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Radio 2's Greatest Guitar Riff Vote - Terms & Conditions

These terms were amended on Thursday 24 July 2014

  1. In order to vote, you must be a UK resident (including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and not be a BBC employee, employee of any of its affiliates, close relative of any such employees.
  2. Votes can be made online by accessing the Radio 2 Guitar Riff vote page from 12.00pm (noon) on Monday 14th July 2014 and must be received no later than 7.00pm on Monday 4th August 2014. You may only vote once. Any votes received outside the voting window will not count.
  3. A panel of guitar music experts, made up of made up of Radio 2 DJs, music critics and record producers were selected to pick the 100 guitar riffs, they are: Janice Long – Radio 2 Presenter, Bob Harris – Radio 2 Presenter, Richard Allison - Radio 2 Presenter, Gideon Coe – 6 Music Presenter, Steve Levine – Music Producer, Paul Sexton – Music journalist and broadcaster, Sunday Times, Radio 2, Sian Llewellyn – Editor, Classic Rock Magazine.
  4. The Definition of a guitar ‘riff’ - For the purpose of this vote a guitar riff has been defined as follows: ‘A guitar riff is the main hook of a song and must be played principally by a guitar. It often begins the song, but is repeated throughout it, giving the song its distinctive voice.’
  5. The top 100 will be counted down on Radio 2 on Monday 25th August 2014 and available online.
  6. No correspondence relating to the vote will be entered into.
  7. There will be no prize for anyone taking part in the vote.
  8. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify entries or suspend voting if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting. The BBC has the right to substitute an alternative selection method at its absolute discretion. For the purposes of investigating possible voting irregularities when voting on bbc.co.uk, the BBC may use cookies. The BBC will not publish this information or provide it to anyone without permission, except where required for enforcement of these terms. For more information please see: BBC Privacy Policy.
  9. If, for any reason, the online voting system fails, the vote may be suspended or a contingency plan may be actioned.
  10. The BBC reserves the right to change, cancel or suspend the vote at any time.
  11. The BBC cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction, or any other problem with any online system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote being lost or not properly registered and recorded.
  12. The voting is this programme accords with the BBC’s Code of Conduct for Voting BBC Code of Conduct for Voting
  13. The BBC will only use your personal data for the purposes of running this vote. The BBC complies with the Data Protection Act 1998, as amended. For more information please see BBC Privacy Policy
  14. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.