INTRODUCTION
Hi there! This is a user-friendly version of the "Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Challenge Terms and Conditions, created from a partnership between HSBC (the “Partner”) and Ashoka (collectively the “Challenge Partners”). Below, you will find a brief summary of all of the most important things you need to know before applying.
If you wish to learn more details about these Terms and Conditions, please check out the full version here https://changemakers.com/en/together-towards-tomorrow-terms-conditions
DATA PROTECTION
When You submit your application to the "Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Challenge, You acknowledge that your personal information included in the application may be shared among the Challenge Partners, which operate in accordance to their own Privacy Policies – You can check them out here Ashoka Privacy Policy and here HSBC’s privacy notice.
You further acknowledge that the Challenge Partners may also share some of your information with its third-party service providers for purposes exclusively related to the execution of the Challenge, such as analyzing your project, sending You communications regarding the Challenge, recording the Challenge event, disbursing the Award etc.
When You create your public profile at the Challenge Platform, You will be required to provide at least the following information:
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Your username (which may be your full name if You elected to use it to create your username);
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Profile photo;
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City and state;
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Project title;
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Cover image for your project;
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Description of the project;
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Sector, theme or focus of the project;
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Stage of the project;
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Presentation video
As You move forward in the Challenge and navigate in the Challenge Platform, You may also generate and disclose the following information:
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Participation in other communities at changemakers.com that You are a member of;
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Video, photographs and audio recordings of your participation in Challenge events.
Please note that all the information listed above will be visible by other Applicants at the Challenge Community Space, as well as by the general public. You are responsible for the accuracy of all the information You provide. Please make sure your public profile does not contain any information You wish to keep private.
Once You get to the final phases of the Challenge, You may also be required to provide further private details on your project or organization, as well as Bank account information, in case You are one of the Challenge Winners. None of this information will ever be disclosed by the Challenge Partners, with the exception of the third-party service provider that will execute the disbursement or if required to comply with the law.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND AGREEMENTS
The "Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Challenge is open to individuals based in Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vietnam who are older than 18 years old. Entries must be submitted in English and an Applicant is not allowed to submit more than one application.
Employees of HSBC, advertising agencies, promotion agencies and other service providers for this Challenge, their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, regardless of where they reside) are not eligible.
Partners or past HSBC challenge winners or initiatives that are already financed or supported by HSBC, its affiliates, subsidiaries or joint ventures are not eligible.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
By submitting an Entry, You certify and warrant that Your Entry is original and that You are the sole and exclusive owner and right holder of the submitted Entry and that You have the right to submit the Entry for the Program. Further, You agree not to submit any Entry that (1) infringes any third-party proprietary, intellectual property, industrial property, personal rights or other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligation; or (2) otherwise violates applicable law in any jurisdiction in the world.
COMMUNICATIONS RIGHTS
These Terms grant the Program Partners the right to share your Entry information (including without limitation your name, likeness, and the name and details of your project) that was submitted for public view with journalists, via social media, on Program Partners’ website, or in Program Partners’ publications. The Program Partners may use, reproduce, distribute, transcribe, translate, promote, broadcast, exhibit, publicly display material You have provided or made available for public use in your Entry.
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Full Terms & Conditions
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INTRODUCTION
These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) apply to the "Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Challenge (the “Challenge”) created from a partnership between HSBC (the “Partner”) and Ashoka (collectively the “Challenge Partners”).
DEFINITIONS
“You” refers to any individual that makes an eligible submission through the Service with the intention of participating in the Challenge. Within these Terms, "You” may also be referred to as “Applicant” or “Participant”.
“Challenge Jury” refers to the individuals selected, in the sole discretion of the Challenge Partners, to judge the Entries, which may include Challenge Partner employees or members of their larger networks or others who are not employed by or otherwise affiliated with the Challenge Partners.
“Applicant Information” refers to Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data contained in an Applicant’s Entry or in a prospective Applicant’s proposed entry through the Service.
“Entry” refers to any eligible submission made by an Applicant through the Service that contains relevant information, including Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data, for the purposes of participating in the Challenge.
“Personal Data” refers to any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person, including but not limited to the following categories of information: name, address, email address, age, social media handle, photographs, and contact information; organization (including the organization’s name, website, phone number, and address), fields of work, languages, and location; username and password; the results of any questionnaires that you respond to; and your personal interests.
“Sensitive Personal Data” refers to Personal Data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetics, biometrics, health and disability information, immigration / refugee status and information regarding a person’s sex life or sexual orientation and how they gender identify.
“Service” refers to "Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Challenge, www. changemakers.com/challenge/together-towards-tomorrow hosted by Wazoku, and affiliated websites or services that are used and operated for the purpose of executing or administering the Program.
DATA PROTECTION
The information You submit through the Service will be held, used, and disclosed to others. When You submit Applicant Information to the Service, You are directing and consenting to it being submitted to each of HSBC (the sponsor of the Program), Ashoka (the administrator of the Program as well as other programs), and Wazoku (the host of the Service), for each of their use pursuant to their own privacy policy. Applicant Information will be accessible by Ashoka and HSBC and the host of the Service (Wazoku).
Please take note that in order to participate in the Challenge the following information will be disclosed to other Challenge Applicants and the general audience:
Your username (which may be your full name if You elected to use it to create your username);
Profile photo;
City and state;
Project title;
Cover image for your project;
Description of the project;
Sector, theme or focus of the project;
Stage of the project;
Presentation video
By submitting copyrighted material, You certify that You have obtained the necessary permissions from the copyright owner in writing. You assume responsibility for any associated penalties and costs incurred as a result of a copyright violation related to this material.
Nothing in these Terms shall be considered or is intended to confer or transfer to a party any ownership right or interest in any intellectual property (such as trademark, design, symbol, etc.) of another party.
COMMUNICATIONS RIGHTS
These Terms grant the Program Partners the right to share your Entry information (including without limitation your name, likeness, and the name and details of your project) that was submitted for public view with journalists, via social media, on Program Partners’ website, or in Program Partners’ publications. The Program Partners may use, reproduce, distribute, transcribe, translate, promote, broadcast, exhibit, publicly display material You have provided or made available for public use in your Entry.
JURISDICTION
These Terms are subject to change at any time in the sole discretion of the Program Partners; any change will be published on https://changemakers.com/together-towards-tomorrow. The terms and administration of the Program will be governed by the laws of United States and the relevant court of Virginia shall have jurisdiction.
NO RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL OR OTHER PROCEDURES: To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in regard to the judgment of the Awards Jury are hereby excluded, and each Applicant expressly waives any and all such rights.
You may also be required to provide further private details on your project or organization, as well as Bank account information, in case You are one of the Challenge winners. None of this information will ever be disclosed by the Challenge Partners, with the exception of the third-party service provider that will execute the disbursement or if required to comply with the law. You are responsible for the accuracy of all the information You provide and the Challenge Partners are not liable for any errors made by You in this regard.
Exclusively in the review phase, in order to evaluate your Entry, the Challenge Jury for all review phases and the peers joining community review activities will have access to all the information described above.
For additional information about the collection, use and disclosure of Applicant Information, please see the policies, disclosures, and term of use of the organizations who receive, use and share Applicant Information:
HSBC’s Privacy Notice at https://www.hsbc.com/privacy-notice.
Ashoka’s Changemakers’ Privacy Policy at https://www.changemakers.com/privacy-policy and Terms of Use at https://www.changemakers.com/terms-service and Wazoku Privacy Policy at https://www.wazoku.com/privacy-policy/ and Terms of Use at https://www.wazoku.com/terms-of-use/.
Each of the Challenge Partners may share your information with its third-party service providers exclusively for purposes related to the Challenge You applied to, or as otherwise provided in the Challenge Partners’ posted privacy policy.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, under your consent, Ashoka may use your information to send you communications related to the Challenge (including future year’s programs or related alumni events), Ashoka initiatives similar to the Program and other related content. If you explicitly choose so, HSBC, or its third-party service providers acting on its behalf, may also contact You, after the Challenge, to notify You of future opportunities offered by HSBC. Each Challenge Partner seeks to use reasonable measures to protect the Applicant Information within its own organization. Neither is responsible for the acts or omissions of the other, nor of Wazoku or of any other third party.
Applicant Information will be held and processed by the Program Partners during the duration of the Program and may be retained by the Program Partners for a period of up to 7 years or as required under applicable laws. Applicants can request access to, modification of, or deletion of any of their Applicant Information, to the extent permissible under applicable data protection laws, by contacting Ashoka via email at privacy@ashoka.org and TTT@ashoka.org
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND AGREEMENTS
The "Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Challenge is open to individuals based in Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vietnam who are older than 18 years old. Entries must be submitted in English and an Applicant is not allowed to submit more than one application.
Employees of HSBC, advertising agencies, promotion agencies and other service providers for this Challenge (such as Ashoka), their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, regardless of where they reside) are not eligible.
Partners or past HSBC challenge winners or initiatives that are already financed or supported by HSBC, its affiliates, subsidiaries or joint ventures are not eligible.
By submitting an Entry, the Applicant agrees to be bound by these Terms and by the decisions of the Challenge Partners, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Challenge. Prizes are awarded in the sole discretion of the Challenge Partners and without warranty of any kind from the Challenge Partners or any of their affiliated companies, express or implied, without limitation, except where this would be contrary to applicable law or regulation.
To the extent permitted by law, each Applicant agrees to hold the Challenge Partners, their subsidiaries, parents, affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives and assigns harmless from any injury, damage, expense, or loss caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Challenge or use or acceptance of any prize awarded, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of a Challenge Partner. The Challenge Partners are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing or posting of any materials related to the Challenge, in the administration of the Challenge or in any announcement relating to the Challenge.
An Applicant may be prohibited from participating in the Challenge if, in the Challenge Partners’ sole discretion, they reasonably believe that the Applicant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge, including by cheating, deception or other unfair practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses any other Applicants, Challenge Partners, or their employees, agents or associated parties.
CHALLENGE PRIZE
The value of each winner’s prize will then depend on its various merits and needs and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Challenge Jury. Each of the winners of the Challenge will receive an investment, which may be up to $25,000, as a prize as described below.
Early Entry Prize: All Participants with eligible Entries submitted by 3rd June 2024 at 12pm GMT will automatically be considered for an Early Entry Prize and will receive Ashoka and HSBC’s feedback on how to improve their application before the end of the overall Challenge application deadline on 1st July 2024. Three (3) Participants from this group will be selected by the Program Partners to receive a $ 1,500 Early Entry Prize each.
"Together, Towards, Tomorrow” Prize: Twelve (12) final winners will receive a minimum of $15,000 and a maximum of $ 25,000.
Up to twelve (12) final winners will receive a minimum of $15,000 each with at least 3 being early-stage initiatives (within 0-3 years since their registration), and at least 3 at an established stage (within 3+ years since their registration). The top performing applicant from each of these two groups has a chance to win up to $25,000.
All eligible applicants will benefit from valuable feedback provided by Ashoka and HSBC representatives. Furthermore, participants will have the opportunity to engage with a community of changemakers, facilitating connections and knowledge-sharing through peer feedback and community events facilitated by the challenge.
The Program Partners expressly reserve the right to make any changes to the Awards details described above in their sole and absolute discretion.
The receipt of the prizes may be subject to different taxes, such as income tax, social security, and indirect taxes, depending on the winner’s country of tax residence and the country where the Challenge is implemented. It is the winner’s responsibility to comply with all applicable laws, including tax laws. In this respect, the prizes granted as gross amount, and any applicable tax will be due and payable by the winner, except if the applicable law explicitly provides for the liability of the donor.
The winner(s) agree(s) upon receipt of the prize to use the funds exclusively to support the furtherance of the winning Entry and the purpose of the initiative as outlined in the Entry only. The winner(s) agree(s) to regular and appropriate monitoring and evaluations by the Challenge Partners, as well as to provide progress reports as may be required by the Challenge Partners.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Applicants who submit an Entry that contains the Applicant’s intellectual property retain their individual rights to their work and any derivative works.
By submitting an Entry, You certify and warrant that your Entry is original and that You are the sole and exclusive owner and right holder of the submitted Entry and that You have the right to submit the Entry for the Program. Further, You agree not to submit any Entry that (1) infringes any third-party proprietary, intellectual property, industrial property, personal rights or other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligation; or (2) otherwise violates applicable law in any jurisdiction in the world.
As You move forward in the Challenge and navigate in the Challenge Platform, You may also generate and disclose the following information:
Participation in other communities at changemakers.com that You are a member of;
Video, photographs and audio recordings of your participation in Challenge events.