Hack the Track presented by Toyota GR (the “Hackathon”) Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

SUBMISSION OF ANY ENTRY CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS A CONTRACT BETWEEN ENTRANT (AND EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF ENTRANT), THE HACKATHON SPONSOR, AND DEVPOST. THE HACKATHON SPONSOR AND DEVPOST HAVE THE SOLE DISCRETION TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND ALL RELATED QUESTIONS OR DISPUTES REGARDING THE SAME WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE HACKATHON SPONSOR AND DEVPOST IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION.

1. Dates and Timing

Registration Period: October 15, 2025 (10:00 am Pacific Time) – November 24, 2025 (5:00 pm Pacific Time) (“Registration Period”).  All entrants must complete registration during the Registration Period prior to entering a Submission.

Submission Period: October 15, 2025 (10:00 am Pacific Time) – November 24, 2025 (5:00 pm Pacific Time) (“Submission Period”).

Judging Period: November 25, 2025 (10:00 am Pacific Time) – December 8, 2025 (5:00 pm Pacific Time) (“Judging Period”).

Winners Announced: On or around December 12, 2025 (2:00 pm Pacific Time).

2. Sponsor and Administrator

Sponsor: Toyota Gazoo Racing, 335 Baker Street East, Costa Mesa CA 92626

Administrator: Devpost, Inc. (“Devpost”), 222 Broadway, Floor 19, New York, NY 10038

3. Eligibility

• The Hackathon IS open to: 
  • Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);
  • Teams comprising two or more Eligible Individuals (“Teams”); and
  • Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that have been duly organized or incorporated and are in valid existence in the jurisdiction of their formation at the time of entry  (“Organizations”).

(the above are collectively, “Entrants”)

An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon on an individual basis. If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team or Organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.

• The Hackathon IS NOT open to: 
  • Individuals who are residents of, Teams with one or more members that is a resident of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country or territory that is the subject or target of comprehensive economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes administered or enforced by the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control) 
  • Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”).
  • Employees, representatives and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household*
  • Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household*
  • Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge
  • Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above
  • Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest 

*The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, domestic partner, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year. 

**Agents include individuals or Organizations that in creating a Submission to the Hackathon, are acting on behalf or at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.

***An affiliate is: (a) an Organization that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the other Organization; or (b) an Organization that has common management with the other Organization.

4. How To Enter 

Entrants may enter by visiting hackathetrack.devpost.com (“Hackathon Website”) and following the below steps:

• Register for the Hackathon on the Hackathon Website by clicking the “Join Hackathon” button. To complete registration, sign up to create a free Devpost account, or log in with an existing Devpost account. This will enable you to receive important updates and to create your Submission.
• Entrants will obtain access to the required developer tools/platform necessary to complete a Project as described below in Project Requirements. Use of the developer tools will be subject to the license agreement related thereto. Entry in the Hackathon constitutes consent for the Sponsor and Devpost to collect and maintain each Entrant’s personal information for the purpose of operating and publicizing the Hackathon.
• Download the Toyota Gazoo Racing Datasets (each, a “Dataset”) at https://trddev.com/hackathon-2025/.
• Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Hackathon Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period and follow the requirements below.

Project Requirements

• What to Create: Entrants must create a working software application that uses at least one of the provided Datasets in one of the following categories (each a “Project”):
  • Driver Training/ Insights 
  • Pre-event prediction
  • Post-event analysis
  • Real-time analytics
  • Wildcard
• Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.
• Platforms: A submitted Project must run on the platform for which it is intended and which is specified in the Submission Requirements. 
• New & Existing: Projects must be either newly created by the Entrant or, if the Entrant’s Project existed prior to the Hackathon Submission Period, must have been significantly updated to include at least one of the provided Datasets after the start of the Hackathon Submission Period. Entrants should explain how their Project was significantly updated during the Submission Period. Any and all determinations as to whether a Project has been significantly updated consistent with this requirement will be made by the Sponsor and Administrator in their sole discretion.
• Third Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Entrant must be authorized to use them in accordance with any terms and conditions or licensing requirements of the tool.
• Open Source Software:  An Entrant may submit a Submission and Project that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission and Project, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. The Entrant must also disclose whether any open source software or hardware was used in the Project.

Submission Requirements 

Submissions to the Hackathon must meet the following requirements:

• Include a Project built with the required developer tools and which meets the above Project Requirements.
• Select one category for your project.
• Include a published Project for Judges to test. A "published" project is a fully functional and executable version (i.e., that can be run or interacted with, not just static code).
• Include a URL to your code repository for judging and testing - if private, share with [email protected] and [email protected]. 
• Indicate Dataset(s) used.
• Include a text description that explains the features and functionality of your Project.
• Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the Submission:
  • should be no more than three (3) minutes. Judges will not watch beyond three minutes of any video portion 
  • should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
  • must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, or Youku, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and
  • must not include third party trademarks, copyrighted music or other protected intellectual property or material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.

Multiple Submissions 

An Entrant may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Entrant’s other Submissions, as determined by the Sponsor and Administrator in their sole discretion.

Submission ownership

Each Submission and Project must be the original work of the Entrant, may incorporate open source software or other third-party materials as permitted by their respective licenses, and must not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. Ownership of a Submission and Project, including any original components and related intellectual property rights created by the Entrant, remains with the Entrant and does not transfer to Devpost or Sponsor through participation in the Hackathon.

Testing 

Access must be provided to an Entrant’s working Project for judging and testing by providing a link to a website, functioning demo, or a test build. If Entrant’s website is private, Entrant must include login credentials in its testing instructions. The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Sponsor, Administrator and Judges until the Judging Period ends. Judges are not required to test the Project and may choose to judge based solely on the text description, images, and video provided in the Submission.

Access can be provided to the Sponsor and Administrator by giving access to [email protected] and [email protected].

Projects should be designed to run on smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers and may not include software that runs on proprietary or third-party hardware that is not widely available to the public, including software running on devices or wearable technology.  

Language Requirements

All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted. 

Team Representation

If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf of such Team or Organization. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above. By entering a Submission on the Hackathon Website on behalf of a Team or Organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.

Intellectual Property 

Your Submission and Project must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, or your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. An Entrant may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission and Project provided the Submission and Project components are solely the Entrant’s work product and the result of the Entrant’s ideas and creativity, and the Entrant owns all rights to them. An Entrant may submit a Submission and Project that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission and Project, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon, you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission and Project meet these requirements.

Financial or Preferential Support 

A Project must not have been developed, or derived from a Project developed, with financial or preferential support from the Sponsor or Administrator. Such Projects include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Sponsor or Administrator any time prior to the end of Hackathon Submission Period. The Sponsor, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Project, if awarding a prize to the Project would create a real or apparent conflict of interest.

5. Submission Modifications

Draft Submissions 

Prior to the end of the Submission Period, you may save draft versions of your Submission on Devpost to your portfolio before submitting the Submission materials to the Hackathon Website for evaluation. Once the Submission Period has ended, you may not make any changes or alterations to the Submission materials that are submitted to the Hackathon Website, but you may continue to update the Project in your Devpost portfolio.

Modifications

After the Submission Period has ended, the Sponsor and Administrator may permit you to modify part of your Submission solely for the purpose of adding, removing or replacing material that potentially infringes a third-party mark or right, discloses personally identifiable information, or is otherwise inappropriate. The modified Submission must remain substantively the same as the original Submission with the only modification being what the Sponsor and Administrator permits. 

6. Judges & Criteria

Eligible Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”). Judges may be employees of the Sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the Sponsor. 

Stage One) The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether the Project meets a baseline level of viability, in that the Project adheres to the Submission Requirements and reasonably applies the required Datasets featured in the Hackathon.

Stage Two) All Submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated in Stage Two based on the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”), which will be assessed in the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges:

• Application of the Datasets: Does the Project apply the Datasets in an effective way, fitting with the categories? Does the Project showcase the datasets uniquely?
• Design: Is the user experience and design of the Project well thought out? Is there a balanced blend of frontend and backend in the software?
• Quality of the Idea: How creative and unique is the Project? Does the concept exist already? If so, how much does the Project improve on it?
• Potential Impact: How big of an impact could the project have on Toyota Gazoo Racing or the GR Cup? 

The scores from the Judges will determine the potential winners of the applicable prizes. The Entrant(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.

Tie Breaking 

For each Prize listed below, if two or more Submissions are tied, the tied Submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher scoring Submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more Submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied Submissions. All votes by the Judges on tied Submissions are final and will be made in the Judges’ sole and absolute discretion.

7. Intellectual Property Rights

All Submissions and Projects remain the intellectual property of the individuals or organizations that developed them. By submitting a Submission or Project, Entrants agree that the Sponsor will have a fully paid, non-exclusive license to use such Submission or Project for judging the entry during the Judging Period. Entrants agree that the Sponsor and Administrator shall have the right to promote the Submission and Project and use the name, likeness, voice and image of all individuals contributing to a Submission, in any materials promoting or publicizing the Hackathon and its results, during the Hackathon Period and for three years thereafter.  Some Submission or Project components may be displayed to the public. Other Submission or Project materials may be viewed by the Sponsor, Devpost, and Judges for screening and evaluation. By submitting a Submission or Project or accepting any Prize, Entrants represent and warrant that (a) the Submission and Project is not copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third-party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless Entrant is the owner of such rights or has permission from their rightful owner to post the content; and (b) the Submission and Project does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware or other disabling devices or harmful or malicious code.

8. Prizes

IMPORTANT NOTES ON MULTIPLE PRIZE ELIGIBILITY:

1. Each Project is eligible to win up to one (1) Prize. 
2. Substitutions & Changes: Prizes are non-transferable by the winner. Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to make a Prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. Sponsor will not award a Prize if there are no eligible Submissions entered in the Hackathon, or if there are no eligible Entrants or Submissions for a specific Prize.
3. Verification Requirement: THE AWARD OF A PRIZE TO A POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION. No Submission or Entrant shall be deemed a winning Submission or winner until their post-competition prize affidavits have been completed and verified, even if prospective winners have been announced verbally or on the competition website. The final decision to designate a winner shall be made by the Sponsor and/or Administrator. 
4. Prize Delivery: Prizes will be payable to the Entrant, if an individual; to the Entrant’s Representative, if a Team; or to the Organization’s Representative, if the Entrant is an Organization. It will be the responsibility of the winning Entrant’s Representative to allocate the Prize among their Team or Organization’s participating members, as the Representative deems appropriate. A monetary Prize will be mailed to the winning Entrant’s address (if an individual) or the Representative’s address (if a Team or Organization), or sent electronically to the Entrant, Entrant’s Representative, or Organization’s bank account, only after receipt of the completed winner affidavit and other required forms (collectively the “Required Forms”), if applicable. The deadline for returning the Required Forms to the Administrator is ten (10) business days after the Required Forms are sent. Failure to provide correct information on the Required Forms, or other correct information required for the delivery of a Prize, may result in delayed Prize delivery, disqualification of the Entrant, or forfeiture of a Prize. Prizes will be delivered within 60 days of the Sponsor or Devpost’s receipt of the completed Required Forms.
5. Fees & Taxes: Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for any fees associated with receiving or using a prize, including but not limited to, wiring fees or currency exchange fees. Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable taxes in their jurisdiction of residence (federal, state/provincial/territorial and local). Winners may be required to provide certain information to facilitate receipt of the award, including completing and submitting any tax or other forms necessary for compliance with applicable withholding and reporting requirements. United States residents may be required to provide a completed form W-9 and residents of other countries may be required to provide a completed W-8BEN form. Winners are also responsible for complying with foreign exchange and banking regulations in their respective jurisdictions and reporting the receipt of the Prize to relevant government departments/agencies, if necessary. The Sponsor, Devpost, and/or Prize provider reserves the right to withhold a portion of the prize amount to comply with the tax laws of the United States or other Sponsor jurisdiction, or those of a winner’s jurisdiction.

9. Entry Conditions and Release

• By entering the Hackathon, you (and, if you are entering on behalf of a Team, or Organization each participating members of such Team or Organization agree(s) to the following:
  • The relationship between you, the Entrant, and the Sponsor and Administrator, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.
  • You will be bound by and comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Administrator, and/or the Hackathon Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to the Hackathon.
  • You release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Promotion Entities, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the Prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Hackathon, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (hereafter the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to an Entrant’s entry, creation of Submission or entry of a Submission, participation in the Hackathon, acceptance or use or misuse of the Prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of the Submission as authorized or licensed by these Official Rules. 
• Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Parties shall have no liability in connection with: 
  • Any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Sponsor or Administrator’s electronic or printing error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Hackathon; 
  • Technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, internet connectivity or electronic transmission errors, or network hardware or software or failure of the Hackathon Website;
  • Unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Hackathon; 
  • Technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Hackathon or the processing of Submissions; or 
  • Any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Entrant’s participation in the Hackathon or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

The Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, lost, illegible, or incomprehensible Submissions or for address or email address changes of the Entrants. Proof of sending or submitting the aforementioned will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by the Sponsor or Administrator. If for any reason any Entrant’s Submission is determined to have not been received or been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Entrant’s sole remedy is to request the opportunity to resubmit its Submission. Such a request must be made promptly after the Entrant knows or should have known there was a problem and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

10. Publicity

By participating in the Hackathon, Entrant consents to the promotion and display of the Entrant’s Submission or Project, and to the use of personal information about themselves for promotional purposes, by the Sponsor, Administrator, and third parties acting on their behalf. Such personal information includes, but is not limited to, your name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments and hometown and country of residence. It may be used in any existing or newly created media, worldwide without further payment or consideration or right of review, unless prohibited by law. Authorized use includes but is not limited to advertising and promotional purposes. 

11. General Conditions 

• Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Hackathon, or any part of it, for any reason or no reason.
• Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual or Entrant if it finds such individual or Entrant to be actually or presenting the appearance of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Hackathon to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a manner that is inappropriate, unsportsmanlike, not in the best interests of this Hackathon, or in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
• Any attempt by any person to undermine the proper conduct of the Hackathon may be a violation of criminal and civil law. Should the Sponsor or Administrator suspect that such an attempt has been made or is threatened, they reserve the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to requiring an Entrant to cooperate with an investigation and referral to criminal and civil law enforcement authorities.
• If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Hackathon materials, including but not limited to the Hackathon Submission form, Hackathon Website, or advertising, the terms and conditions of the Official Rules shall prevail.
• The terms and conditions of the Official Rules are subject to change at any time, including the rights or obligations of the Entrant, the Sponsor and Administrator. The Sponsor and Administrator will post the terms and conditions of the amended Official Rules on the Hackathon Website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amendment will become effective at the time specified in the posting of the amended Official Rules or, if no time is specified, the time of posting.
• If at any time prior to the deadline, an Entrant or prospective Entrant believes that any term in the Official Rules is or may be ambiguous, they must submit a written request for clarification. Resolution of any such written requests shall be made, if at all, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor or Administrator. 
• The Sponsor or Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Should any provision of these Official Rules be or become illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction whose laws or regulations may apply to an Entrant, such illegality or unenforceability shall leave the remainder of these Official Rules, including the Rule affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unaffected and valid. The illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that comes closest and best reflects the Sponsor’s intention in a legal and enforceable manner with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision.
• Excluding Submissions, all intellectual property related to this Hackathon, including but not limited to copyrighted material, trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned or used under license by the Sponsor and/or Administrator. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owners is strictly prohibited. Any use in a Submission of Sponsor or Administrator’s intellectual property shall be solely to the extent provided for in these Official Rules.

12. Limitations of Liability

By entering, all Entrants (including, in the case of a Team or Organization, all participating members) agree to release the Released Parties from any and all liability in connection with the Prizes or Entrant’s participation in the Hackathon; provided, however, that any liability limitation regarding gross negligence or intentional acts, or events of death or body injury shall not be applicable in jurisdictions where such limitation is not legal.

13. Disputes

• Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Hackathon, Entrant agrees that:
  • Any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Hackathon, or any Prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the contestant;
  • The Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and
  • Judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
• Under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Hackathon), and Entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
• All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Hackathon, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA without regard to New York choice of law rules.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

14. Additional Terms

Please review the Devpost Terms of Service at https://info.devpost.com/terms for additional rules that apply to your participation in the Hackathon and more generally your use of the Hackathon Website. Such Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into these Official Rules, including that the term "Poster" in the Terms of Service shall mean the same as "Sponsor" in these Official Rules." If there is a conflict between the Terms of Service and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control with respect to this Hackathon only.

15. Confidentiality and Data Privacy 

Entrants acknowledge that, in connection with the Hackathon, they may receive or have access to non-public information relating to the Sponsor or its affiliates (“Non-Public Information”). Entrants agree to use such Non-Public Information solely for purposes of participating in the Hackathon. Entrants are prohibited from using such Non-Public Information or disclosing it to any third party without the Sponsor’s prior written consent. This obligation does not apply to information that is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the Entrant.

The Datasets provided to Entrants by the Sponsor for use in the Hackathon are anonymized, deidentified, and contain no personal information. Entrants are prohibited from attempting to reidentify any individual or reverse-engineer any confidential or proprietary information from the Datasets. Datasets may likewise only be used for purposes of this Hackathon and must not be shared with any third party or used for any other purpose. Entrants must implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the Datasets from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse during the Hackathon. Upon completion of the Hackathon, Entrants must securely delete all copies of the Datasets in their possession.

16. Entrant’s Personal Information

Devpost and the Sponsor may collect, process, store, and use Entrants’ personal information for the purposes of administering the Hackathon, verifying eligibility, communicating with Entrants, awarding prizes, and publicizing the Hackathon and its results. Personal information will not be sold to third parties, but may be disclosed as necessary to administer the Hackathon, share related opportunities of interest, or as required by law. Information collected from Entrants is subject to Devpost’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://info.devpost.com/privacy. By participating in the Hackathon, Entrants consent to such collection, use, storage, and disclosure of their personal information as described in these Official Rules and the Privacy Policy. 

For questions, send an email to [email protected].