Cyber Security’s Cyber Battle Contest Rules and Regulations

Article 1 – Organization of the contest

AfricaCRM&SI through its DEV CHAMPIONS initiative organizes the Cyber Battle online security contest. The contest will take place online on the Isograd service provider’s platform https://www.isograd.com/ from 17:30 to 22:00 GMT on December 2, 2020.
 The organizer reserves the right to postpone any announced date.

Article 2 – Conditions of participation

The contest is open to any natural person living in one of the countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mauritania and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) who has access to the Internet and a valid e-mail address. The contest is limited to one participation. This contest is subject to the regulations of the Burkinabe law applicable to this type of event.
However, any participant under the age of majority must obtain prior authorization from one of his or her parents or legal guardian to participate in the contest. The organizer may ask any minor participant to provide proof of such authorization and, if necessary, disqualify a participant who cannot provide proof of such authorization.
The Organizer may ask any winner who is a minor to provide proof of such authorization to participate in the contest.
The organizer reserves the right to proclaim another winner if an initial winner, if a minor, is unable to provide sufficient proof of such authorization.
The mere fact of participating in this contest implies pure and simple acceptance, without reservation, of these rules.

Article 3 – Terms and conditions of participation and contest procedure

The contest takes place exclusively on the Internet on the date indicated in article 1. Participation in the contest is made by registering online at https://www.thedevchampion.com, before the deadline of November 25, 2020, at midnight.
The participant certifies that the data entered in the registration form is accurate. Any false, erroneous and/or incomplete declaration will automatically result in the cancellation of entries. The participant is informed that the data provided in the registration form is necessary to process his/her participation and to contact him/her if he/she is among the winners. The participant is therefore invited to ensure the validity of this information. In any event, to participate validly in the contest, the participant must strictly comply with the registration conditions as defined.

Participants must fill in the information requested when registering online (first name, last name, e-mail…) and choose a computer programming language among the 9 possibilities (C, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Scala, Python or Ruby).

Incomplete or incorrectly completed forms will not be considered and the registration will be invalidated. Candidates will have 2 hours to solve challenges of increasing difficulty in their chosen language.

Article 4 – Designation of winners

The winner(s) of this cyber battle are automatically designated at the end of the events by the provider, however DEV CHAMPIONS team verifies that the winner meets the conditions of participation before announcing the final results.

Article 5 – awards

The winner of the contest will receive a cheque of $5,000.

Incentive prizes will be awarded by category, based on partner contributions.

The Prizes, whatever their nature, are nominative and are not transferable.

They may not give rise to any dispute or claim of any kind, to any exchange, for any reason whatsoever.

The Organizer reserves the right to replace them with lots of equivalent nature and value, if circumstances beyond its control compel it to do so, without incurring its responsibility for this fact.

The winner will be contacted by the contact information provided and will have one week (7 days) to come forward. Without response from him/her, the prize will be reassigned.

Article 6 – Identification of winners and elimination of participation

Participants authorize verification of their identity and all information on the entry form. Entries that are not fully completed and/or contain incomplete or false contact information will not be considered and will result in disqualification of the entry.

Similarly, non-compliance with these rules and any fraud or attempted cheating, regardless of its terms, will result in the outright elimination of the participation of its author.

Article 8 – Use of Winners’ Identities

If they are declared winners, it is expressly agreed that the contest participants authorize the organizer to use their first and last names, as well as their city of residence, for advertising purposes, without restriction or reservation, and without this conferring on them any compensation, right or benefit other than the awarding of their prize.

Article 9 – Responsibilities

Participation implies knowledge and acceptance of the characteristics and limitations of the Internet, the lack of protection of certain data against possible misappropriation or hacking and risks of contamination by possible viruses circulating on the network.

The organizer declines all direct or indirect liability in the event of misuse or incident related to the use of the computer, Internet access, maintenance or malfunction of the contest website servers, telephone line or any other technical connection, or the sending of forms to an incorrect or incomplete address.

It is the responsibility of each participant to take all appropriate measures to protect his or her own data and/or software stored on his or her computer equipment against any attack. The connection of any person to the site and the participation of developers in the contest is under their sole responsibility. The organizer cannot be held responsible for the fraudulent use of a participant’s connection rights or the attribution of prizes, unless it can be shown that the organizer is guilty of gross negligence.

The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify any participant who tampers with the contest entry process and to cancel, shorten, modify, postpone, extend or suspend the contest should the contest computer servers malfunction due to bugs, alteration, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical anomalies or any other cause due to the participant’s fault that affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest.
The organizer will make his best efforts to provide access to the contest platform.

The organizer cannot be held responsible for the malfunctioning of the Internet network, nor for delays, loss or damage resulting from postal services.

Article 11 – Personal data

The contact information of the participants will be collected and processed electronically to establish the ranking of the contest. Each participant has the right to access, rectify or delete information concerning him/her by sending a letter to the organizer, responsible for its processing, at the address specified in Article 1 of these rules.

Article 12 – Attribution of jurisdiction and interpretation of the by-laws

Any possible dispute on the interpretation of the rules will be decided by the organizer.

Participation in this contest implies unreserved acceptance of
 – these rules and all its stipulations;
 – the ethical rules in force on the Internet (netiquette, code of conduct, etc. …
– the laws and regulations in force on Burkina Faso territory and in particular the provisions applicable to games and contests in force.

No telephone or written inquiries concerning the interpretation or application of these rules, the mechanics or terms of the contest or the list of winners will be answered. In the event of a dispute, only a letter sent within a maximum of 30 days after the contest end date will be admissible. Except in the event of obvious errors, it is agreed that the information resulting from the organizer’s computer systems shall have evidentiary force in any dispute regarding the connection elements and computer processing of said information relating to the contest.
Prior to any legal action related to or in connection with these rules (in particular their application or interpretation), participants agree to file an amicable and free of charge appeal with the organizer.

Any dispute that cannot be settled amicably will be submitted to the competent courts to which the organizer’s head office belongs, unless otherwise provided for by public policy.