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Participant Agreement

The terms for taking part in the CoTrackPro Builder Hackathon — focused on protecting families' data. Please read before you build.

⚠ Non-binding draft — pending legal review. This page is a plain-language outline of the intended terms, not a final or enforceable agreement. The official, reviewed Participant Agreement and demo-data terms will be published before registration opens. Educational and informational only — not legal advice.

What you're agreeing to (in plain words)#

By participating, you intend to agree to the following. The data-protection rules are the heart of it.

Data discipline (non-negotiable)#

  • Synthetic / demo data only. You will use only the provided synthetic demo material. You will not upload, paste, enter, demo, or reference any real case material, real names, or personally identifying information (PII) — anywhere, at any time.
  • No PII in artifacts. Submissions, screenshots, recordings, and any output must contain only synthetic/demo data.
  • Share-safe by default. Anything your tool produces must respect the shareable / redacted tier. You will not build or demonstrate anything that exposes a confidential tier.

Conduct#

  • You will follow the Code of Conduct: child-centered, trauma-informed, safe-for-work, and non-identifying.
  • You will keep output court-neutral — describe behavior, never characterize a parent or child; use a child's initials.

Your submission#

  • You retain ownership of what you build. By submitting, you intend to grant the organizers permission to review it and, if selected, to feature it (using only synthetic data) as a showcase case study.
  • Submissions may be disqualified for breaking the data-discipline or conduct rules.

No warranty; not advice#

  • The builder, tools, and any generated content are educational and informational only — not legal or clinical advice, and are provided "as is" for the event.

Before you build#

  • Use the provided demo dataset (details to be announced).
  • If anything you're working with describes a real person in danger, stop and use crisis resources first: 988 · text HOME to 741741 · 1-800-799-7233 · 1-800-422-4453 · 911.

See also: the Hackathon overview and the Code of Conduct.