Facebook contest policy no-no?
- by Fred
I would like to post a link on a Facebook page where it will exit Facebook entirely and go to a client's website, where people will be on a page (client's) where they can enter their e-mail address to be entered in a temporary database file with rules and disclosures etc., for a draw once the number of entries reaches 100 for instance.
Once the number of entries reaches 100, a random winner is picked and notified via E-mail.
The functionality is as follows:
A link is place on a Facebook page leading to an external page
The page is a form to merely enter their email address for a
contest
The email is placed in a temporary file
An automatic E-mail is sent to the address used for confirmation
using SHAH-256 hash
The person receives the Email saying something to the affect
"Please confirm your Email address etc. - If you did not authorize
this, simply ignore this message and no further action will be
taken".
If the person clicks on the confirmation link, the Email is then
stored in the database and the person is again notified saying "Thank
you for signing up etc."
Once others do the same process and the database reaches a certain
number, the form is no longer accessible and automatically picks a
random Email.
Once picked, an Email is automatically sent to the winner stating
the instructions, and notifying me also.
Once that person clicks yet another confirmation link, the
database is then automatically deleted.
I have built this myself and have no intentions of breaking any rules, nor jeopardize the work/time/energy I have put into this project.
Is this allowed?
