The most important rule of the competition is that anyone can enter, shooting on any camera and most of all to have fun!!

The competition is open to anyone from all over the world. You must register to become a member of photocomp website to submit your entries to our competitions. Registration to photocomp is free. Entrants may upload as many images as they wish. Images must be submitted digitally by uploading via the online entry forms in the Enter the Competition section of this website. Files must be jpg, gif, jpeg or png only. Maximum file size is 1Meg. Images resolution must be at least 400 x 400 pixels. No space or any special characters on image file name. Please make sure you know where the image file are saved.

Images uploaded must be accompanied by the Image Title, Medium and Comments. Each entry will be displayed on the website with the entrants name, country location and date of submission. Entries that submit obviously fake names, street addresses, and email addresses, or contain inappropriate text and/or images will automatically be disqualified. Images that are unlawful or objectionable content: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material will not be acceptable. Entrants are to submit materials which are their own original work. Entrants must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trademark, privacy, and publicity, personal or proprietary rights. It will be the responsibility of the photographer to gain the required permissions, allowing him/her to post images containing recognisable people on this website. All submissions will only be accepted on the understanding that the photographer agrees to Photocomp's terms and conditions and has obtained the required permissions.

Any entries found to have been manipulated using image editing techniques in order to create an illusion or deception through analog or digital means would be not be in contention for prizes.

Terms & Conditions for Uploading Photos to Photocomp

Before uploading a photo to our site, carefully read the following terms and conditions of use as well as the rules and how to enter.

Judging
The judges' decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into.

Public Viewing & Granting of Limited Rights
Be aware that, if approved for publication, your photo will be displayed to the public. Your image may be included in the Photocomp annual yearly coffee book, in the Gallery, or in other areas of the Web site.

By uploading, you are allowing Photocomp to publish the photo on our Web site. If we ever consider publishing your photo in any print media or on another Web site owned by Photocomp, we will contact you first for permission. At all time we will give you credit for your photo.

Copyright
Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer. A photo credit with copyright symbol will be provided under your image.

All images must be originals and must belong to the person uploading; all rights in the photo must be the property of the person uploading the photo.

Model Release
The photographer uploading any photo acknowledges that they have sufficient written permission of any recognizable models or other persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to Photocomp.com.au the right to publish their photographic submission online and hereby grant to Photocomp.com.au such right.

Privacy Policy
Photocomp.com.au does not sell our Members' email addresses or personal information. All information submitted to Photocomp.com.au is not to be sold or used in any way that violates your right to privacy. Upon registration as a Photocomp member, email addresses are collected for the purpose of answering questions and responding to visitors. On the Photocomp website, authorship is attributed to a member by displaying their name, their locale, as in "A from (Australia)."

Spam is never endorsed at Photocomp.com.au. Our email newsletters are sent to those who subscribe on a volunteer basis. We also provide numerous opportunities to unsubscribe from these emails, including opt-out links at the bottom of each newsletter.

Photocomp.com.au does not endorse or tolerate unsolicited sales emails through our automated contact forms. Individuals or companies may not email Photocomp members through our contact forms and members area.

When Photocomp contacts our own Photocomp customer base, it will not be considered unsolicited email.

Advertising
Photocomp may advertise anywhere on our site. Photocomp does not allow intrusive advertising such as pop-ups or pop-under. Advertising may be found to match specific images, titles, or descriptions. Photocomp reserves the right to change advertising on the site at any time.

Additional Contest Rules
In addition to the terms and conditions above, contest entries must abide by the following rules.

All entries must be received at the Photocomp Web site by the date and time as stated at http://www.photocomp.com.au. Entries must be submitted in digital form via the Web site; you can submit images taken with a digital camera or images taken with a film-based camera and scanned into a digital format. Mailed and emailed entries are not accepted. Photocomp will not be held responsible for mailed slides, negatives, or prints. Entrants are allowed multiple entrees but not the same photo. A Photocomp day is considered 12:01am to 12 midnight, Australian Eastern Standard Time. You may only enter a given photo once per the contest. You may only enter each given photo into a single category during the contest. No purchase is required but you must be a Photocomp member to enter (it's free to be a member). All entries are $10 AUD per entry and you must be a photocomp member to enter. Photocomp reserves the right to change any entry details.

Winning photos will be posted on the Web site shortly after the end of each contest. Winners will be shown in the Better Photography Magazine. All decisions of the judges are final. We will attempt to contact prize winners by email. If the winner does not respond to our email and claim the prize within 30 days, the prize will be forfeited. Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state or local taxes, tariffs or import duty fees.

Photocomp reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal value to the advertised prize should it become unavailable due to circumstances beyond our control. All prizes are not redeemable for cash value.

Shipping costs are included will be paid for by Photocomp. Insurance costs are available but are the responsibility of the winner.

If you agree to the terms above and would like to upload a photo, click on the "I Accept" button continue. If not, click on the "I Do Not Accept" button and you will be taken to the Photocomp home page.

Welcome to Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp (the "Site").

We understand that privacy online is important to users of our Site, especially when conducting business. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site ("Visitors") who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Site and make use of the various services offered by Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp (collectively, "Services") ("Authorized Customers").

"Personally Identifiable Information"
refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.

What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?
We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from our Authorized Customers: the names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses of Authorized Customers.

What organizations are collecting the information?
All information is collected purely for Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp and remains the property of Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp. We will not sell any information to any third party organisation.

How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?
We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site and to make appropriate service offerings.

With whom may the information may be shared?
Personally Identifiable Information about Authorized Customers is not shared with any Third Party organizations.

How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information collected by Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties except for use as indicated above.

What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, requesting so from the support section of our website http://www.photocomp.com.au/contactus.aspx or by contacting us at privacy@photocomp.com.au

How does Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp use login information?
Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user's movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.

What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Customers on the Site?
Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp does not share any personal information with any off its partners and or authorized customers.

How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?
All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.

How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at privacy@photocomp.com.au or updating their information from their members’ area.

Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site's database by contacting privacy@photocomp.com.au However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor's entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.

Spam Act 2003

Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp as complete and explicit consent for sending any emails to members.

Your.com Pty Ltd - Photocomp clearly identifies itself in all message/s sent from our site.

Unsubscribe
Unsubscribe function is available from your members page on our website. http://www.photocomp.com.au

What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?
We will let our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.

Links:
This web site contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.