CarCheckHQ Giveaway 1: terms and conditions

Published by CarCheckHQ · Version 1 · 5 November 2026. Updated 8 November 2026.

These are the full rules for "CarCheckHQ Giveaway 1: win a free car history report" (the "Giveaway"). By entering, you agree to them. Please keep a copy: you can print this page or save it as a PDF. The rules stay at this address for the whole Giveaway and for at least 12 months afterwards.

Key terms at a glance

• Free to enter. No purchase necessary. Buying a report doesn't improve your chance of winning.
• Who can enter: UK residents aged 18 or over, apart from the people excluded in clause 4.
• How to enter: fill in the entry form at carcheckhq.com/giveaway, or email us (clause 5). One entry per person.
• Opens: 10:00 on Monday 9 November 2026. Closes: 23:59 on Sunday 22 November 2026 (UK time).
• Prizes: 10 prizes. Each prize is one CarCheckHQ vehicle history report credit. No cash alternative, and prizes can't be transferred. The credit expires 14 days after we issue it.
• How winners are picked: a computer draw that anyone can re-check, seeded by a public randomness source we can't control (clause 7).
• How winners are told: by email to the address on the entry, by 17:00 on Tuesday 24 November 2026. Winners must reply by 23:59 on Monday 7 December 2026 to claim. We add the credit within 5 working days of confirming a claim. All credits are issued by Tuesday 22 December 2026.
• Promoter: DESKLINK LTD, which operates CarCheckHQ (clause 1).

1. The promoter

1.1 The promoter is DESKLINK LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17076467), which operates CarCheckHQ (carcheckhq.com) ("we", "us").

1.2 Registered office: Unit 1 Ripple Road, Barking, England, IG11 0RJ.

1.3 Email: support@carcheckhq.com. Please put "Giveaway 1" in the subject line. Nothing in this Giveaway needs to be sent by post: entries, claims, questions and complaints all go to support@carcheckhq.com.

1.4 This Giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Facebook, Meta, X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn or any other social network. See clause 12.

1.5 CarCheckHQ is an independent vehicle history service. It isn't affiliated with DVLA or DVSA, and nothing in this Giveaway suggests otherwise.

2. What you can win

2.1 There are 10 prizes. All 10 will be awarded, as long as we receive at least 10 valid entries. If we receive fewer than 10 valid entries, every valid entrant wins one prize.

2.2 Each prize is one CarCheckHQ vehicle history report credit. One credit is for one CarCheckHQ report on one UK-registered vehicle, chosen by the winner.

2.3 To receive the prize, the winner signs in at carcheckhq.com with the email address they entered with, using the one-time code we email to that address. No purchase is needed. We add the credit to that account within 5 working days of confirming the claim (clause 8). All credits are issued by Tuesday 22 December 2026.

2.4 The prize credit expires 14 days after we issue it, so please use it within that time. This is shorter than the life of credits you buy. A report can be viewed online for 30 days after it's generated, and you can download a PDF during that time.

2.5 What a report contains depends on what our connected UK data sources return for that vehicle at the time. Reports don't currently include auction photos. A report can't promise a vehicle's full history or condition, and a missing record doesn't prove there's no problem. Our coverage page explains the limits.

2.6 There is no cash alternative. Prizes can't be transferred, sold or exchanged, and can't be combined with a refund.

2.7 If, for reasons outside our control, we can't provide the prize as described, we'll give the winner a reasonable equivalent of equal or greater value.

3. Dates and timetable

All times are UK time (Europe/London).

Entries received after the closing date won't be included. We won't change the closing date unless something outside our control makes it unavoidable, and only if the change doesn't disadvantage people who have already entered.

4. Who can enter

4.1 The Giveaway is open to residents of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) who are aged 18 or over when they enter.

4.2 You can't enter if you are:

• an employee, officer or contractor of DESKLINK LTD;
• anyone else involved in running this Giveaway, including choosing or supplying the prizes; or
• a member of the immediate family or household of anyone above.

4.3 You need an email address and internet access to enter and to use the prize.

4.4 We may ask a winner to confirm, by replying to our email, that they are 18 or over and live in the UK. We won't ask for identity documents unless it's necessary to resolve a genuine doubt, and if we do, we'll explain why and how to send them securely. If a winner isn't eligible, the prize goes to the next reserve (clause 9).

5. How to enter

5.1 There are two free ways to enter. Both count the same.

• Online: go to carcheckhq.com/giveaway and fill in the entry form with your first name, surname, email address and county (or council area), and confirm that you're 18 or over, live in the UK and accept these terms.
• By email: if you can't use the form, email support@carcheckhq.com with the subject "Giveaway 1 entry", giving your first name, surname, county (or council area), and the sentence "I am 18 or over, I live in the UK and I accept the Giveaway 1 terms." Send it from the email address you want us to contact you on. Normal email costs apply. We don't charge anything.

5.2 You don't need to buy anything, create an account, follow us, like, share, comment, tag anyone or post anything to enter. Doing any of those things doesn't give you an extra entry or a better chance.

5.3 Our posts about the Giveaway on social media point to carcheckhq.com/giveaway. Comments, likes, shares, tags or messages on social media are not entries.

5.4 We'll show an on-screen confirmation when an online entry is received. We'll reply to email entries within 2 working days to confirm we've received them.

6. Entry limits and fair play

6.1 One entry per person, whichever way you enter. If we receive more than one entry from the same person, we'll count only the first one and ignore the rest. The person isn't disqualified for a duplicate.

6.2 You must enter yourself. Entries made by anyone else on your behalf, in bulk, through automated tools, scripts or entry services, or using false details or a made-up identity, are invalid.

6.3 We check entries for duplicates and for the problems in clause 6.2 before the draw, using the details on the entry. We'll record what we remove and why.

6.4 We're not responsible for entries that don't reach us because of a fault with your device, email provider or internet connection. If our own entry form fails during the Giveaway, we'll accept entries by email (clause 5.1) and say so on carcheckhq.com/giveaway.

7. How winners are chosen

7.1 The winners are chosen at random by computer, in a way that anyone can check afterwards.

7.2 After the Giveaway closes, we remove invalid and duplicate entries (clause 6). Every valid entry has a random entry ID that contains no personal details.

7.3 By 10:00 on Monday 23 November 2026 we publish on carcheckhq.com/giveaway the number of valid entries and a fingerprint (a SHA-256 hash) of the sorted list of entry IDs. Publishing the fingerprint first means we can't change the list afterwards without it showing.

7.4 The draw uses a public random number produced by the drand "quicknet" randomness beacon (run by the League of Entropy, an independent group of organisations), for the round published at 12:00:00 GMT on Monday 23 November 2026, which is round 34210612. Nobody can know that number before it's published, and we can't influence it.

7.5 A published script combines that random number with the entry-list fingerprint and puts every entry ID in a random order. The first 10 entry IDs win. The next 10 are reserves, in order.

7.6 We publish the script, the beacon round, the random number and the results (entry IDs only) on carcheckhq.com/giveaway, so anyone can rerun the draw and get the same answer. We keep a record of the draw, including the full entry list, as evidence. We'll show it to the Advertising Standards Authority if asked.

7.7 The draw script is published as plain text at https://carcheckhq.com/giveaway/draw.py, with its SHA-256 fingerprint 124787266705120f0039a3cde2bfefcaf1b8e46a11a72ffb51302c1d7d56475a, so anyone can check and rerun the draw.

8. How winners are told and how to claim

8.1 We'll email each winner at the address on their entry by 17:00 on Tuesday 24 November 2026. The email comes from support@carcheckhq.com. We'll never ask you to pay anything, or to give bank or card details, to claim a prize. A message asking for money is not from us.

8.2 To claim, reply to that email by 23:59 on Monday 7 December 2026 to confirm you'd like the prize and that you meet clause 4.

8.3 If a winner hasn't replied, we'll send a reminder email on Monday 30 November 2026. If the winner entered through a social media link and has also messaged us on that platform, we may send a short message there too. We'll never ask you to give personal details in a public comment.

8.4 Once we've confirmed your claim, sign in at carcheckhq.com with the email address you entered with, using the one-time code we send you. We'll add the credit to that account within 5 working days of confirming the claim. All credits are issued by Tuesday 22 December 2026. The credit expires 14 days after we issue it. There's no cost to claim, and you don't need to buy anything.

9. Unclaimed prizes

9.1 If a winner doesn't claim by the claim deadline, isn't eligible or turns the prize down, the prize goes to the next reserve in the published order.

9.2 We'll email reserve winners by 17:00 on Tuesday 8 December 2026. They must reply by 23:59 on Monday 14 December 2026. Clauses 8.1 to 8.4 apply to reserves in the same way.

9.3 If a prize still isn't claimed after the reserves have been tried, it won't be awarded. We'll say so in the winner announcement.

10. Announcing the winners

10.1 By Wednesday 23 December 2026 we'll publish on carcheckhq.com/giveaway that the draw took place and the prizes were awarded, with each winner's surname and county.

10.2 If you don't want your surname and county published if you win, tick the box on the entry form, say so in your email entry, or email us before the draw. We'll then publish less (for example "a winner in [county]") or nothing about you. We'll still have to give the information to the Advertising Standards Authority if it asks.

10.3 We won't use winners' names, photos or comments in any other publicity unless they've separately agreed to it.

10.4 You can ask us for the winner information by emailing support@carcheckhq.com.

11. Your personal information

11.1 DESKLINK LTD is responsible for the personal information you give us when you enter. Our privacy notice explains how we handle personal information, your rights, and how to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.

11.2 For the Giveaway we collect your first name, surname, email address and county, your confirmations under clause 5, whether you've objected to your details being published, the time of your entry, and, if you arrived from a link, which campaign link it was. We use them only to run the Giveaway: checking eligibility, removing duplicates, the draw, contacting winners, awarding prizes, announcing winners and handling questions or complaints.

11.3 Entering doesn't sign you up to marketing. The entry form has a separate, optional, unticked box if you'd like occasional emails from CarCheckHQ. You can enter without ticking it, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

11.4 Our website analytics may record that an entry was submitted, but never your name or email address.

11.5 We delete entry details 90 days after the draw, so by Sunday 21 February 2027. We keep winners' details for 12 months after the draw, so we can answer questions or complaints and show the Advertising Standards Authority how the Giveaway was run, and then delete them. The published draw record contains entry IDs only, with no personal details.

11.6 Our service providers (for example our hosting, database and email providers) process this information for us, as described in the privacy notice. We don't sell entry details or give them to social networks.

12. Social media platforms

12.1 This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Facebook or Meta, X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn or any other platform where we mention it. In particular, the Giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, X.

12.2 By entering, you release each of those platforms from any responsibility relating to the Giveaway. You're giving your information to DESKLINK LTD, not to any platform.

12.3 Questions or complaints about the Giveaway should come to us, not to the platform.

12.4 YouTube is not a sponsor of the Giveaway and isn't involved in it. You can't enter through YouTube or other social media. Anyone who breaks YouTube's Community Guidelines in connection with the Giveaway will be disqualified.

13. Changes, cancellation and our responsibility

13.1 We'll only change these terms, or suspend or cancel the Giveaway, if something outside our reasonable control makes it necessary, such as fraud we can't otherwise deal with, a serious technical failure, or a change in the law. Any change will be one that doesn't disadvantage people who have already entered fairly. We'll publish any change on this page with the date it was made, and tell entrants how to see it.

13.2 If we have to cancel after entries have been made, we'll still run the draw for the entries already received, unless that would be unlawful or unfair to entrants.

13.3 Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that can't be limited by law. Your statutory rights are not affected.

13.4 Apart from that, we're not responsible for losses that weren't a reasonably foreseeable result of our breaking these terms.

14. Law and disputes

14.1 These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have non-exclusive jurisdiction. Mandatory consumer protections and any rights to bring a claim in a court available under applicable law remain unaffected.

14.2 If you have a complaint, email support@carcheckhq.com with "Giveaway 1" in the subject. We'll reply within 5 working days. You can also contact the Advertising Standards Authority at asa.org.uk.

14.3 If any part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies.

Version history

• Version 1, 5 November 2026: first published.
• 8 Nov 2026: clarified that entry is by the website form or email, not through YouTube or social media.