Terms and Conditions
and Privacy Notice

The Sponsor and Organizer of the “Art After Dark Afterhours Artist Hangout contest” (“Contest”) is Wacom Europe GmbH, Zollhof 11-15, 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany (“Sponsor”).

This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. Wacom Europe GmbH is solely responsible for the Contest and the only point of contact for any questions regarding the Contest. 

These Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notice (“Contest Terms”) are terms that apply between you as participants and the Sponsor with respect to the Contest and the “Art after Dark Afterhours Artist Hangout” itself. This Contest is one of the online services offered by Wacom (“Wacom Services”). Accordingly, except otherwise provided herein, all the Terms of Use for Wacom Services (https://www.wacom.com/en-de/terms-of-use) (“Terms”) will apply or apply mutatis mutandis to this Contest such that participants in this Contest being “user(s)” or “User(s)” of Wacom Services under the Terms, and these Contest Terms will additionally apply as part of these Terms (If these Contest Terms contradict the Terms, these Contest Terms prevail). Wacom may, at its own discretion, change or cancel the contents of this Contest at any time, with or without notice to you. These Contest Terms, together with the Terms for the Wacom Services govern the relationship between Wacom and the participants from the time of participation until the time of confirmed cancellation or termination of the “Art after Dark Afterhours Artist Hangout”. Participation in the Contest presupposes that the participant agrees to the Terms and Contest Terms and has taken note of the rules for handling personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and regulations, clause 10 of these Contest Terms and Wacom´s privacy policy at www.wacom.com/en-de/privacy (“Privacy Policy”).

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

A purchase of a product or service from Sponsor or any of its affiliated companies will not improve the chance of winning the Contest. Participation requires Internet access.

2. CONTEST PERIOD

The Contest will be running from May 18th, 2026, and will be ending on May 26th 2026 at 11:59:59 pm (UTC+01:00) (“Period”).

3. HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?

When participating in this Contest, you agree to these Contest Terms and all decisions of Sponsor which are final and binding in all respects.

To participate in the Contest:

  • You must have a booth at the DoKomi 2026 in Düsseldorf;
  • You must be at least 18 years of age;
  • You must have an Instagram account;
  • You must not be an employee of Wacom Europe GmbH or its affiliated companies or of any party involved with the creation, operation, execution and fulfillment of the Contest; or an immediate family member of such employee (parents, siblings, children and spouse).

In order to participate, you must take the following actions:

  1. You need to be a follower of Sponsor´s European Instagram channel (@wacomeurope);
  2. You need to like the post of Wacom which announces the “Art After Dark Afterhour Artist Hangout” and this Contest;
  3. You need to comment on the post of Wacom which announces the “Art After Dark Afterhour Artist Hangout” and this Contest by:
    • naming your booth number at the DoKomi 2026 in Düsseldorf and
    • the amount of people you would like to bring (max 4 additional persons), all of your guests must have tickets for Dokomi on Saturday to access the Artist Alley in Hall 3 in order to join.
    • Please tag the persons you like to bring if they have a booth at DoKomi 2026 themselves to avoid multiple registrations of one person and therefore unnecessary blocked spots on the guest list.

Each Participant may only participate once in the Contest even if Participant has several Instagram user accounts.

4. WHAT CAN I WIN?

All participants will have the chance to win:

An invitation for up to 5 people (including you) at Wacom´s “Art after Dark Afterhours Artist Hangout” (“Meetup”) held on May 30th, 2026 from 08:30 pm until 10:30 pm at Wacom´s booth (“Event venue”) to enjoy some drinks. 

 (“Prize”).

The Prize cannot be assigned, transferred, exchanged or otherwise redeemed. Neither the Sponsor nor its affiliates are responsible for any costs associated with accepting or otherwise using the Prize.  

Sponsor may, at it´s own discretion and at any time, change, adjust or postpone the whole or part of the Meetup. Sponsor does not guarantee that the Meetup will be held at the Event venue.

5. HOW DO I WIN?

The winners will be randomly chosen from all participants that fulfilled all requirements of the Contest.

Sponsor will reach out to each winner by sending a private message on Instagram, informing him/her that he/she won a Prize. Each winner will then be asked to confirm his/her attendance (and the attendance of the guests) until May 29th, 2026, latest. Each winner is responsible for the correctness of the contact data provided. Two attempts to contact the winner by private message will be made. If a winner does not respond within forty-eight (48) hours, or refuses to accept the Prize, the winner will be disqualified, and an alternate winner will be selected.

Winners need to pick up their wristbands at the Wacom booth, as they will be instructed in the private message, to be granted access to the event venue.

Sponsor shall have no liability or responsibility to award any Prize to the selected winner where: (a) the steps of the participation are not completed and the relevant information is not received by Sponsor on the due date; or (b) if any message addressed to the winner is returned to Sponsor as undeliverable without a forwarding address or if winner cannot be contacted for any reason; or (c) winner is deemed ineligible or otherwise non-compliant with any aspect of these Contest Terms. In addition, the Sponsor cannot be held liable because of an error of providing of the prize, the loss of the prize, or inability to contact the winner. 

There is no recourse to legal actions.

ANY VIOLATION OF THESE CONTEST TERMS BY ANY PARTICIPANT (AT SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S DISQUALIFICATION AS A WINNER AND ALL PRIVILEGES OF THE RESPECTIVE PARTICIPANT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED AND AN ALTERNATE PRIZE WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.

6. OBLIGATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN CONTEST

In connection with the participation in the Contest, the participants agree to the following in addition to the obligations provided elsewhere under the Terms. If the participants do not agree, the participants will not be allowed to participate in the Contest and the Meetup itself. 

  1. Ensure the Instagram user account used to enter in the Contest is personal to you and do not assign, rent, sell, resell, sublicense, distribute, or otherwise transfer the eligibility for participation to a third party;
  2. Do not use other person´s user accounts and do not allow a third party to use your Instagram user account;
  3. Immediately notify the Sponsor if you have reasonable grounds to suspect that the Instagram account has been disclosed to or obtained by a third party;
  4. Do not inaccurately tag someone as your guest (if the person also has a booth at DoKomi 2026) and do not tag your guest (if the person also has a booth at DoKomi 2026) if he/she does not wish to be tagged or is not at least 18 years old;
  5. Prepare and maintain the device and network environment necessary to participate in the Contest at the participant’s own expense and responsibility;
  6. Take self-responsibility for any trouble with other participants and acknowledge that the Sponsor and/ or its affiliates should not take any responsibility, also at the Meetup itself;
  7. Respect other participants of the Meetup and be polite to them even if the participant disagrees. The Sponsor or its affiliates do not tolerate behavior that can be interpreted as harassment, threats, racism, insults or hatred;
  8. Accept that Sponsor has the right to exclude participants from the Meetup if their behavior disturbs the Meetup and ensure that your guests accept this provision too;
  9. Do not take any acts or make any comments or remarks that the Sponsor and/ or its affiliates consider inappropriate in light of the purpose of the Contest and the Meetup.
  10. Follow the instructions of the staff of the Meetup at the Event venue and ensure that your guests will follow the instructions as well;
  11. Do not enter any place other than permitted in the Event venue;
  12. Take self-responsibility for theft or damage at the Event venue;
  13. Release Instagram completely. This includes, but is not limited to, the acknowledgement and explicit acceptance that Instagram is in no way involved in, or responsible for this Contest and therefore shall not be liable for any claim, damage or loss in the context of this Contest and shall not indemnify any Participant no matter what the claim for indemnification is based on.

7. USER CONTENTS

Any comment provided by the participant in the context of the Contest is considered the “User Content” as defined under the Terms.

By entering this Contest, each Participant hereby represents, warrants and agrees to provide written evidence of such if requested, that:

  • The User Content, in whole and in part does not violate or infringe upon any law or third-party rights, including proprietary or intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, rights granted by GDPR or other data protection laws, personal or moral rights, or any other rules or regulations;
  • Participant has all other rights, licenses, permissions, and consents necessary to submit the User Content and does not and will not give rise to any alleged or actual claims, disputes, actions or liabilities, including but not limited to those for disputes or payment of any kind, including without limitation royalties, residuals, attribution, credit, dues, consultation or any other fees, costs, or expenses;
  • The User Content is not, in whole or partly: insulting, discriminating, harassing, hateful, criminal, disrespectful, pornographic or in any other way inappropriate;
  • The User Content in whole or in part contains no malware, including without limitation viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, or any other harmful software, code, or other devices.

The participant retains ownership of any User Content transmitted for the Contest.

The Sponsor and its affiliates accept no responsibility for accuracy, truthfulness, effectiveness, completeness, topicality or suitability of any User Contents provided by the participant of the Contest. In no event are the Sponsor and/or its affiliates liable for any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or costs incurred by the participants arising out of or relating to usage of the User Contents provided or posted by other participants in the Contest.

Sponsor shall not be required to protect the intellectual property rights of the Participants.

8. RELEASE AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Sponsor is fully liable for intent and gross negligence as well as for damages caused by injury to life, body or health.

In an event of slight negligence, Sponsor is only liable for breaches of a material contractual obligation. A material contractual obligation in the meaning of this provision is an obligation that must be performed in order to make the implementation of this contract possible in the first place and on the performance of which the participant may therefore generally rely. Sponsor´s liability is in such cases limited to the typical and foreseeable damages. Sponsor is not liable for any lack of commercial success, lost profits and indirect damages, non-delivery or mis delivery of the respective Prize or exclusion from the Meetup for reasons not attributable to Wacom.

The limitation of liability applies accordingly to the benefit of Sponsor´s employees, agents and vicarious agents.

Neither Sponsor nor its affiliates are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in the Contest or by any technical error that might occur in the operation of the Contest. Sponsor and its affiliates assume no responsibility for any error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; communications-line failure; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, or alteration of the User Content provided or otherwise in the context of the participation in the Contest. Sponsor and its affiliates are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines; computer online systems, servers, or providers; computer equipment; software; or failure of e-mail or entry on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participant's or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest, downloading materials from Sponsor's web site or emailing entries.

Sponsor and its affiliates are not responsible for cheating or fraud by any participant. Any activities intended to disrupt or interfere with the proper play of the Contest or Meetup or defraud Sponsor in any way will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Participants who engage in any of the foregoing activities will be disqualified and will forfeit any Prize won. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to, without limitation infection by computer virus, worm, or bugs; tampering; unauthorized intervention; fraud; technical failures; or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor or for legal reasons that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. Sponsor is not liable for losses, failures or delays caused by circumstances beyond Sponsor´s control.

Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of these Contest Terms or any materials associated with the administration of the Contest or the announcement of the Prizes.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sponsor shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses.

Sponsor is not liable or responsible if the Meetup cannot take place due to a decision of the Organizer of the DoKomi Event 2026 in Düsseldorf or in case of a natural disaster or other force majeure (including requests by national and local governments to refrain from holding events to prevent the spread of infections).

Each Participant shall indemnify and hold harmless and release the Sponsor and its affiliates from and against any and all costs, expenses, damages or liabilities of any kind which may be incurred, suffered or threatened against Sponsor and/or its affiliates arising out of a breach by the Participant of these Contest Terms or arising because of or in the context of the submitted User Content.

9. CHOICE OF LAW

Except where prohibited by law, all issues and questions concerning the constitution, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Contest Terms, or the rights and obligations of the participant and the Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Germany, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law.

10. PRIVACY

Wacom Europe GmbH as Controller processes the personal data of participants (Instagram username and booth number at the DoKomi 2026 in Düsseldorf) solely for the organization of the Contest and the execution of the Meetup.

You can reach Sponsor´s data protection officer at dpo-weg@wacom.com or via:

Wacom Europe GmbH
Attention: Data Protection Officer
Zollhof 11-15
40221 Düsseldorf
Germany

The legal basis for the processing is for participants consent (Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) which was manifested by taking all steps to join the Contest and the fulfilment of a contractual obligation for the winners (Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR). Personal Data will only be used as set forth in these Contest Terms and will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required.

GDPR grants participants the following rights: the right of access to personal data (article 15 GDPR), the right to rectification (article 16 GDPR), the right for erasure (article 17 GDPR), the right to restrict the processing (article 18 GDPR), the right to object to processing (article 21 GDPR), the right to data portability (article 20 GDPR), the right to withdraw the consent (article 7 (3) GDPR) and the right to lodge a complaint (article 77 GDPR). Please note that exercising particular rights (e.g. the right for erasure) will have as consequence that you can no longer participate in the Contest or cannot join the Meetup.

For further information with regard to the processing of personal data by Sponsor, please see Sponsor´s Privacy Policy (www.wacom.com/en-de/privacy).

11. CANCELLATION

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Contest at any time and substitute another promotion in its place.

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