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HOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION TEE SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST – OFFICIAL RULES (PLAIN LANGUAGE VERSION)
1. Sponsor
This tee shirt design contest (the “Contest”) is run by Hollywood Food Coalition (the “Sponsor”), a nonprofit organization, with mailing address PO Box 480157. Los Angeles, CA 90048.
2. Who Can Enter
• You must live in California.
• You must be at least 18 years old or have a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these rules for you. Entries from minors are not valid without that consent.
• By entering, you promise that you are allowed to participate and that entering does not break any law that applies to you.
No purchase or donation is required to enter or win. A purchase or donation will not improve your chances of being selected. Void where prohibited by law.
3. Contest Dates
• The Contest starts on February 1, 2026 at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
• It ends on March 9, 2026 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
• Entries received before the start or after the end of this period will not be considered.
4. How to Enter
To enter during the Contest Period:
1. Submit:
◦ A digital file of your original tee shirt design (the “Design”) in [specified file formats/resolution]; and
◦ A completed entry form with your name, email address, phone number, and confirmation that you agree to these rules.
2. Send your entry by [email/online form/other method] as instructed by Sponsor.
3. You may submit more than one Design, but each must be meaningfully different. Sponsor may reject entries that are duplicates, incomplete, unreadable, corrupted, or do not follow these rules.
5. Design Requirements
Your Design must:
• Be your own original work.
• Be suitable for printing on tee shirts and other merchandise.
• Relate to or reflect the mission, values, or work of Hollywood Food Coalition.
• Follow all applicable laws.
Your Design must not:
• Use any third‑party logos, trademarks, copyrighted material, or images, including stock images, clip art, or AI‑generated or other content that includes third‑party material, unless the tools explicitly give you full commercial rights to that content.
• Show any recognizable person, character, or property without written permission (and Sponsor may ask you to provide proof).
• Contain anything Sponsor considers offensive, hateful, harassing, discriminatory, violent, obscene, defamatory, or otherwise inappropriate.
• Violate or encourage violation of any law.
Sponsor may refuse, disqualify, or remove any Design that does not follow these requirements or that Sponsor finds inappropriate, in its sole discretion.
6. Your Promises About the Design
By submitting a Design, you promise that:
• The Design is entirely your own original work and is not copied from any other source.
• The Design has not been used, published, or entered into another contest in a way that conflicts with the rights you grant to Sponsor in these rules.
• The Design does not infringe anyone else’s rights (including copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or moral rights).
• You have all rights necessary to grant Sponsor the license described below, with no liens or other restrictions.
• Your participation and your Design fully comply with these rules and all applicable laws.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, and agents from any claims, damages, or costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that arise from a claim that your promises above are untrue or have been broken.
7. License You Grant to Sponsor
By submitting a Design, you grant Sponsor the following license:
• Type of license. An irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty‑free, fully paid‑up, transferable, and sublicensable license to use your Design.
• What Sponsor can do. Sponsor may use, reproduce, adapt, modify, create derivative works from, publish, display, distribute, and otherwise use the Design, in whole or in part, in any media now known or later developed, for any lawful purpose.
• Examples of use include:
◦ Printing the Design on tee shirts, apparel, merchandise, and other products of any kind.
◦ Using the Design in fundraising, promotional, marketing, and educational materials.
◦ Using the Design in any current or future product lines, campaigns, or projects, with no limits on time, geography, or quantity.
This license:
• Is irrevocable and applies to all existing and future product lines and merchandise.
• Does not require Sponsor to use your Design at all.
• DOES NOT ENTITLE YOU TO ANY MONEY. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY MONETARY COMPENSATION, ROYALTY, OR OTHER PAYMENT FOR THE USE OF THE DESIGN, EVEN IF YOUR DESIGN IS SELECTED OR USED. THE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS LICENSE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND THE POTENTIAL RECOGNITION DESCRIBED BELOW.
8. Judging and Selection
After the Contest ends:
• A panel chosen by Sponsor (the “Judges”) will review eligible Designs.
• Designs may be evaluated on:
◦ Artistic quality and originality;
◦ How well they reflect Hollywood Food Coalition’s mission and values;
◦ How suitable they are for printing on apparel and merchandise; and
◦ Overall impact.
• SPONSOR AND THE JUDGES MAY SELECT ONE OR MORE DESIGNS TO USE ON SPONSOR’S MERCHANDISE (“SELECTED DESIGNS”), BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SELECT ANY DESIGN.
• ALL DECISIONS BY SPONSOR AND THE JUDGES ARE FINAL AND BINDING. SPONSOR MAY CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE SELECTED DESIGNS AND THE NAMES OF THEIR ENTRANTS.
9. Recognition (No Cash Prizes)
• There are no cash prizes, and there is no entry fee.
• BY ENTERING, YOU AGREE THAT THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOUR DESIGN MAY BE SELECTED AND USED IS FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THE RIGHTS YOU GRANT.
If your Design is selected, Sponsor may (but does not have to) offer non‑monetary recognition, such as:
• Public acknowledgment on its website, social media, or marketing materials.
• Credit near the Design on some merchandise or promotional materials, where practical.
• A complimentary item of merchandise featuring your Design.
Any recognition is at Sponsor’s sole discretion, subject to availability, and not guaranteed as to type, length, or visibility.
10. Publicity
By entering, you grant Sponsor and its designees permission to use:
• Your name;
• Likeness and image;
• Biographical information;
• City and state of residence; and
• Any statements you make about the Contest or Sponsor;
in any media now known or later developed, worldwide and in perpetuity, for promotional, advertising, publicity, and other lawful purposes, without further notice, approval, or payment, unless the law prohibits this.
11. Ownership of the Design
• You keep any copyright you may have in your Design.
• However, Sponsor’s license and all allowed uses described in Section 7 are perpetual and irrevocable.
• Sponsor does not have to stop using your Design or remove any products or materials that feature it, even if you later ask to withdraw your consent.
12. Release and Limitation of Liability
By participating, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, representatives, and agents from any claim or cause of action related to:
• Your participation in the Contest;
• Your Design; or
• Any use of your Design as allowed by these rules.
To the maximum extent allowed by law, Sponsor will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, whether based in contract, tort, or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
13. Privacy
• Sponsor will use personal information collected from entrants to run the Contest, communicate with entrants, and as otherwise described in these rules.
• Sponsor may also use your contact information to send news and updates about its programs, events, and fundraising. You may opt out of such communications as allowed by law.
14. General Conditions
• Sponsor may cancel, suspend, or change the Contest, or any part of it, if fraud, technical problems, or any other factor harms or interferes with the fairness or proper operation of the Contest.
• If any part of these rules is found invalid or unenforceable, the rest will still apply to the fullest extent allowed by law.
15. Governing Law and Where Disputes Are Resolved
• These rules and any dispute related to the Contest will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without applying conflict‑of‑law rules that would use another jurisdiction’s laws.
• By entering, you agree that any dispute, claim, or cause of action relating to the Contest or these rules will be brought only in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California.
• You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection that those courts are an inconvenient or improper forum.
| Category | Examples | Collected |
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A. Identifiers
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Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address and account name
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YES
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B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute
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Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history and financial information
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YES
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C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
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Gender and date of birth
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YES
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D. Commercial information
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Transaction information, purchase history, financial details and payment information
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NO
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E. Biometric information
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Fingerprints and voiceprints
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NO
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F. Internet or other similar network activity
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Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems and advertisements
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NO
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G. Geolocation data
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Device location
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NO
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H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
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Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities
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NO
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I. Professional or employment-related information
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Business contact details in order to provide you our services at a business level, job title as well as work history and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us
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NO
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J. Education Information
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Student records and directory information
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NO
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K. Inferences drawn from other personal information
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Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics
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NO
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We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories instances where you interact with us in-person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
Receiving help through our customer support channels;
Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
How do we use and share your personal information?
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at info@hofoco.org, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt-out we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be “selling” of your personal data.
Hollywood Food Coalition has not disclosed or sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months. Hollywood Food Coalition will not sell personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users and other consumers.
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data – Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed – Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
whether we collect and use your personal information;
the categories of personal information that we collect;
the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g. phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. If, however, we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other privacy rights
you may object to the processing of your personal data
you may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the data
you can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
you may request to opt-out from future selling of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving a request to opt-out, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than 15 days from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at info@hofoco.org, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@hofoco.org or by post to:
Hollywood Food Coalition
PO Box 480157
Los Angeles, CA 90048
United States
12. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by clicking here.
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