Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

Last Update: May 1st, 2023

1. Ownership of the Platform

This website is owned and operated by Behind Software Group S.R.L., a company registered with the Moldova Republic registry under IDNO 1023606005164, having its registered office at mun. Chișinău, str. Ismail, 34/36, ap. 14 ("Behind Software Group," “we” or “us”).

2. Subject

Behind Software Group provides platform services, available at https://devteam.games/ (the "Website"), that enables businesses and organizations seeking innovative ideas to solve problems and challenges to connect with innovators, as well as promote their brand, highlight digital products and identify talent in the job market. These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of the Website and its Services.

By opening an account on the Website, you must check the box and confirm that you have read and accepted these Terms and Conditions, which form a legally binding contract between you and Behind Software Group. All contracts entered into through the Website are electronic. If you do not wish to enter into an electronic contract but would like to use Behind Software Group's services, you should email in.behind.software@gmail.com .

If you wish to participate in a specific Event, you will be accepting the rules applicable to the specific Event.

Please read the following carefully. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, do not use the Website. We recommend that you keep a copy of these Terms and Conditions in a durable format so that you can check them whenever you wish.

3. Definitions

In this document,

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

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

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

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

“Community” refers to all Participants of the Website;

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

“Participant” means any private individual, legal entity, company or business, with full legal capacity having an Account on the Website for professional use and with the intention of participating in Event;

“Intellectual Property Rights” means all the following ownership legal rights, worldwide, whether registrable or unregistrable, and whether registered or unregistered, with respect to any designs, trade secrets, copyrights, works of authorship, neighbouring rights, mask works, Know-how, Software and all the industrial rights, such as trademarks, industrial designs or patents;

“Services” means all products, services, content, features, technologies or functions delivered by Behind Software Group via the Website;

"Sponsor" means the company or other organization that creates and posts an Event to Participants via the Website.

4. Opening an Account

A. Conditions

You must be 18 years or older with full legal capacity in accordance with Moldova law to use our Services, and by opening an Account you declare that you meet this condition

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 and Conditions.

We do not check your legal capacity. We are not liable for any consequence deriving from a user’s lack of legal capacity.

Registration on the Website is free of charge.

B. Creating an Account

The Website allows Participants to view and enroll in Events and to interact with other Participants, Sponsors or Behind Software Group through email, social media and other means of communication. You can view the Overview of Events if you are not registered, but you cannot enroll in or participate in a Event without first opening an Account and becoming a Participant.

To create your Account, you can either:

complete the mandatory fields in the registration form (e.g., email, username and password). An account activation link will be emailed to you for activation and download of the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, which we recommend. Your Account is activated once you click on the link; or open an Account using Telegram, Discord or Whatsapp. By using this feature, we will access, publish and retain personal data obtained from these platforms. You can delete the link between your Account and these platforms at any time. If you want to learn more, read our Privacy Policy and those of such third-party platforms.

To open an Account, you must have read and accepted these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy.

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

Upon registration, you will be assigned with a login and password. Your Account login and password are personal and cannot be transferred.

You are responsible for keeping your Account password confidential. We will never ask you to share these details with other persons. You must only use your own login, thereby undertaking full responsibility for any action taken using the same registration, even if by third parties, with or without your express authorization.

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

The Website is an online innovation platform on which Sponsor can create and post Event in which Participants can participate, subject to the specific conditions of each Event as set out in the Event Rules.

As a Participant:

- you may access a personalized space on the Website that contains your profile, allows you to view the Events in which you have enrolled, and the Projects you are participating on Behind Software Group;
- you may register for Events, provided you meet the conditions of the Event Rules;
- you may participate in a Events, individually, as a representative of a business entity, or by creating or joining a team, as specified in the Event Rules;
- you may create Projects in response to a Event, as specified in the Event Rules;
- you may retrieve the data and resources that you submitted during your participation in a specific Event, as specified in the Event Rules.

Sponsors may offer awards for the winning Projects submitted by Participants registered to participate in an Events, in accordance with the Event Rules.

Sponsors are responsible for selecting and trusting a jury to assess all Projects that independently decide, in accordance with their own criteria, on the winner(s) of a Event. If for any reason, the Project selected is not a suitable solution according to the Event Rules set for that Event, the Sponsor is entitled to cancel the Event and the payment of its Award.

As a Sponsor:

Advertising services
Placement of banners and announcements about Event	price depends on the location of the banner, information on demand
Placement of advertisements in Telegram channels and developer community site	depending on your needs, average conversion of 8 € per registration
Sending messages to devteam.games Participant base	0,15 €
Sponsor and Event information
Event announcement in the list of events on the website	Free
Event page on the website	Free
Sponsor page on the website	Free
Development of a unique event branding page (landing)	According to the brief's assessment
Registration of participants
Participants registration form on the website or messengers	Free
Participants list management, management	Free
Participants list upload (json, csv)	Free
Team search and composition service	800 € per Event
QR code generation/validation for offline registration	1200 € per Event
Participants analytics (geo, skills)	Free
Applications
Juried Results Competition (Ideaton, Bagathon, Docathon, Hackathon)	information on demand (starts from 2500 €)
Capture the flag (Hackathon)	information on demand (starts from 2500 €)
Quiz Challenge (Hackathon)	information on demand (starts from 4500 €)
Game for developers (Gamethon)	information on demand (starts from 6000 €)
Sponsors application	Free
Additional services
Voting for the best team name	450 € per Event
Feedback on event organization	500 € per Event
Electronic Broadcaster
Text broadcast to the channel	1200 € per Event
AI-generated character commenting on the event	information on demand (starts from 2000 €)
Broadcast to Youtube	1000 € per Event
Broadcast with sponsor presenters	Free
Certificate of participation
Issuance of certificates for participants (during the year)	50 € per Certificate Template (not more than 1000 participants)
Mass issuance of certificates for participants (during the year)	500 € per Certificate Template for more than 1000 participants
Storage of the issued certificate (within a year)	Free

6. Payment and refunds

Only prepayment is provided for platform services, unless regulated by a separate contract. A separate contract is drawn up for event purchases of 20,000 euros or more. The methods of payment provided by the platform are bank transfer via invoice from Behind Software Group S.R.L. or payment by card through a payment system (for amounts up to 20,000 euros).

Refunds are made to the bank account from which the payment was made by the Sponsor. Refund request should be sent to in.behind.software@gmail.com .

7. Content posted by you on the Website

Any information you provide on the Website, both during registration and use of the Services (such as publications, emails, Projects, 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 rights, including privacy rights, publicity rights, contract rights, Intellectual Property Rights or any other rights of any person; (ii) abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other users;
- you are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, all the information regarding the Projects, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links ("Content") that you submit, post, and display on the Website;
- you must not, in the use of the Website, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to the copyright, export control, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising laws);
- you must not create or submit unwanted email or comments to any users of the Website ("Spam");
- you agree that the posting of your Content on the Website does not result in a breach of contract between you and a third party;
- you must not transmit any worms or viruses, any code of a destructive nature 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.

Regarding Projects, you guarantee that:

- you are the owner or authorized user of the pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights contained in your Project: in the cases of the use of pre-existing and authorized Intellectual Property Rights of third parties, you will obtain all the authorizations necessary to make the disclosure of it on the Website and to convey, if necessary, the Intellectual Property Rights to the Sponsor, including from an employer of yours or a co-contracting party before submitting the Projects;
- you are legally free to make the disclosure and to convey the Intellectual Property Rights being transferred to the Sponsor; the Intellectual Property Rights regarding the Project transferred to the Sponsor do not have any encumbrances or charges;
- you are not required to transfer your rights over the Project to a third party (other than the Sponsor) pursuant to an employment relationship or other contract;
- you acknowledge that at any time, you may be asked to make legally binding warranties and representations to the Sponsor in relation to a Project or any specific information that you submit.

Violation of any of these representations and warranties will result in the termination of your Website account. You understand and agree that 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. Behind Software Group expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility thereto.

8. Participant Rules of Conduct on the Website

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

- to not submit to us or other Participants, 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 Behind Software Group, 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 keep confidential the account login for the Website and only use your own registration, taking full responsibility for actions done using that registration, even if by third parties, with or without their authorization;
- to not use the Account of another Participant;
- to not try to bypass the Website, such as by trying to contact or send an Sponsor your Projects outside of 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 that imposes an unreasonable load on our Website;
- to not assign your contractual position, or its rights or obligations, in whole or in part, to third parties without Behind Software Group's prior written authorization;
- to inform us in time and diligently about the occurrence of any and all events that might adversely affect or prevent the full and timely performance of any of the obligations arising to them out of these Terms & Conditions;
- to inform us in time and diligently about all the facts which may be relevant for the Services to be carried out properly, in particular, any change of e-mail and, if given, their name, address (including civil parish and postal code), tax number and phone contact details;
- to not violate the principle of confidentiality, which may exist within the framework of a Event;
- to, more generally, not to act in a way that violates the law or breaches these Terms & Conditions.

The failure by the Participants to perform the obligations arising out of these Terms & Conditions confers on us the right to be compensated in accordance with the general law.

9. Payment of Awards

Payment of Awards will be handled in accordance with the terms set forth in the Event. The conditions for qualifying for a particular Award shall be as described in that particular Event and may include a list of excluded solutions. The decision as to qualifying criteria and conditions and whether to accept a Project is entirely within the discretion of the Sponsor.

In the cases where Intellectual Property Rights resulting from the Project, the payment of the Award shall only take place after the full and valid assignment of these rights to the Sponsor, except where Event terms are set otherwise. By participating in a Event, the Participant understands that if the Project is selected, he/she or the participating entity must execute the necessary documentation to perfect the assignment and even after the payment of the Award, should further actions be necessary to confirm the Sponsors’s ownership, the Participant shall be obligated to do so.

10. Confidentiality

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Behind Software Group harmless, from and against all claims, actions or demands, liabilities, and settlements, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees, arising from your unauthorized and prohibited disclosure of confidential information.

All non-publicly available information regarding an Event or Project is confidential until the owner of the information authorizes its disclosure or it enters the public domain without breach of confidentiality obligations.

Notwithstanding the above, the Participants, the Sponsors and Behind Software Group may disclose confidential information when so ordered to do so by a competent court or administrative authority, provided, if possible, a reasonable prior warning is provided to the other parties and the disclosed information is limited to the minimum necessary.

11. Intellectual Property Rights

A. Participant grant of license to Behind Software Group

For the purposes of the Website and to enable the provision of the Services, you grant Behind Software Group a non-exclusive license, free of charge, for the entire world and for the duration of your contractual relationship with us, to use the Content and data that you submit on the Website. Specifically, you authorize us to display, distribute, publish, reproduce, represent, adapt, use and translate any Content you provide, and to broadcast it via the Website and any other communication protocol and to share it with the public, Community and Sponsors.

Behind Software Group requires authorization to use the Content uploaded by the Participants and other users of the Website and, therefore, the revocation of the license shall imply the cancellation of the contract with Behind Software Group and the associated Accounts.

B. Transfer of the Intellectual Property Rights

You accept and agree that all the Intellectual Property Rights resulting from a selected Project are to be transferred to the Sponsor responsible for the Event, except where Event terms set otherwise.

If it is necessary to transfer Intellectual Property Rights or to file, register, submit, legalize or notarize in any government agency in the name of the Sponsors in any State where the Sponsor is headquartered, you agree to assist it to comply with the necessary requirements.

Behind Software Group does not have any responsibility for any of those registers, legalizations or any requirements demanded by any law of any State that is necessary to transfer or acquire any Intellectual Property Rights. All of those requirements to transfer or acquire Intellectual Property Rights by the Sponsors must be regulated between you and the Sponsors and Behind Software Group cannot be liable for any damages, claims, expenses or other costs that you or the Sponsors incur as a result of claims related to any Intellectual Property Rights submitted by you on the Website or related to the Event.

C. Behind Software Group's IP Rights / Limited License

This Website is controlled and operated by Behind Software Group. Behind Software Group is the proprietor of or is authorized to the use of the software, and our materials on the Website that are not Content uploaded on the Website by you, including logos, trademarks, trade names, images, text, illustrations, audio, video files and the selection, coordination and arrangement of such materials protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, or other proprietary rights.

All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names used on the Website and that do not result from the Project are the property of their respective owners.

Subject to being a Participant, Behind Software Group grants you a non-exclusive, limited, revocable, personal and non-transferable license, to use the Website and it services, for your professional use, and in compliance with the purposes of the Website. You are prohibited from any other use or exploitation of the content of the Website without the prior written permission of Behind Software Group. Notably, you are prohibited from:

- reproducing, adapting, distributing, publicly representing and disseminating the Website, the Events 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 (to the extent permitted by applicable law);
- 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 Event descriptions, images, text, page layout, or form);
- using any meta tags or any other "hidden text" with Behind Software Group’s name or trademarks.

Any unauthorized use by you which contravenes the above terminates the license granted by Behind Software Group.

All new versions, updates or changes to our Website, Services or related content shall be subject to these Terms & Conditions. Behind Software Group reserves all rights not expressly granted by the present Terms & Conditions.

D. 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 Behind Software Group 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.

Behind Software Group will collaborate with you to attempt to resolve the matter in the swiftest manner possible.

12. Role of Behind Software Group/ Limitation of liability

Behind Software Group does not exclude or limit its liability in any way that would make such an exclusion or limitation unlawful.

Behind Software Group has no control over the behavior of Participants, Sponsors or other users of its Website. We do not control the information provided by others that is made available through the Website; other user’s information may be inaccurate.

By accepting these Terms & Conditions, you acknowledge that Behind Software Group does not control in any manner the nature, quality, legality or timing of Events. You agree that Behind Software Group, in its capacity as an intermediary, does not provide any Events and is not a party to any agreement entered into by you and the Sponsor with respect to an Event.

Behind Software Group has no control over and is not responsible for, the acts or omissions of Sponsors, or the quality, accuracy or legality of the Events. We do not endorse any Sponsor. Participants act under their sole and full responsibility.

In its capacity as an intermediary, Behind Software Group cannot be held liable if a Event fails to occur as intended, such as because of:

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

We are not responsible for the content or use of any Projects, for the Participant’s lack of success in a Event, for any damage caused to an Participant by Sponsors, for any damage such as financial loss, loss of business or moral damage that an Participant may suffer through its use of the Website or by participating in an Event. You agree to look solely to the Sponsor for any claims you may have regarding information provided by the Sponsor. If you have a dispute with another Participant, you hereby release Behind Software Group from all claims of any kind arising out of such dispute.

Behind Software Group shall not be liable to you for any damages, claims, expenses, or other costs you incur as a result of third-party claims related to your use of the Services. Under no circumstances, shall Behind Software Group be liable for any damages even if assuming that such damages have been duly proven. You agree that you will be responsible for, and at Behind Software Group’s request, defend Behind Software Group from third-party claims arising out of the information you provide to Behind Software Group for publication or any breach by you of these Terms & Conditions.

You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action related to your use of the Services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arises, or be forever barred.

13. Account suspension, restrictions of access, and termination

You can terminate your contractual relations with Behind Software Group and close your Account at any time by contacting Behind Software Group through in.behind.software@gmail.com . The termination takes effect immediately but may include the cancellation of your participation in ongoing Events.

If you (i) breach your undertakings as set out in these Terms & Conditions and our Privacy Policy, (ii) assign your contractual position to third parties without our prior written authorization and/or (iii) act in such a way as to cause losses to us, another Participant or Sponsor of the Website or if we have a genuine reason to believe that the security and integrity of Behind Software Group, its Participants, Sponsors, or third parties are at risk, we reserve the right to:

immediately terminate these Terms & Conditions binding you and Behind Software Group;
and temporarily or permanently suspend your Account.

When this is necessary, you will be notified of such measures to enable you to respond. Behind Software Group will decide, at its sole discretion, whether to lift the measures put in place.

Should it be necessary to deactivate your login to the Website, we will inform you and you should not attempt to access the account using other means.

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

In using and registering on the Website, you acknowledge and accept the processing of your personal data by Behind Software Group as set out in our Privacy Notice.

15. Operation, availability, and functionalities of the Platform

We shall try as far as possible to maintain the Website continually accessibly. However, the access to the Website or the use of certain features may be suspended or disrupted without notice, due to technical maintenance, migration, or updates, or owing to outages or constraints linked to the network or for other technical reasons.

To improve your user experience, we reserve the right to, without prior notice, modify or suspend all or part of your access to the Website or its features, the structure and design of our Website, as well as some Services or content, at our sole discretion, temporarily or permanently. These alterations do not require your prior authorization or notification.

We can also change the URL of the Website and when we do so you will be automatically redirected to the new URL for a reasonable period. This change does not require your prior authorization or notification.

16. Hyperlinks

Our Website contains links to other websites. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content. By including these links, we are not endorsing the material on those websites or implying any association with their operators.

17. Modification of the Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions and the documents integrated by reference express the entire agreement between you and Behind Software Group relative to your use of the Website and the Services.

Behind Software Group may modify these Terms & Conditions to adapt to its technological and commercial environment and to comply with the law. Any modification to these Terms & Conditions will be published on the Website with mention of the effective date, and you will be notified by Behind Software Group before the changes take effect.

18. Computer Viruses

These Terms & Conditions and the documents integrated by reference express the entire agreement between you and Behind Software Group relative to your use of the Website and the Services.

Behind Software Group may modify these Terms & Conditions to adapt to its technological and commercial environment and to comply with the law. Any modification to these Terms & Conditions will be published on the Website with mention of the effective date, and you will be notified by Behind Software Group before the changes take effect.

19. Applicable law and dispute resolution

These Terms & Conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with Moldova Law, and the Chișinău Court is hereby established as the venue before which any litigation arising therefrom shall be discussed, with express waiver of any other.

These Terms & Conditions will be binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal representatives, successors, and assigns of the parties hereto.