TERMS & CONDITIONS (“T&Cs”)

1. Publisher

2. Subject

3. Definitions

In this document,

“Account” means the account that must be created to become a Member and access the Services offered by the Website;

"Brief" means the concise statement of the instructions and guidelines for a Challenge prepared by a Sponsor;

"Challenge" means an invitation for proposals to solve a specific problem or challenge issued by a Sponsor, who may offer an award for the winning Deliverables submitted via the Website by a Member registered to participate in the Challenge, and in accordance with the Challenge Rules;

“Challenge Rules” refers to the rules applicable to a Challenge and which are binding between the Sponsor and each Challenge participant. In the event of discrepancies or contradictions with the T&Cs, the Challenge Rules shall apply; 

“Community” refers to all Members of the Website;

“Deliverables” all submissions, original ideas, documents or other materials (such as presentations, videos, etc.) uploaded to the Website by Members in response and as a solution to a specific Challenge;

“Member” means any individual having an Account on the Website;

“Services” means all products, services, content, features, technologies or functions delivered by us via the Website; and

"Sponsor" means the company or organization that sponsors a Challenge and submits a Brief and Challenge to Members via the Website.

4. Opening an Account

You must have authority to bind your business. You confirm that you have authority to bind any business or entity on whose behalf you use our Services, and that business or entity accepts these terms.

B. Creating an Account

The Website allows Members to view and enroll in Challenges and to interact with other Members, Sponsors or [Company Name] through message boards, chat, email and messaging. You can view the Briefs and Challenges if you are not registered, but you cannot enroll in or participate in a Challenge without first opening an Account and becoming a Member. 

To create your Account, you can complete the mandatory fields in the registration form (e.g., name, email and password [to be completed if necessary depending on yout registration fields]). An Account activation link will be emailed to you; your Account is activated once you click on the link.

To open an Account, you must have read and accepted these T&Cs and our Privacy Notice.

C. Accuracy of Account

Information You agree that your profile Account contains accurate and true information, and that you will update it, as needed.

D. Password

You are responsible for keeping your Account password confidential. You agree to inform us if there is an unauthorized use of your Account or a security breach, such as loss or theft of your login information. 

5. Services

As a Member:

• you may access a personalized space on the Website that contains your profile, allows you to view the Challenges in which you have enrolled, and to communicate and exchange messages, including by email and chat, with Members, Sponsors, mentors, and [Company Name];
  
  
• you may register for Challenges, provided you meet the conditions of the Challenge Rules;
  
  
• you may participate in a Challenge, individually, as a representative of a business entity, or by creating or joining a team, as specified in the Challenge Rules;
  
  
• you may upload Deliverables in response to a Challenge, as specified in the Challenge Rules;
  
  
• you may retrieve the data and Deliverables that you submitted during your participation in a specific Challenge, as specified in the Challenge Rules.

Sponsors may offer awards for the winning Deliverables submitted by Members registered to participate in a Challenge, in accordance with the Challenge Rules.

Sponsors are solely responsible for assessing all Deliverables and independently decide, in accordance with their own criteria, on the winner(s) of a Challenge. Decisions made by Sponsors are considered final.

6. Content posted by you on the Website

You may communicate with other Members, mentors, [Company Name] or Sponsors via the Website. Any information you provide on the Website, both during registration and use of the Services (such as, public message board postings, emails, chats, Deliverables, etc.) is subject to the following:

• You agree that content posted by you will be accurate and will not: (i) infringe any third party’s copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy, or (ii) violate any law (including export control, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising).
  
  
• Regarding Deliverables, you guarantee that (i) you are the owner or authorized user of the intellectual property contained in your Deliverable and that (ii) you are not required to transfer your rights over the Deliverable to a third party pursuant to an employment relationship or other contract; or that (iii) you have obtained any necessary authorizations from your employer or co-contracting party before submitting the Deliverables. At any time, you may be asked to make legally binding warranties and representations to the Sponsor in relation to a Deliverable or any specific information that you submit.
  
  
• You are solely responsible for the content that you publish or upload to the Website, and for the transfer of technologies or information with which you are involved. [Company Name] expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility thereto.
  

7. Member Rules of Conduct on the Website

There are certain rules that apply to Members. When using our Website, you agree:

• to not submit to us or other Members, mentors, the jury, or Sponsors false, misleading, malicious or fraudulent information;
  
  
• to not post content of a defamatory, injurious, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, offensive, aggressive, uncalled-for, violent, threatening, harassing, racist or xenophobic nature, or with sexual connotations, inciting violence, discrimination or hatred, encouraging illegal activities, or more generally content that is contrary to good morals or the purposes of the Website;
  
  
• to not infringe the rights and image of [Company Name], such as its intellectual property rights;
  
  
• to not open more than one Account on the Website or open an Account in the name of a third party;
  
  
• to not use the Account of another Member;
  
  
• to not try to bypass the Website, such as by trying to contact or send a Sponsor your Deliverables outside of the Website;
  
  
• to not transfer data that contains viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any computer file or program that could interrupt, destroy or limit the functioning of any computer or network linked directly or indirectly to the Website;
  
  
• to not use any device, software or routine that could interfere with the proper working of the Website or which is intended to damage, interfere with, intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
  
  
• to not to take any action (such as, spamming) that imposes an unreasonable load on our Website;
  
  
• to not violate the principle of confidentiality, which may exist within the framework of a Challenge; and
  
  
• to, more generally, not to act in a way that violates the law or breaches these T&Cs.
  
  

8. Confidentiality

9. Intellectual Property Rights

• reproducing, adapting, distributing, publicly representing and disseminating the Website, the Services, Briefs, Challenges and the content of the Website;
  
  
• extracting or attempting to extract (notably using data mining robots or any other similar data collection tool) a substantial part of the data of the Website;
  
  
• copying, modifying, creating a derivative work of, reverse engineering, reverse assembling or otherwise attempting to discover any source code;
  
  
• modifying or attempting to modify the Website in any manner or form, except that you have the right to modify your self-generated content on the Website;
  
  
• framing or utilizing framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including Challenge descriptions, images, text, page layout, or form);
  
  
• using any meta tags or any other "hidden text" with [Company Name]’s name or trademarks. 

Any unauthorized use by you which contravenes the above terminates the license granted by us.

All new versions, updates or changes to our Website, Services or related content shall be subject to these T&Cs. [Company Name] reserves all rights not expressly granted by the present T&Cs.

C. Remedies

If you believe that your legitimate intellectual property rights have been violated by the introduction of certain content on the Website, you must notify [Company Name] and provide us with the following:

• Your contact information. If the claim is on behalf of a third party, please include proof of your right to represent the third party; 
  
  
• Identification of the specific Website content that you consider is protected by intellectual property rights as well as its location on the Website (indicating the URL link);
  
  
• Accreditation of the aforementioned intellectual property rights; and reasons for the supposed violation. 
  

10. Role of [Company Name]/ Limitation of liability

[Company Name] has no control over, and is not responsible for the acts or omissions of Sponsors, or the quality, accuracy or legality of the Briefs or Challenges. We do not endorse any Sponsor.

Members act under their sole and full responsibility.

In its capacity as an intermediary, [Company Name] cannot be held liable if a Challenge fails to occur as intended, such as because of:

• erroneous information communicated by the Sponsor in its Brief or Challenge, or by any other means, with regard to the Challenge and its terms;
• cancellation or modification of a Challenge by a Sponsor;
• non-payment of the prize or award by a Sponsor;
• the behavior of its Members during, before or after a Challenge or at any other time.

11. Account suspension, restrictions of access and termination

• immediately terminate these T&Cs binding you and [Company Name]; and
  
  
• temporarily or permanently suspend your Account.

When this is necessary, you will be notified of such measure to enable you to respond. [Company Name] will decide, at its sole discretion, whether to lift the measures put in place.

12. Personal Data We collect and process some of your personal data

13. Operation, availability and functionalities of the Platform

14. Hyperlinks

15. Modification of the T&Cs

16. Applicable law and dispute resolution

17. Webhosting AMAZON WEB SERVICES

18. Credit for Website design and Publisher Contact

19. Effective Date