Pawvote | Pet Photo Contest

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Last updated: May 6, 2026

These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of Pawvote.com and any related websites, mobile pages, applications, features, services, contests, vote systems, communications, and other services operated under the Pawvote brand (collectively, the “Site”).

These Terms are entered into by and between LIMI SOLVISE - FZCO, a company registered in the United Arab Emirates under License No. 67268 and Registration No. 65227, with its registered address at A1 Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, UAE (“Pawvote,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and each person who accesses or uses the Site (“you”). Pawvote and you may be referred to individually as a “Party” and together as the “Parties.”

By accessing, registering for, submitting content to, voting on, purchasing votes for, or otherwise using the Site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and any additional Official Rules applicable to a specific contest.

The Site relates to photos of pets, including dogs and cats. The Site is not intended for use by minors. Only adults aged 18 years or older may register, submit photos, vote, purchase votes, or otherwise use the Site.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR PARTICIPATE. A PURCHASE IS OPTIONAL.

1. Important Notices

1.1 Adult Use Only

The Site is intended only for adults who are at least 18 years old. Minors may not register for, access, or use the Site. A pet may appear as a participant in a contest only if the pet’s owner or lawful caretaker submits the pet’s photo and information in accordance with these Terms.

1.2 Pet Contests Only

Pawvote operates vote-based online photo contests for pets, including dogs and cats. Unless expressly stated otherwise on the Site, Pawvote contests are limited to pets and are not intended for photos of children, adults, wildlife, livestock, endangered animals, or animals that the submitting user does not lawfully own, care for, or have permission to submit.

1.3 Not Gambling, Betting, Lottery, Sweepstakes, or Commercial Gaming

Pawvote is a vote-based online photo contest platform. The contests are not gambling, betting, wagering, lottery, raffle, sweepstakes, casino gaming, sports wagering, or commercial gaming activities.

Winners are determined by the number of valid votes received before the applicable contest deadline, subject to eligibility verification, fraud prevention, and these Terms. Winners are not selected by chance, random draw, random number generator, odds, betting outcome, sports result, or any other random or chance-based mechanism.

Votes are digital support units only. Votes have no cash value, are not legal tender, are not a stored-value product, are not redeemable for money, are not refundable except as required by applicable law, and cannot be exchanged, sold, transferred, withdrawn, or converted into cash or any other monetary value.

The purchase of votes is not a wager or bet. Users do not stake money on the occurrence of an uncertain event. Losing participants or users do not pay winning participants. Prizes are guaranteed and funded by Pawvote, subject to these Terms and the Official Rules of the relevant contest.

1.4 No United Arab Emirates Participation

Although Pawvote may be operated from the United Arab Emirates, the Site and contests are not offered, marketed, promoted, or made available to users located in, resident in, or otherwise participating from the United Arab Emirates.

Residents of, and persons physically located in, the United Arab Emirates are not eligible to register, vote, purchase votes, submit photos, participate in any contest, or receive any prize.

Pawvote may use reasonable technical, payment, location, IP, billing, KYC, and fraud-prevention measures to prevent access from excluded jurisdictions, including the United Arab Emirates. Use of VPNs, proxies, false billing information, false residency information, or other methods to circumvent jurisdictional restrictions is prohibited and may result in disqualification, account suspension, cancellation of votes, and forfeiture of prizes, subject to applicable law.

1.5 Eligible Jurisdictions

The contests are open only to users and pet owners who are legal residents of the eligible jurisdictions expressly listed on the Site or in the Official Rules for the relevant contest. The contests are void where prohibited, restricted, or subject to registration, bonding, licensing, taxation, or regulatory approval requirements that Pawvote has not satisfied.

Pawvote may restrict or exclude any country, state, province, territory, or jurisdiction at any time where participation may be unlawful, restricted, operationally impractical, or inconsistent with Pawvote’s compliance policies.

2. Definitions

For purposes of these Terms:

“Account” means a registered user account on the Site.

“Bonus Votes” means promotional or reward votes granted by Pawvote for permitted activities, achievements, promotions, or other non-cash reasons.

“Contest” means a specific voting-based pet photo contest conducted on the Site during a defined contest period.

“Contest Deadline” means the date and time, including time zone, by which votes must be successfully cast and recorded by Pawvote’s servers to count for a specific contest.

“Free Votes” means votes made available without purchase, including periodic free votes, daily free votes, achievement votes, promotional votes, or other votes issued by Pawvote at no cost.

“Official Rules” means the additional rules, disclosures, prize schedule, voting rules, eligibility details, and other contest-specific terms applicable to a particular contest.

“Participant” means a pet, including a dog or cat, whose photo is submitted to a contest by a Pet Owner.

“Pet Owner” means the adult owner, lawful caretaker, or person with legal authority or permission to submit a Participant’s Photo. A Pet Owner must be at least 18 years old.

“Photo” means a picture of a Participant submitted to the Site.

“Prize” means the cash prize, vote prize, promotional prize, or other award described in the Official Rules for a contest.

“Purchased Votes” means votes purchased by a user through the Site for use on the Site only.

“Submit” or “Submitted” means uploading, entering, or otherwise providing a Photo or related information for display on the Site or entry into a contest.

“User” means an adult who is at least 18 years old and who registers for, accesses, votes on, purchases votes for, or otherwise uses the Site. A Pet Owner is also a User.

“Valid Vote” means a vote that is successfully cast, recorded by Pawvote’s servers before the applicable Contest Deadline, and not disqualified, cancelled, reversed, or removed under these Terms, the Official Rules, or Pawvote’s fraud-prevention procedures.

3. Registration and Account Eligibility

3.1 Adult Registration Only

You must be at least 18 years old to register as a Pet Owner or User. By registering or using the Site, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into these Terms.

3.2 Pet Owner or Authorized Submitter Requirement

Only a Pet Owner may submit Photos or information relating to a Participant. By submitting a Photo or pet-related information, you represent and warrant that:

you are the Participant’s owner, lawful caretaker, or otherwise have permission and legal authority to submit the Photo and related information;
you have the legal authority to consent to the publication, display, processing, and use of the Photo and related information as described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy;
all information you provide is true, accurate, complete, and not misleading;
the pet shown in the Photo is a real pet and is not misrepresented as belonging to you without authorization;
submission of the Photo and participation in the contest do not violate any law, court order, ownership dispute, third-party right, platform rule, or agreement; and
the Photo was taken and submitted without animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, forced distress, unsafe handling, or any conduct inconsistent with animal welfare standards.

3.3 Account Approval

Pawvote may review, approve, reject, suspend, or terminate any account application or account at any time where Pawvote reasonably believes that the user is ineligible, located in an excluded jurisdiction, attempting to circumvent restrictions, violating these Terms, or posing legal, regulatory, reputational, payment, fraud, safety, animal-welfare, or operational risk.

3.4 Accurate Information

You must provide accurate and up-to-date account, contact, age, residency, billing, and verification information. You must promptly update your account if any information changes.

3.5 One Person, One Account

Unless Pawvote expressly allows otherwise, each User may maintain only one account. Fake accounts, duplicate accounts, automated accounts, shared accounts, account farms, vote farms, and accounts created to manipulate voting are prohibited.

4. Jurisdictional Restrictions and Compliance

4.1 Excluded Jurisdictions

You may not use the Site, register, vote, purchase votes, submit Photos, participate in a contest, or receive prizes if you are located in, resident in, or otherwise participating from:

the United Arab Emirates;
any jurisdiction where the Site, the contest, vote purchases, or prizes are prohibited or restricted by law;
any jurisdiction subject to sanctions, embargoes, or similar legal restrictions applicable to Pawvote or its service providers; or
any jurisdiction that Pawvote excludes in the Official Rules or on the Site.

4.2 No Circumvention

You must not use VPNs, proxies, remote desktops, false addresses, false billing details, false identity information, or any other method to access the Site from an excluded jurisdiction or to misrepresent your location, residency, identity, or eligibility.

4.3 Compliance Checks

Pawvote may require proof of identity, age, pet ownership or authorization, residency, address, payment ownership, tax information, and other information before allowing participation, counting votes, or awarding prizes.

4.4 Refusal or Failure to Verify

If you fail to provide requested verification, or if Pawvote reasonably determines that your verification is incomplete, inaccurate, fraudulent, suspicious, or insufficient, Pawvote may disqualify you, remove Photos, cancel votes, withhold or forfeit prizes, suspend or terminate your account, and take other reasonable measures, subject to applicable law.

5. Contest Overview

5.1 Vote-Based Pet Photo Contests

Each contest features Photos of Participants. Users may vote for their favorite Photos. The eligible Photo that receives the highest number of Valid Votes before the applicable Contest Deadline will be ranked first, subject to eligibility verification, fraud review, payment review, and these Terms.

5.2 Contest Announcement

Each contest will be announced on the Site or in the applicable Official Rules. The announcement should include, as applicable:

contest name;
contest category, including dog, cat, regional, global, or other available pet categories;
eligible jurisdictions;
excluded jurisdictions;
start date and time;
Contest Deadline;
applicable time zone;
prize schedule;
voting rules;
free vote rules;
purchased vote rules;
tie-breaker rules;
verification requirements; and
any category-specific rules.

5.3 Official Rules

Each contest may be subject to additional Official Rules displayed on the Site. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and the Official Rules, the Official Rules will apply only to the specific contest, unless prohibited by applicable law.

5.4 No Random Winner Selection

No winner will be selected by random draw, random number generator, lottery, raffle, sweepstakes drawing, chance-based mechanism, odds, betting outcome, or sports result.

6. No Purchase Necessary; Free Participation

6.1 Free Entry

Pet Owners may submit Photos without making any purchase, subject to these Terms and the Official Rules.

6.2 Free Votes

Users may cast Free Votes as described on the Site or in the Official Rules. Unless otherwise stated, each eligible User may cast one Free Vote every 10 minutes, subject to a maximum of 30 Free Votes per day per account, device, household, internet connection, IP address, or other reasonable fraud-prevention identifier used by Pawvote.

Pawvote may reduce, restrict, suspend, or block Free Votes where Pawvote reasonably detects bot activity, duplicate accounts, vote farming, VPN use, proxy use, unusual traffic, automated voting, high-risk voting patterns, or other suspicious activity.

6.3 Bonus Votes

Pawvote may award Bonus Votes for achievements, promotions, engagement activities, or other activities described on the Site. Bonus Votes may be subject to additional conditions, expiration dates, limits, and anti-abuse rules.

6.4 Optional Purchased Votes

Users may choose to purchase additional votes. A purchase is optional and is not required to enter a contest, submit a Photo, cast Free Votes, or be eligible to win.

6.5 Effect of Purchased Votes

Because winners are determined by the number of Valid Votes received, Purchased Votes may affect the ranking of a Photo if they are validly cast and recorded before the Contest Deadline. Pawvote does not represent that any purchase will guarantee a prize, a particular ranking, or any particular outcome.

7. Photo Eligibility

7.1 Submission by Pet Owner Only

Photos may be submitted only by the Pet Owner or by an adult person who has permission and legal authority to submit the pet’s Photo.

7.2 Eligible Participants

Unless otherwise stated in the Official Rules, contests are limited to pets, including dogs and cats. A Participant must be a real pet. Photos of humans, children, adults, dolls, stuffed animals, AI-generated animals, fictional animals, wildlife, endangered animals, livestock, or animals submitted without lawful authority are not eligible unless expressly allowed by the Official Rules.

7.3 Animal Welfare and Safety Requirements

Photos must be appropriate, pet-friendly, and safe. Photos must not show or suggest animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, injury caused for the purpose of the Photo, forced distress, unsafe restraints, dangerous handling, illegal activity, animal fighting, harmful costumes, choking hazards, unsafe grooming, or any condition that Pawvote reasonably considers harmful, exploitative, or inconsistent with animal welfare standards.

7.4 No Artificial Alteration or Misrepresentation

Unless expressly allowed by the Official Rules, Photos must show a real dog or cat and must not materially alter the pet’s appearance. Photos must not use AI-generated animals, face swaps, unrealistic retouching, deepfakes, misleading edits, body alterations, or other modifications that materially change the Participant’s physical characteristics.

7.5 No Brands, Logos, Text, or Promotional Content

Photos must not contain visible personal, business, promotional, political, religious, commercial, or third-party brands, logos, trademarks, watermarks, text, addresses, phone numbers, social media handles, QR codes, advertising messages, or contact information. Pawvote may reject the Photo or, where appropriate, remove or blur such content.

7.6 No Prohibited Content

Photos and related content must not contain or promote content that is hateful, racist, discriminatory, political, religious, violent, threatening, bullying, harassing, defamatory, obscene, lewd, sexual, exploitative, illegal, unsafe, harmful to animals, or otherwise inappropriate for the Site.

7.7 Ownership and Permission

You may submit only Photos that you own or have all rights, permissions, and consents necessary to submit. If a professional photographer, pet groomer, shelter, rescue organization, breeder, co-owner, previous owner, or other third party owns or controls rights in a Photo or pet-related information, you are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions before submission.

7.8 Multiple Photos and Participants

Unless otherwise stated in the Official Rules, a Pet Owner may submit Photos of multiple Participants and may submit multiple Photos of the same Participant, subject to Site limits, category rules, and anti-abuse measures.

7.9 Content Safety and Animal Welfare Enforcement

Pawvote applies content-safety and animal-welfare standards because the Site involves Photos of pets. Pawvote may reject, remove, blur, crop, restrict, report, or escalate any Photo, profile, comment, account, or related content where Pawvote reasonably believes that the content is unsafe, inappropriate, exploitative, abusive, illegal, harmful to an animal, inconsistent with animal-welfare standards, or otherwise unsuitable for the Site.

Pawvote may also report content, accounts, users, payment activity, or conduct to law enforcement, regulators, animal welfare authorities, animal protection organizations, payment providers, hosting providers, fraud-prevention providers, or other relevant parties where Pawvote reasonably believes that the content or conduct is illegal, abusive, fraudulent, harmful to animals, or otherwise creates legal, safety, regulatory, payment, or reputational risk.

8. Review, Verification, and Validation of Photos

8.1 Information Required

When submitting a Photo, you may be asked to provide the Participant’s name, pet type, breed, age, category, region, your relationship to the Participant, and other information reasonably necessary to administer the contest, verify eligibility, prevent fraud, and comply with law.

8.2 Verification Documents

Pawvote may request documents or information to verify your identity, pet ownership or lawful authority, residency, eligibility, and prize entitlement. Such documents may include, where appropriate, identification documents, proof of address, veterinary records, adoption records, shelter or rescue records, pet registration documents, microchip information, photos or videos showing the pet with you, or other reasonable verification materials.

You must not submit sensitive documents, identification documents, veterinary records, adoption records, microchip information, or other verification materials unless specifically requested by Pawvote through an approved verification process.

8.3 Verification Use

Verification documents will be used only for eligibility, fraud prevention, legal compliance, payment, tax, prize verification, dispute resolution, and recordkeeping purposes, as further described in the Privacy Policy.

8.4 Photo Review

Each Photo may be reviewed for compliance with these Terms and the Official Rules. Review may delay a Photo’s display or entry into a contest. Pawvote is not liable for delay, rejection, or inability to enter a particular contest where review is required.

8.5 Limited Editing

As part of review, you grant Pawvote the right to make limited edits to a Photo to improve technical quality, correct minor technical issues, crop or resize for display, remove red-eye, blur or remove a logo or prohibited text, or ensure compliance with these Terms. Pawvote will not intentionally alter the Participant’s physical characteristics except as necessary to remove prohibited or unsafe content.

8.6 Ineligible Photos

Pawvote may declare a Photo ineligible and remove it before, during, or after a contest if Pawvote reasonably determines that the Photo or related submission violates these Terms, the Official Rules, third-party rights, law, animal welfare standards, or Pawvote’s safety, integrity, or compliance policies.

8.7 Objection by Another Owner, Co-Owner, or Rights Holder

If another owner, co-owner, lawful caretaker, shelter, rescue organization, breeder, photographer, rights holder, or other person with a legitimate interest objects to the Participant’s participation or the display of a Photo, Pawvote may request proof of identity, ownership, authority, rights, custody, permission, or the basis of the objection.

Pawvote may remove the Photo, suspend the Participant’s profile, pause prize payment, cancel or pause ranking visibility, or take other reasonable measures while reviewing the objection. Pawvote will use reasonable efforts to review substantiated removal requests within 96 hours.

Pawvote may refuse, delay, or limit removal where the request appears fraudulent, abusive, unsupported, legally disputed, inconsistent with applicable law, inconsistent with a court order, or where Pawvote reasonably requires additional verification before acting.

9. Voting Rules

9.1 General Voting

Each eligible User may vote for any eligible Photo, subject to the voting rules, free vote limits, purchased vote rules, anti-fraud measures, and Official Rules.

9.2 Valid Votes Only

Only Valid Votes will be counted. Votes must be successfully cast and recorded by Pawvote’s servers before the Contest Deadline. Payment authorization alone does not guarantee that votes will be counted unless the corresponding votes are credited and cast before the Contest Deadline.

9.3 No Vote Manipulation

Votes received by or through vote exchange websites, bots, scripts, automated systems, fake accounts, duplicate accounts, account farms, vote farms, paid third-party voting networks, manipulated traffic, unauthorized promotions, hacking, credential sharing, or any other method that does not reflect genuine votes of real eligible Users may be cancelled and not counted.

9.4 User Responsibility

You are responsible for casting votes for the correct Photo. Once a vote is cast, it may not be withdrawn, changed, transferred, refunded, or reallocated, except where Pawvote determines that correction is required due to a technical error caused by Pawvote or where required by applicable law.

9.5 Pawvote’s Role

Pawvote does not participate in voting and does not add, remove, modify, or manipulate votes except as reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, remove invalid or fraudulent votes, correct technical errors, conduct payment or fraud review, comply with law, or maintain contest integrity.

9.6 Server Records Control

Pawvote’s server records, vote logs, fraud logs, payment records, and verification records are the official records for contest administration, subject to applicable law.

9.7 High-Risk Voter Verification

If a Participant, Photo, User, vote pattern, payment method, IP address, device, location, traffic source, referral source, or other signal presents an elevated risk of fraud, manipulation, duplicate accounts, vote farming, bot activity, payment abuse, location circumvention, or other suspicious activity, Pawvote may require Users who vote for that Participant to verify their email address, phone number, identity, residency, payment ownership, or other relevant information.

Pawvote may block, disregard, reverse, cancel, or remove votes from Users who fail verification, refuse verification, provide false or incomplete information, use prohibited circumvention methods, or otherwise present a high risk of vote fraud or manipulation.

10. Purchased Votes, Payments, Refunds, and Chargebacks

10.1 Prices and Checkout

Users may purchase additional votes at the prices and in the quantities displayed at checkout. All prices, fees, taxes, and payment terms will be disclosed before purchase.

10.2 Nature of Purchased Votes

Purchased Votes are digital support units for use on the Site only. They have no cash value, are not redeemable for money, are not transferable, and are not a deposit, stored-value product, financial instrument, wager, bet, stake, investment, security, or currency.

10.3 Finality of Purchases

Except where required by applicable law or expressly stated in these Terms, purchases of votes are final once the votes have been credited to the User’s account or cast for a Photo.

10.4 No Refunds for Miscast Votes

Pawvote is not responsible if you cast votes for the wrong Photo. No refunds, discounts, credits, or allowances will be granted for votes that were miscast, except where required by applicable law or where Pawvote determines that a technical error caused by Pawvote requires correction.

10.5 Payment Authorization and Review

Pawvote may delay, reject, reverse, or cancel vote credits or votes if a payment is declined, reversed, cancelled, refunded, suspected of fraud, subject to chargeback, unauthorized, or otherwise not successfully completed.

10.6 Chargeback and Refund Abuse

Users must not abuse the payment, refund, or chargeback process. Pawvote may suspend accounts, cancel votes, withhold prizes, disqualify entries, or take other reasonable measures where Pawvote reasonably determines that a User has engaged in fraud, unauthorized payment activity, chargeback abuse, identity misuse, bot activity, fake accounts, vote farming, or other manipulation, subject to applicable law.

10.7 Taxes and Currency

You are responsible for any taxes, duties, currency conversion fees, bank fees, payment provider fees, or other charges that may apply to purchases or prizes, except where Pawvote is required by law to withhold or remit such amounts.

11. Winner Determination and Tie-Breakers

11.1 Winner Determination

The eligible Photo that receives the highest number of Valid Votes before the Contest Deadline will be ranked first, subject to eligibility verification, fraud review, payment review, and these Terms. Additional prize rankings will be determined in descending order based on Valid Votes, unless otherwise stated in the Official Rules.

11.2 Review Period

Pawvote may conduct a fraud, payment, eligibility, residency, ownership, animal-welfare, and verification review after the Contest Deadline before publishing final results or awarding prizes. Unless otherwise stated in the Official Rules, final results may take up to 72 hours after the Contest Deadline to verify and publish.

In the event of suspected fraud, payment abuse, chargebacks, stolen payment credentials, fake accounts, bot activity, vote farming, identity misuse, residency misrepresentation, location circumvention, eligibility disputes, pet ownership disputes, rights-holder objections, animal-welfare concerns, or other manipulation, Pawvote may extend the review, verification, and prize payment period for up to 90 days or for any longer period reasonably required by law, payment providers, law enforcement, regulators, courts, animal welfare authorities, or other competent authorities.

11.3 Tie-Breaker

In the event of a tie, the tied Photo that first reached the tied number of Valid Votes, based on Pawvote’s server records, will be ranked higher.

If Pawvote cannot reasonably determine which Photo first reached the tied number of Valid Votes due to a technical issue, the tied Photo with the higher number of unique verified voting Users will be ranked higher.

If a tie still remains, Pawvote may split the applicable prize among the tied eligible winners or apply another objective, non-random tie-breaker disclosed on the Site. No winner will be selected by random draw.

11.4 Final Decisions

Pawvote’s decisions regarding eligibility, vote validity, fraud review, ranking, tie-breakers, prize entitlement, and contest administration are final and binding, subject to mandatory applicable law.

12. Prizes

12.1 Prize Schedule

Prizes for each contest will be described in the applicable Official Rules or on the Site. Prize amounts, prize types, prize rankings, and non-cash vote awards may vary by contest, category, region, season, promotion, or other contest-specific factors.

12.2 Guaranteed Operator-Funded Prizes

Prizes are guaranteed by Pawvote as displayed for the applicable contest and are not funded by wagers, bets, stakes, pooled entry fees, or payments made by losing Participants or Users. Users and Pet Owners do not pay prizes to winners.

12.3 Prize Eligibility

Only eligible Pet Owners of eligible Participants may receive cash prizes. Voters who are not Pet Owners of winning Participants are not eligible to receive cash prizes unless expressly stated in the Official Rules.

12.4 Vote Prizes

Vote prizes, Bonus Votes, promotional votes, credits, or other non-cash vote awards granted for future contests have no cash value, are not redeemable for money, are not transferable, and may only be used on the Site in accordance with these Terms and the Official Rules.

12.5 Prize Verification

Before awarding a prize, Pawvote may require proof of identity, age, pet ownership or lawful authority, Participant identity, residency, regional eligibility, payment account ownership, tax information, and any other information reasonably necessary to verify eligibility and comply with law.

12.5A State, Country, and Regional Verification

For regional, state, country, province, or territory rankings, the Participant and Pet Owner must meet the residency and regional eligibility requirements stated on the Site or in the applicable Official Rules. Pawvote may require proof of eligible residency, address, location, or regional connection before awarding any regional prize.

If Pawvote determines that the Participant or Pet Owner does not meet the residency or regional eligibility requirements for a regional prize, the regional ranking and prize may be cancelled, and the prize may be awarded to the next eligible ranked Participant from the relevant region, subject to applicable law.

12.6 Failure to Verify

If a potential winner fails to complete verification, provides false or incomplete information, is located in an excluded jurisdiction, violates these Terms, or is otherwise ineligible, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to the next eligible ranked Participant, subject to applicable law.

12.6A Prize Claim Deadline

Potential winners must provide all requested verification documents, payment information, tax information, residency information, pet ownership or authorization verification, and prize claim information within 15 days after Pawvote’s request, unless Pawvote grants an extension in writing.

If a potential winner fails to provide the required information within this period, provides false or incomplete information, fails eligibility verification, or cannot lawfully receive the prize, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to the next eligible ranked Participant, subject to applicable law.

12.6B Returned, Rejected, or Undeliverable Prizes

If a prize payment or prize delivery is returned, rejected, undeliverable, blocked, declined, or not collected due to incorrect or incomplete information provided by the winner, the winner must contact Pawvote and provide corrected information within 30 calendar days. After that period, the prize may be forfeited, subject to applicable law.

12.7 Payment Method

Cash prizes may be paid through PayPal or another payment method selected by Pawvote. Winners must have access to an approved payment method and provide accurate payment information. Pawvote is not responsible for delays, fees, restrictions, or failures caused by payment providers, banks, inaccurate information, or legal restrictions.

12.8 Taxes

Winners are solely responsible for all taxes, duties, filings, and reporting obligations relating to prizes, except where Pawvote is required by law to withhold, report, or remit taxes.

13. Publicity and Photo License

13.1 License for Contest Purposes

By submitting a Photo, you grant Pawvote a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to display, reproduce, resize, crop, format, publish, transmit, and use the Photo and related Participant display information on the Site and in communications directly related to the relevant contest, including profile pages, category pages, ranking pages, vote pages, winner announcements, and contest-related promotional materials.

13.2 Winner Announcements

If a Photo wins or ranks in a contest, you grant Pawvote the right to publish, display, and use the Photo, Participant name or display name, pet type, breed, region, ranking, and prize information for winner announcements and contest-related promotion without additional compensation, subject to applicable law.

13.3 Broader Marketing

Pawvote will not use a pet’s Photo for unrelated brand campaigns, paid advertisements, third-party promotions, or broader corporate marketing without additional consent, except where the Photo is used in a winner announcement or contest-related promotion as described above.

13.4 Revocation and Removal Requests

You may request removal of a Photo as described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy, subject to reasonable technical, legal, archival, fraud-prevention, accounting, tax, dispute, and recordkeeping limitations.

14. Privacy and Personal Information

14.1 Privacy Policy

Pawvote’s collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information are described in the Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to the Privacy Policy.

14.2 Pet Information

By submitting pet-related information, you consent to Pawvote’s processing of that information for contest administration, Site display, voting, fraud prevention, verification, prize payment, legal compliance, and related purposes described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

14.3 Verification Materials

Verification documents may contain sensitive information. Such documents should be submitted only through approved verification channels and only when requested by Pawvote. Pawvote may reject, delete, retain, or process verification documents in accordance with the Privacy Policy and applicable law.

14.4 Public Display

You understand that submitted Photos and limited Participant display information may be publicly visible on the Site for contest purposes. You must not submit a Photo or information if you do not want it displayed publicly in accordance with these Terms.

15. Comments and User Content

15.1 Comments

Users may be allowed to post comments or other content on the Site. Comments must be respectful, appropriate, and family-friendly.

15.2 Prohibited Comments

Comments must not be hateful, racist, discriminatory, bullying, harassing, political, religious, sexually suggestive, defamatory, threatening, exploitative, illegal, promotional, spam, or otherwise inappropriate.

15.3 Moderation

Pawvote may remove, hide, moderate, restrict, or disable comments at any time where Pawvote reasonably determines that the comment violates these Terms, may harm a person, pet, family, or animal welfare interest, creates legal or reputational risk, or is otherwise inappropriate for the Site.

15.4 License to Comments

By posting a comment, you grant Pawvote a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display, reproduce, publish, and use the comment on the Site and in connection with contest administration and moderation. Pawvote will not intentionally publicly disclose your personally identifiable information in connection with a comment except as described in the Privacy Policy or required by law.

16. Standards of Conduct

You must not use the Site to:

violate any law, regulation, third-party right, animal welfare requirement, or these Terms;
submit false, misleading, fraudulent, or incomplete information;
impersonate another person;
submit a pet you do not own, care for, or have permission to submit;
create fake, duplicate, automated, or manipulated accounts;
manipulate votes or contest results;
use bots, scripts, scraping tools, vote farms, or unauthorized automation;
harass, bully, threaten, abuse, exploit, or harm any person;
depict, encourage, stage, or promote animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, unsafe handling, animal fighting, forced distress, or other animal-welfare violations;
upload or distribute viruses, malware, or harmful code;
interfere with the Site’s security, integrity, operation, or availability;
access the Site from an excluded jurisdiction;
circumvent geoblocking, payment restrictions, account limits, fraud controls, or eligibility rules; or
engage in conduct that may harm Pawvote’s reputation, payment relationships, regulatory standing, users, Participants, animal-welfare interests, or contest integrity.

17. Suspension, Disqualification, and Termination

17.1 User Termination

You may stop using the Site at any time and may request account closure by contacting Pawvote.

17.2 Pawvote Actions

Pawvote may suspend, restrict, terminate, or close accounts; remove Photos; cancel votes; reverse vote credits; withhold or forfeit prizes; block payments; or disqualify Participants where Pawvote reasonably

determines that:

you violated these Terms or the Official Rules;
you are ineligible;
you are located in or connected to an excluded jurisdiction;
you submitted false, misleading, or incomplete information;
votes were obtained through fraud, manipulation, bots, fake accounts, vote farms, or prohibited methods;
a payment was unauthorized, fraudulent, reversed, refunded, or subject to chargeback abuse;
verification failed or was not completed;
a Photo is ineligible or violates animal-welfare, pet-safety, or content-safety rules;
continued participation creates legal, regulatory, payment, reputational, safety, animal-welfare, or operational risk; or
Pawvote is required to act by law, court order, payment provider, regulator, animal welfare authority, or law enforcement.

17.3 Effect of Termination

After termination, you may lose access to your account, Photos, votes, voting history, comments, prizes not yet verified or awarded, and other Site features, subject to applicable law and these Terms.

17.4 Survival

Any provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including provisions relating to payments, prizes, taxes, intellectual property, photo licenses, privacy, verification, fraud review, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, disputes, governing law, and miscellaneous terms.

18. Intellectual Property

18.1 Pawvote IP

Pawvote owns or licenses all rights in the Site, including trademarks, trade names, logos, software, code, databases, designs, text, graphics, interfaces, systems, contest formats, and other intellectual property, excluding Photos and user content submitted by users.

18.2 Limited User License

Pawvote grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Site for personal, lawful, non-commercial use in accordance with these Terms.

18.3 Social Sharing

Pawvote permits Pet Owners and Users to share Site links, contest pages, and approved Pawvote materials on social media and other lawful channels for the purpose of inviting eligible persons to view and vote for Photos, provided that such sharing is not misleading, unlawful, spam, harassment, manipulation, or targeted to excluded jurisdictions.

18.4 Restrictions

You must not copy, modify, reverse engineer, scrape, sell, exploit, frame, mirror, or otherwise misuse the Site or Pawvote intellectual property except as expressly permitted by these Terms.

19. Third-Party Services

The Site may use or link to third-party services, including payment processors, analytics providers, hosting providers, email providers, fraud-prevention providers, verification providers, and social media platforms. Pawvote is not responsible for third-party services, policies, fees, delays, restrictions, decisions, or failures, except where required by applicable law.

20. Disclaimers

The Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Pawvote disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, availability, accuracy, security, and uninterrupted operation.

Pawvote does not guarantee that:

the Site will be available at all times;
any Photo will receive votes;
any Participant will win a prize;
any vote purchase will result in a particular ranking;
any content will remain available; or
the Site will be free from errors, interruptions, bugs, delays, unauthorized access, or security incidents.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability where such limitation or exclusion is prohibited by applicable law.

21. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Pawvote and its affiliates, owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, service providers, and representatives will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, or similar damages, including loss of profits, loss of opportunity, loss of data, loss of goodwill, business interruption, or reputational harm, arising out of or relating to the Site, contests, votes, Photos, prizes, or these Terms.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Pawvote’s total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, contests, votes, Photos, or prizes will not exceed the greater of: (a) USD 1,000; or (b) the amount you paid to Pawvote in the 3 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, personal injury caused by negligence, animal cruelty, willful animal abuse, or non-waivable statutory consumer rights, to the extent such limitation or exclusion is prohibited by applicable law.

22. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pawvote and its affiliates, owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, service providers, and representatives from and against any claims, demands, actions, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses, penalties, fines, and attorneys’ fees arising out of or relating to:

your use of the Site;
your violation of these Terms or the Official Rules;
your violation of law, animal welfare requirements, or third-party rights;
your submitted Photos, comments, or other content;
your false, incomplete, or misleading information;
your ownership of, authority over, permission to submit, or relationship to a Participant;
your payment activity, refund activity, chargeback activity, or tax obligations;
your fraud, manipulation, bot activity, fake accounts, vote farming, or other prohibited conduct;
any animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, unsafe handling, or animal-welfare concern connected to a Photo or content you submit; or
any claim that a Photo or content you submitted infringes or violates intellectual property, privacy, publicity, animal welfare, defamation, or other rights.

Pawvote may control the defense of any claim subject to indemnification. You may not settle any claim in a manner that imposes liability, obligations, admissions, or restrictions on Pawvote without Pawvote’s prior written consent.

23. Changes to the Site, Contests, and Terms

Pawvote may change, suspend, cancel, postpone, modify, or discontinue the Site, any contest, voting rules, prize schedule, features, or these Terms at any time where reasonably necessary for legal, regulatory, fraud-prevention, technical, payment, operational, safety, animal-welfare, or business reasons.

If Pawvote materially changes these Terms, Pawvote will post the updated Terms on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of updated Terms constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms, except where applicable law requires additional notice or consent.

Pawvote may cancel, suspend, or modify a contest where fraud, technical failures, payment failures, security issues, legal restrictions, force majeure, animal-welfare concerns, or other causes beyond Pawvote’s reasonable control affect the integrity or proper administration of the contest.

24. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

24.1 Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them are governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except to the extent that mandatory consumer protection laws of a user’s country, state, province, or territory of residence apply and cannot be waived by contract.

24.2 Good-Faith Resolution

Before initiating formal proceedings, the Parties will attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute by written notice and informal discussions.

24.3 Arbitration

Subject to mandatory applicable law, any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, contests, votes, Photos, or prizes will be finally resolved by arbitration under the rules of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). The seat of arbitration will be Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The language of arbitration will be English. The tribunal will consist of one arbitrator unless the applicable rules require otherwise.

24.4 Small Claims and Non-Waivable Rights

Where applicable law gives you a non-waivable right to bring a claim in a local consumer court, small claims court, regulator, or other forum, nothing in these Terms limits that non-waivable right.

24.5 Class Action Waiver

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, disputes must be brought only on an individual basis and not as a plaintiff, class member, representative, or participant in any class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or representative action.

24.6 Injunctive Relief

Either Party may seek temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property, confidential information, animal welfare, personal data, payment systems, contest integrity, or to prevent unauthorized access, fraud, misuse, or circumvention.

25. Notices

Pawvote may send notices to you by email, account message, Site posting, or other reasonable method.

Notices to Pawvote must be sent to:

Email: contact@pawvote.com

Operator: LIMI SOLVISE - FZCO

License No.: 67268

Registration No.: 65227

Registered Address: A1 Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, UAE

You are responsible for maintaining an accurate email address in your account.

26. Miscellaneous

26.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and any applicable Official Rules constitute the entire agreement between you and Pawvote regarding the Site and supersede prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications, and understandings relating to the same subject matter.

26.2 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be modified and enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, or severed if modification is not permitted. The remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

26.3 No Waiver

Pawvote’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

26.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without Pawvote’s prior written consent. Pawvote may assign or transfer these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, change of control, or operation of law.

26.5 Force Majeure

Pawvote will not be liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, labor disputes, epidemics, pandemics, government action, internet failures, hosting failures, payment provider failures, cyberattacks, natural disasters, animal disease outbreaks, natural disasters affecting animals, or other force majeure events.

26.6 Language

These Terms are written in English. Any translation is provided for convenience only. The English version controls to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

PAWVOTE™
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

Contest Name: As displayed on the Site for the applicable contest

Contest Category: As displayed on the Site for the applicable contest, including dogs, cats, regional, global, or other available pet categories

Sponsor/Operator: LIMI SOLVISE - FZCO, United Arab Emirates

Website: Pawvote.com

Start Date and Time: As displayed on the Site for the applicable contest

Contest Deadline: As displayed on the Site for the applicable contest

Time Zone: The time zone displayed on the Site for the applicable contest; if no time zone is displayed, Eastern Time applies

Review Period: Up to 72 hours after the Contest Deadline, subject to extended review in cases of suspected fraud, payment abuse, eligibility issues, verification disputes, ownership disputes, animal-welfare concerns, or legal/regulatory requirements

Eligible Jurisdictions: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and any other jurisdictions expressly displayed as eligible on the Site for the applicable contest

Excluded Jurisdictions: United Arab Emirates; and all jurisdictions where participation, voting, vote purchases, prizes, or contests of this type are prohibited, restricted, or subject to unsatisfied registration, bonding, licensing, taxation, or regulatory approval requirements

1. No Purchase Necessary

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR PARTICIPATE. A PURCHASE IS OPTIONAL.

Pet Owners may submit Photos without making a purchase. Users may cast Free Votes as described below. Users may also choose to purchase additional votes. Purchased Votes may affect the ranking of a Photo because winners are determined by the number of Valid Votes received. However, no purchase is required to enter, submit a Photo, cast Free Votes, or be eligible to win.

2. Not Gambling, Betting, Lottery, Sweepstakes, or Commercial Gaming

This contest is a vote-based online pet photo contest. It is not gambling, betting, wagering, lottery, raffle, sweepstakes, casino gaming, sports wagering, or commercial gaming.

Winners are determined by the number of Valid Votes received before the Contest Deadline, subject to eligibility verification, fraud review, payment review, and the Terms. Winners are not selected by chance, random draw, random number generator, odds, sports result, betting outcome, or any other random mechanism.

Votes have no cash value, are not redeemable for money, are not transferable, and may be used only on the Site.

3. Eligibility

The contest is open only to Pet Owners and Users who:

are at least 18 years old;
are legal residents of an eligible jurisdiction listed above;
are not located in or resident in the United Arab Emirates;
are not located in a jurisdiction where participation is prohibited or restricted by law;
comply with the Terms and these Official Rules; and
complete any required verification.

Minors may not register for or use the Site. A pet may participate only as a Participant whose Photo is submitted by an eligible Pet Owner.

4. Participant Requirements

Unless otherwise stated, each Participant must:

be a real pet, including a dog or cat;
be submitted only by a Pet Owner or an adult person with permission and legal authority to submit the pet;
meet the category requirements of this contest;
satisfy all verification requirements before a prize is awarded; and
be presented in a Photo that complies with animal-welfare and content-safety rules.

5. Photo Requirements

Submitted Photos must:

show the actual Participant;
be appropriate, pet-friendly, and safe;
not show or suggest animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, injury caused for the purpose of the Photo, forced distress, unsafe restraints, dangerous handling, illegal activity, animal fighting, harmful costumes, choking hazards, unsafe grooming, or conduct inconsistent with animal welfare standards;
not materially alter the pet’s appearance;
not include AI-generated animals, face swaps, deepfakes, or misleading edits;
not include visible brands, logos, trademarks, text, addresses, phone numbers, social media handles, watermarks, QR codes, or promotional messages;
not include hateful, racist, discriminatory, political, religious, violent, threatening, bullying, sexual, exploitative, illegal, unsafe, harmful to animals, or inappropriate content; and
not infringe third-party rights.

Pawvote may reject, remove, edit, crop, blur, or disqualify Photos that violate these requirements.

6. How to Enter

To enter, an eligible Pet Owner must:

create or log into a valid account;
submit the required Pet Owner and Participant information;
upload an eligible Photo;
accept the Terms, Privacy Policy, and these Official Rules; and
complete any required verification.

Entry is free. A purchase is not required.

7. Voting

Users may vote for eligible Photos during the contest period. Unless otherwise stated on the Site:

each eligible User may cast one Free Vote every 10 minutes;
Free Votes are subject to a maximum of 30 Free Votes per day per account, device, household, internet connection, IP address, or other reasonable fraud-prevention identifier used by Pawvote;
Users may earn Bonus Votes through achievements or promotions described on the Site;
Users may optionally purchase additional votes;
only votes successfully cast and recorded by Pawvote’s servers before the Contest Deadline count; and
invalid, fraudulent, manipulated, reversed, or disqualified votes do not count.

8. Purchased Votes

Purchased Votes are optional digital support units for use on the Site only. Purchased Votes have no cash value, are not redeemable for money, are not transferable, and are not a wager, bet, stake, investment, stored-value product, financial instrument, or currency.

Except where required by law, purchases are final once votes are credited or cast. Pawvote may cancel votes related to fraudulent, unauthorized, reversed, refunded, declined, or chargeback payments.

9. Vote Integrity

Pawvote may remove votes and disqualify accounts or Photos where Pawvote reasonably determines that

votes were obtained through:

bots, scripts, automation, or hacking;
fake, duplicate, or manipulated accounts;
vote farms or account farms;
vote exchange websites;
unauthorized paid voting networks;
VPN, proxy, or location circumvention;
payment fraud or chargeback abuse;
false identity, residency, ownership, authorization, or eligibility information; or
any other method that does not reflect genuine votes of real eligible Users.

Pawvote may require high-risk Users or voters to verify their email address, phone number, identity, residency, payment ownership, or other relevant information before votes are counted or prizes are awarded.

10. Winner Determination

After the Contest Deadline, Pawvote will review votes, payments, eligibility, residency, ownership, animal-welfare concerns, and fraud indicators. The eligible Photo with the highest number of Valid Votes will be ranked first. Additional prize positions will be ranked in descending order based on Valid Votes.

Final results may be published after the review period.

11. Tie-Breaker

If two or more Photos have the same number of Valid Votes, the Photo that first reached that number of Valid Votes, based on Pawvote’s server records, will be ranked higher.

If Pawvote cannot reasonably determine which Photo first reached the tied vote number, the Photo with the higher number of unique verified voting Users will be ranked higher.

12. Prizes

The applicable prize schedule for each contest will be displayed on the Site or in the contest-specific Official Rules before or during the relevant contest period. Prize amounts, prize types, prize rankings, and non-cash vote awards may vary by contest, category, region, season, promotion, or other contest-specific factors.

Prizes are guaranteed and funded by Pawvote as displayed for the applicable contest. Prizes are not funded by wagers, bets, stakes, pooled entry fees, or payments made by losing Participants or Users.

Vote prizes, Bonus Votes, promotional votes, or credits awarded for future contests have no cash value, are not redeemable for money, and may be used only on the Site.

13. Winner Verification and Prize Claim

Potential winners may be required to provide:

Pet Owner identity verification;
proof of age;
proof of pet ownership or lawful authority to submit the pet;
Participant verification, such as veterinary records, adoption records, shelter or rescue records, pet registration documents, microchip information, or other reasonable proof where appropriate;
proof of eligible residency;
proof of state, country, province, territory, or regional eligibility where a regional prize is claimed;
payment account information;
tax information; and
any other information reasonably required to verify eligibility and award the prize.

Potential winners must provide all requested verification documents and prize claim information within 15 days after Pawvote’s request, unless Pawvote grants an extension in writing. Failure to complete verification may result in disqualification and prize forfeiture. If a winner is disqualified, Pawvote may award the prize to the next eligible ranked Participant.

14. Extended Fraud, Ownership, and Animal-Welfare Review

In the event of suspected fraud, payment abuse, chargebacks, stolen payment credentials, fake accounts, bot activity, vote farming, identity misuse, residency misrepresentation, location circumvention, pet ownership disputes, rights-holder objections, animal-welfare concerns, or other manipulation, Pawvote may extend the prize review and payment period for up to 90 days or for any longer period reasonably required by law, payment providers, law enforcement, regulators, courts, animal welfare authorities, or other competent authorities.

15. Owner, Co-Owner, or Rights-Holder Objections

16. Prize Payment

Cash prizes will be paid through PayPal or another payment method selected by Pawvote. Winners are responsible for providing accurate payment information. Winners are responsible for any applicable taxes, reporting obligations, bank fees, payment provider fees, and currency conversion fees, except where Pawvote is required by law to withhold or remit amounts.

17. Publicity

By entering the contest, the Pet Owner grants Pawvote the right to display the Photo and limited Participant information on the Site for contest purposes. Winners may be announced on the Site and in contest-related communications.

Pawvote will not use a pet’s Photo for unrelated brand campaigns, paid advertisements, third-party promotions, or broader corporate marketing without additional consent, except for winner announcements and contest-related promotion.

18. Cancellation or Modification

Pawvote may cancel, suspend, postpone, or modify the contest if fraud, technical failures, payment issues, security issues, legal restrictions, force majeure, animal-welfare concerns, or other causes affect the integrity, legality, or proper administration of the contest.

19. Incorporation of Terms

The Pawvote Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy are incorporated into these Official Rules. In the event of a conflict, these Official Rules apply only to this contest unless prohibited by applicable law.

20. Facebook and Meta Disclaimer

This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook or Meta Platforms, Inc. By entering, voting in, or otherwise participating in this Contest, each Parent and User completely releases Facebook and Meta Platforms, Inc. from any claims arising out of or relating to the Contest. Any questions, comments, or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to Pawvote and not to Facebook or Meta Platforms, Inc.

21. Contact

Questions about this contest may be sent to:

Email: contact@pawvote.com