Competition Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions are applicable to all Blackcircles.com ran competitions. Please view our Facebook & Twitter pages to enter.

1. The competition will run from the moment it is published on Facebook and/or Twitter until the date & time specified within the post.

2. The competition prize is as specified within the post.

3. To obtain an entry into the competition an entrant has multiple different ways - unless another entry method is specified within the post - these include commenting on a Facebook post & retweeting a twitter post.

4. The winner will be drawn after the competition ends and contacted directly prior to public announcement. Should Blackcircles.com be unable to make contact with a winner within 7 days or should a winner be unable to accept their prize, the Promoter reserves the right to award that prize to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions.

5. Names of winners will be posted on the Blackcircles.com Facebook page and/or tweeted by Blackcircles.com.

6. The prizes are subject to availability, non transferable and there are no cash alternatives.

7. Winners will be drawn from all social media entries (i.e. retweets and comments unless stated otherwise) at random.

8. The prize draw is open to residents of the UK excluding Northern Ireland, aged 18 years or over, except employees of Blackcircles.com, the prize sponsors, their families, agents or anyone else professionally associated with the draw.

9. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the claimant agrees to abide by these rules.

10. The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity on behalf of Blackcircles.com.

11. Events may occur that render the prize draw itself or the awarding of the prize impossible due to reasons beyond the control of Blackcircles.com and accordingly Blackcircles.com may at its absolute discretion vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to Blackcircles.com as a result thereof.

12. Blackcircles.com reserves the right to withdraw and competition/ promotion at any time.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

Mother's Day competition

1. To be eligible for entry into the competition you must comment on the official Blackcircles Facebook or Twitter posts posted on Thursday 16th March 2023. Eligible comments must be entered no later than 23:59 on Thursday 6th April 2023.
2. The competition prize is a 6 month subscription to Bloom & Wild - details of which can be found at https://www.bloomandwild.com/gift-subscriptions
3. Any comments on the social posts deemed as offensive, derogatory, or as spam will be removed and the entry not counted within the competition.
4. The winners will be drawn on 07/04/23 and contacted directly. Should Blackcircles.com be unable to contact a winner within 3 days or should a winner be unable to accept their prize, the Blackcircles.com reserves the right to award that prize to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions.
5. Names of winners will be posted on the Blackcircles.com Facebook page and tweeted by Blackcircles.com
6. The prizes are subject to availability, non-transferable and there are no cash alternatives.
7. The winner will be drawn at random from all eligible entries.
8. This prize draw is open to residents of the UK excluding Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland residents, aged 18 years or over, except employees of eligible brands, Blackcircles.com, their families, agents or anyone else professionally associated with the draw.
9. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the claimant agrees to abide by these rules.
10. The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity on behalf of the Promoter.
11. Events may occur that render the prize draw itself or the awarding of the prize impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter and accordingly the Promoter may at its absolute discretion vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof.

Pancake Day competition

1. To be eligible for entry into the competition you must comment on the official Blackcircles Facebook or Twitter posts posted on Tuesday 21st February 2023. Eligible comments must be entered no later than 23:59 on Tuesday 21st March 2023.
2. The competition prize is a 12 month subscription to Katie’s Bakes Pancake Subscription found at https://www.katie-bakes.co.uk/shop/12-month-pancake-subscription/
3. Any comments on the social posts deemed as offensive, derogatory, or as spam will be removed and the entry not counted within the competition.
4. The winners will be drawn on the week commencing 20/03/23 and contacted directly. Should Blackcircles.com be unable to contact a winner within 3 days or should a winner be unable to accept their prize, the Blackcircles.com reserves the right to award that prize to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions.
5. Names of winners will be posted on the Blackcircles.com Facebook page and tweeted by Blackcircles.com
6. The prizes are subject to availability, non-transferable and there are no cash alternatives.
7. The winner will be drawn at random from all eligible entries.
8. This prize draw is open to residents of the UK excluding Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland residents, aged 18 years or over, except employees of eligible brands, Blackcircles.com, their families, agents or anyone else professionally associated with the draw.
9. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the claimant agrees to abide by these rules.
10. The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity on behalf of the Promoter.
11. Events may occur that render the prize draw itself or the awarding of the prize impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter and accordingly the Promoter may at its absolute discretion vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof.

Privacy Statement

The personal data collected for the purpose of administering this competition is being collected directly by Blackcircles.com Ltd. (Blackcircles.com) solely to administer and organise the competition. Blackcircles.com will retain the information for 6 months following the end date of the competition. We will use your agreement to enter the competition as the legal basis for processing your personal data. We will only share your personal data to the extent that you are the competition winner and we decide to publish the winner’s name on our @Blackcircles Facebook and Twitter pages. The data protection officer for Blackcircles.com Ltd. is Keith MacDonald. You can contact us about data protection matters by emailing us at [email protected] You can request access to your data, update any inaccurate or incomplete data, object to the processing of your data and suppress information which relates to you. You also have the right to request the deletion or removal of personal data and restrict the processing of your personal data. Further information on your rights can be found by visiting the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) website www.ico.org.uk. If you are not happy with how we deal with your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the ICO.