied or 

otherwise increased. 

14. Privacy 

The Sponsor may collect personal 

information from the Contestant when 

he or she enters the Contest. Such 

personal information collected is subject 

to the privacy policy located here: 

http://www.ftc.gov/site-information/

privacy-policy. 

15. Contact Us 

Please visit the Contest Web site for 

further Contest information and 

updates. 

Jessica Rich, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05442 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0510] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Substances 

Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or 

Feed 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that a proposed collection of 

information has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by April 8, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

OMB recommends that written 

comments be faxed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 

202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. All 

comments should be identified with the 

OMB control number 0910–0627. Also 

include the FDA docket number found 

in brackets in the heading of this 

document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA 

PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food 

and Drug Administration, 8455 

Colesville Rd.; COLE–14526, Silver 

Spring, MD 20993–0002 PRAStaff@

fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. 

Substances Prohibited From Use in 

Animal Food or Feed—21 CFR Part 589 

(OMB Control Number 0910–0627— 

Revision) 

This regulation prohibits the use of 

certain cattle origin materials in the 

food or feed of all animals to help 

prevent the spread of bovine spongiform 

encephalopathy (BSE) in U.S. cattle. 

BSE is a progressive and fatal 

neurological disorder of cattle that 

results from an unconventional 

transmissible agent. BSE belongs to the 

family of diseases known as 

transmissible spongiform 

encephalopathies (TSEs). All TSEs 

affect the central nervous system of 

infected animals. These measures will 

further strengthen existing safeguards 

against BSE. 

In the Federal Register of November 

21, 2014 (79 FR 69493), FDA published 

a 60-day notice requesting public 

comment on the proposed collection of 

information. One comment was received 

however it did not respond to any of the 

four information collection topics 

solicited and is therefore not addressed 

by the Agency. 

FDA estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1

21 CFR Section 589.2001; 

Substances prohibited from use in 

animal food or feed 

Number of 

recordkeepers 

Number of 

records per 

recordkeeper 

Total annual 

records 

Average 

burden per 

recordkeeper 

Total hours 

Operating and 

maintenance 

costs 

589.2001(c)(2)(vi) and (c)(3)(i) ................ 175 1 175 20 3,500 $59,500 

589.2001(c)(2)(ii) ...................................... 50 1 50 20 1,000 17,000 

589.2001(c)(3)(i)(A) .................................. 175 1 175 26 4,550 80,580 

Total .................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 9,050 157,080 

1There are no capital costs associated with this collection of information. 

Description of Respondents for 

Recordkeeping: Rendering facilities, 

medicated feed manufacturers, livestock 

feeders. 

The Agency’s recordkeeping burden 

estimate was calculated by multiplying 

the number of recordkeepers times the 

number of records per recordkeeper to 

determine the total annual number of 

records. The total number of annual 

records were then multiplied by the 

average burden per recordkeeper to 

determine the total number of burden 

hours. 

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