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Terms & Conditions

GENERAL

These terms and conditions administer your use of Archiol Competitions and provide you with all the necessary information about its services, we have drafted the terms of use, so that you will know the rules that govern your relationship with Archiol Competitions and its subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Archiol Competitions”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”) and set forth the terms and conditions under which Archiol Competitions makes available its website archiol.org (the“Website”), and/or mobile application (the “Application”), collectively known as “Services”, to each person assessing or using the Services.

These Terms do indeed form a legally binding Agreement between you and Archiol Competitions. You agree to these terms when you use our services or even if you decide to simply browse through our website. So please read them carefully.

The terms “you,” “user” and “users” refers to all individuals and other persons who access or use our services, including, without limitation, any companies, organizations, or other legal entities that register accounts or otherwise access or use the services through their respective employees, agents or representatives.

You must agree to the complete terms and conditions, which means that only part agreement is not allowed and it will be considered the same as non-agreement.

You will be considered to have fully understood and accepted the terms and conditions if you check the box mentioning “I agree to the Terms and Conditions” before registration.

By using this website (and the associated websites) you agree to abide by the terms and conditions as specified, if you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not use the site or register to any competition organised by Archiol Competitions.

OWNERSHIP

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to change, transfer ownership, release, withdraw or disband this website at any time without warning or liability. It is your responsibility to regularly check, if any changes have been made to these terms and conditions.

SITE USE

You agree that you will only use our website in a way, which is consistent with our terms and conditions. We reserve the right to modify or withdraw this site at any time without liability. All uses of this website (www.archiol.org) and all material provided herein must coincide with the Terms of Use. The website and any content of the Site may not be copied, reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.

You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the website. You may not attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Site.

You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or any network connected to the Site, nor shall breach the security or authentication measures on the website or you will be liable for any loss incurred by Archiol Competitions.

All works submitted to Archiol Competitions including but not limited to for submission in a competition or for publication, must be submitted in agreement with the Archiol Competitions Terms of Use. By submitting your work to Archiol Competitions, you acknowledge, represent and warrant that all work presented to Archiol Competitions has been legally attained with the permission of the original creator or author.

By submitting your work to Archiol Competitions, including but not limited to for submission in a competition or for publication, you give permission for your work to be published or reproduced in any matter and over any platform or location.

You grant Archiol Competitions the permission to share submitted work with third parties, including but not limited to: potential employers, other blogs, websites and social media platforms.

Users who submit work at the request of the organizers at Archiol Competitions are responsible for reading the Terms of Use as they are presented to them. Once a user submits their work they grant full publishing privileges to Archiol Competitions for both electronic and print format.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Archiol Competitions – the site, its content, related media and any competitions are delivered on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. In no event shall Archiol Competitions be liable for special, direct, indirect, and consequential or incidental damages whatsoever, whether in action, negligence or other tort arising out of or in connection with the users of the service or the content made available on the website.

Archiol Competitions cannot ensure that any files or other data you download from the site will be free of viruses or contamination or destructive features and will not be liable for any damages arising out of the same.

Archiol Competitions disclaims all warranties, express or implied, in relation to the site, competition or content of the site including any warranties of accuracy, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Archiol Competitions disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. If you do not agree to be bound by the agreement, you may not access or use the services in any form.

Archiol Competitions holds rights to changes, addition, removal of modification of the content related to the competition or any other service at any time without prior notice.

Archiol Competitions does not undertake any liability and has no means to ensure that the works submitted by any participant/s originally belongs to him/her or has any legal right to submit the same.

The participants agrees to release, indemnify, defend any party from any liability, any claim for damages, and/or law suit for or by reason of the mentioned submission as a result of any submission, revision, alteration or similar thereof.

The participants also acknowledges and agrees and therefore covenants not to sue or make any claim against any party related to any participant’s submission or any individual participation or involvement in the Competition in any way whatsoever, or any use thereof, and therefore:

Under no circumstances shall or can the Participant be entitled to any award for any loss or any damages, which include attorneys’ fees.
Any dispute, claim and legal action arising from or connected with this Competition, or any prizes awarded or potentially awarded therein, shall be resolved without resort to any form of legal action or class action.
Should a participant choose to bring a claim against Archiol Competitions or its affiliates or agents the participant shall pay the Archiol Competitions or any party’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and its legal costs arising from the claim should it fail.
Nothing herein will constitute a waiver of the participants’ legal rights or any rights any party may have to take against the participant.
Archiol Competitions shall not be liable for any law suit or claim against any of its judges or selector panel emanating from their professional conduct or otherwise.
Unless clearly stated, all Competitions are design concept only and do not imply in a way, an intention for the proposals to be constructed or built.

CHANGES

We may change these conditions from time to time without prior notice to you. It is your responsibility to regularly check, if any changes have been made to these terms and conditions.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURE

All the users of the website and the content related to the website owned by Archiol Competitions should not replicate, rework, repeat, regenerate, circulate or use any of the content available on the website and other media pages. The Logo, content and other visual media is created by Archiol Competitions and is protected with the Copyright Laws.

PRIVACY POLICY

Archiol Competitions is committed to protecting the privacy of all its users. All information collected on our site is only used to process and administer your competition submission (In accordance to the competitions terms & conditions) and to provide the users a more personalized experience on the site.

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

All registered trademarks, symbols or words are owned, protected and property of the respective trademarks of their owners.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect either directly from you when you register with our site or through cookies which are information that are stored by your browser on your computer.

Cookies are small text files that identify your computer to our server and enable us to enhance your visit and experience with us. These cookies record information on viewed pages or adverts, frequency of visited pages and general navigation of our site. These cookies in no way allow us access to your computer and do not store any personal or payment details.

The personal information collected is mainly used for Competition submission administration and processing (In accordance to the Competitions terms & conditions) We may sometimes also monitor site usage, shopping and traffic patterns to improve the functionality of the site, products and services.

Details collected upon registration will include your name, email address, postal address and telephone number (where necessary), and by registering with Archiol competitions you agree to the terms and conditions. Your details may also be used to keep you informed of future Competitions or promotions.

DATA PROTECTION

Archiol competitions will hold and use your personal data strictly in accordance with Indian data protection legislation.

RIGHTS RESERVED

By registration with Archiol Competitions all the users agree that the ownership of the copyright of the submission, content or the work produced for the competition and other events, publication or any other activity lies under the authorized ownership of its owners and would adhere to the law before submitting the same.

Archiol Competitions would not be liable for any damages arising out of an unlawful submission and the participant who makes an unlawful submission including but not limited to plagiarized content will be liable to indemnify Archiol Competitions in the event of any legal costs arising out of such event.

UNREGISTER

Should you wish for us to no longer hold or use your personal details then you have the option to unregister at any time. To do this please contact us at contact@archiol.org (with subject “unregister”) stating the registered email address.

You also have the right to request detail of personal information that we hold or stored about you.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES

Any changes to our privacy policy or how we collect and use your personal information, will be reflected on the site and registered users will be informed and given the opportunity to disagree or agree with this change.

SECURITY POLICY

Archiol Competitions is aware of how important it is to able to browse safely and securely which is why all sensitive information is collected and process through a secure system. When we require you to enter sensitive information such as payment card details, you will be taken to a secure system and you should see the unbroken key or locked padlock icon at the bottom of your browser and also ‘https’ at the address bar, which indicates a secure system. However, Archiol Competitions does not undertake to cover any liability arising out the use of the secured payment gateway.

UNSUBSCRIBE

Any user or team that wishes to unsubscribe from emails or future information can do so at any time. Users may unsubscribe from specific emails by clicking on the unsubscribe button in the footer of the email. Unregistering from a competition will exclude publication of team submissions and details, no refunds will be made.

METHODS OF PAYMENT

We have separate Indian and international payments gateway. International payments are accepted in USD via PayPal and Indian payments are accepted in INR via Razorpay. We accept the following credit/debit card methods of payment for your submission:

VISA
Master Card
American Express

However, the mode of payments may be added or deleted in the future without prior notice.

SPECIAL PROMOTIONS AND COMPETITIONS

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to alter the content, associated dates, awards and publication of any promotion or competition at any time. Further, Archiol Competitions reserves the right to cancel, discontinue or terminate any competition or promotion.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Archiol competitions disclaim any and all warranties or association of any kind (expressed or implied) in relation to the Competitions or product or services on this site.

GENERAL INDEMNITY

You accept to completely indemnify Archiol Competitions and its members and officers from and against all legal claims including but not limited to liabilities, damages, losses, or any costs and expenses and any legal fees that arise out of the use of this website or from participation in a competition.

GOVERNING LAW

The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by Indian law.

ORGANIZER

ARCHIOL COMPETITIONS

Mumbai | India

contact@archiol.org

COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS

The above Terms of Use also apply to submissions of a competition. Any participant agrees to abide by the rules and terms for each individual competition as outlined in the competition summary.

Archiol Competitions functions as a platform for design competitions. These competitions, unless otherwise stated are open idea competitions and in no way intend to be realized. Stated concepts have no intention to degrade current conditions or areas. Competitions held by Archiol Competitions function from an ideas standpoint and do not directly relate to any organization, neighborhood, city or individual stated on the website, brief, or any other data associated with Archiol Competitions. Competitions are not meant to undermine or in any way influence the idealistically used property or the organization, individual, or related party that owns said property.

Archiol Competitions does not intend to replace, better, or have any realistic influence on organization, companies, or any party that is related to the materialization of our competitions.

Archiol Competitions holds the right to change or adapt the rules and regulations of any promotion or competition at any time. It is the responsibility of the participants to check for regular updates, notification and changes to competition rules, regulations and terms. Participants in any competition agree to the terms and conditions of this site and each competition when they register. Registration is limited to the stated number of individuals for each competition, any team that submits work coming from more than the stated maximum is subject to disqualification at any time, including withholding rewards and withholding publication.

Registrants may not alter, modify or remove team credentials after team registration has been completed. Violation of team submission is subject to disqualification at any time, including withholding rewards and withholding publication. Any team or individual that violates the rules or terms and conditions during or after a competition may have their rewards, publication or any other competition outcome revoked at any time.

Any team that does not follow the submission guidelines for each competition may be subject to disqualification.

Archiol Competitions does not accept any changes made to any proposal once submitted by the participant and if made would not be accounted to be valid. The users and the participants are requested to submit their works or proposals only once they have finalized their submission. By submitting the proposal to Archiol Competitions the participants agree to submitting original content and is not copied, inspired or derived from any other individual or author. In case such discrepancy is brought to notice the participant would be disqualified without any intimation and would be held liable to any compensation to be made to the original author.

By placing personal names or any means to identify who a team is on a submission, other than the given identification number, a team may be subject to disqualification.

Winning teams must provide a valid method to accept monetary rewards within two weeks of the award being presented. Failure to receive monetary awards in timely manner may result in the award being revoked.

Competition participants will receive their individual or team confirmation number after completing registration. This number is used for identification purposes throughout the jury voting process. Any submission that does not include this confirmation number as stated or incorrectly may be subject to disqualification.

Archiol Competitions holds the right to change competition dates as it sees fit at any time as well as revoke any promotion or competition without further notice.

Archiol Competitions holds the right to adjust deadlines throughout the duration of a competition, as well as the right to disqualify late submissions. In the event of a temporary deadline extension, Archiol Competitions holds the right to accept or accept and penalize late submissions by a level determined by the organizers.

Each competition jury is carefully chosen by Archiol Competitions to best represent a valid and fair opinion for each project. Competition jury may change during the competition and stated jury members are not guaranteed to participate as final judges. Competition entries will never be judged with participant information as an influence, submissions are judged solely on submitted work. Jury decisions are final and may not be argued by participants. No requests to conduct a revision of the results would be entertained under any circumstance.

Failure to provide the requested work affiliated with each competition may result in disqualification. For any questions regarding what is required, contact Archiol Competitions for clarification.

If files submitted for a competition are not correct or do not adhere to the submission guidelines as determined by Archiol Competitions team, Archiol Competitions is not responsible for getting the files to the jury and the entries may be disqualified from the competition.

Once registration is completed no refunds prior to or after the competition’s deadline will be granted. All registration payments are final.

Competition awards of any manner are subject to change throughout the competition. Additional awards may be added; awards may be subtracted or altered at any time. It is the participant’s responsibility to regularly check the website and be aware of any changes.

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to publish submitted work on Archiol Competitions website and any other platform that seems fit. Archiol Competitions aims to publish competition work on as many platforms as possible, individuals and teams agree to these publications upon submission.

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to dictate method of payment, whether physical, electronic or to be accepted by a specific platform(Such as Paypal, Stripe, PayUMoney, Razorpay, etc.).

Archiol Competitions is in no way liable for the designs submitted by participants and teams. It is the responsibility of the participants to create original work.

Winners and finalists of a competition on Archiol Competitions agree that they will participate in any interviews or publicity matter upon reasonable request.

Archiol Competitions is not responsible for any in-person site analysis and research. Archiol Competitions does not own the sites on which the competitions are held and therefore participants must abide to any local private property details and relevant law.

Members and/or representatives of Archiol Competitions or their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition. They are however, encouraged to submit ideas for a special mention but cannot win or be part of the formal competition.

Closing date for entry will be on the time and date set on the competition announcement. After this date no further entries to the competition will be permitted. Archiol Competitions will not accept any responsibility for entries not received within the permitted time, for whatever reason.

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice, at any time they see fit. Any changes to the competition will be notified to participants as soon as possible by the organizer.

Archiol Competitions is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any participant by any third party connected with this competition.

Winners will be chosen by an independent panel of judges appointed by Archiol Competitions.

Archiol Competitions’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

By entering this competition, the participant is indicating his/her agreement to receive future newsletters and possible offers from the Archiol Competitions.

ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION

Architecture and Design Competitions on archiol.org are organised and administered by Archiol.

Archiol competitions reserves its right to assign any judges, agents or other authorised administrator to administer it’s competitions, including making any decision or exercising such at its discretion.

ELIGIBILITY

By entering Archiol competitions, any and all Participants, participants, and submissions agree in full to these Terms and Conditions and as referred in this document.

Archiol competitions competitions are open to anyone aged 18 and over. Younger Participants or group of students under 18 years of age must be lead by someone aged 18 or their tutor 18 or over.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully prior to entry to ensure that you understand and agree. You agree that submission of an entry in the Competition constitutes agreement to these Rules.

You must agree to these terms and conditions prior to submitting an entry to the Competition, in order to be eligible to receive the prizes described in these Rules. These Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and Organizer with respect to the Competition. You must have access to the Internet and a valid email address in order to enter the Competition.

SUBMISSION

Participants may either make a submission individually or as a team (3 people max.).

Competition Participant are prohibited from sale, assignment or transfer of any of their submission rights a third party.

Student Participants would be required to proof their status for any student only competitions and the same would be true for professional only competitions should the submission be selected as one of the winning Participants.

All Submission must strictly conform to any Terms and Conditions and the Rules and Guidelines set by our Archiol competitions Competition Brief.

Once the final submissions are sent, no additional edits, or change can be made. Upon sent of the final submission each participant will receive a confirmation email notification within five business days.

By entering the competition, the Participant acknowledges and accepts that all aspects of any submission narrative, description, details, images, illustration and animation may be used for publicity purposes by Archiol competitions

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Archiol competitions will only use any of the personal information submitted by Participants or participants where necessary, disclosed to third parties for the purposes of running the Competition.

OWNERSHIP AND COPYRIGHT

The ownership of copyright in the work of all submissions will be in accordance with the Copyright and Patent Act 1988, which implies the copyright rests with the author.

No Participants or participants shall receive or be entitled to receive any payment in any form for submissions or for granting Archiol competitions any right herein, other than for being selected as one of the winning the competition entries.

Subject to any limitation herein, any design, drawings accompanying any entry or submission remains the property of the Participant and may be used for its or their own purpose. Archiol competitions shall treat an entry or submission as being eligible to enter the Competition under Indian Copyright law.

By entering the Archiol competitions competition participants agree on the sharing their entry for making the publication based on the competition results.

Participants are solely responsible for protecting the intellectual property of any submission to Archiol competitions competitions.

COMPETITION DISQUALIFICATION

Submissions which do not meet or comply with the submission guidelines or found to contain identifying sign or mark that may, in any way, contribute to identifying participant shall be disqualified and Archiol Competitions shall be under no obligation to notify the Participant /s of the disqualified entry or submission. All Submissions after the closing date for a particular competition will be automatically disqualified.

COMPETITION CANCELLATION/WITHDRAWAL

Archiol competitions reserves the right to cancel or suspend or alter the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of its control.

COMPENSATION

Any Compensation will be handled by Archiol competitions

TERMS FOR JURY

The members of the jury panel are eminent industry professionals selected by Archiol Competitions to evaluate the competition entries. The Members of the panel belong to diverse backgrounds and represent different design perspectives and skillsets. All the competition participants are prohibited to make any form of contact with any juror during the course of the competition. In any circumstance found to disturb the privacy or integrity of the jury Panel Archiol Competitions reserves the right to disqualify the participants from the competition or event and prohibiting them to participate in any future activities undertaken by Archiol Competitions. All the jury members are committed to the cause of the competition however this does not guarantee their participation in the final event of the jury. All the judgments made by the members of the jury panel cannot undergo any form of questioning and under any circumstance. The participants are recommended to submit their work in appropriate formats requested by Archiol Competitions in case the works or submissions are not in accordance or do not adhere the rules specified or does not open under any circumstance Archiol Competitions reserves rights to disqualify the submissions without any clarification.

WINNER SELECTION/JUDGE’S DECISION

Archiol competitions’s determination of any winning entry or submission through its panel of judges is final.

In the event that a selected winning entry cannot accept, receive or ineligible for the prize for any reason, the prize shall be awarded to the next highest rated entry from the top shortlisted or remaining entries that meet the winning requirement.

Archiol competitions’s is association with the competition judges do not imply any legal association, affiliation, contract or partnership in any way shape or form.

PUBLICATION

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to publish such material in whole or in part, or use them in any way it sees fit in connection with this website or its competition without permission of the participant or payment for such use, subject to the Data Protection law of India.

COMPETITION INTEGRITY

Archiol competitions undertakes to scrupulously protect the integrity of its competitions by : –

A Unique Participant Registration Number by which each submission received will be administered organized, processed and evaluated. This means that the digital board received will be stored under their registration numbers, with the complementary information kept in a separate file.

Enforcing the rules that besides the registration number, all illustrations or images accompanying any submission shall be devoid of any marks, logos, symbols or sign that may identify its authority or source.

Any infringement of these rules will lead to immediate disqualification.

The jury or judging panel will only be made of the Participants identities only after the evaluation stage and winners are selected. Inviting professional jury and providing a jury report.

PRIZES

Prizes awarded will be as advertised for each competition; however Archiol Competitions reserves the right to add, reduce or alter prizes.

Documentary evidence of the architect’s or team leader’s right to practice the profession their respective country or country of residence may be required before any awards payment is made to a recipient.

Photographic identity document such as passport will need to be provided to Archiol Competitions before any award payment will be made.

In the case of a studio or company, then the formal company registration documents will need to be supplied together with photographic identification of director or team leader.

All Bank account details into which any prize money is to be paid must match that of the registered individual or team leader.

If the winner chooses not to accept the prize, an alternate winner will be chosen.

All federal, state, and local taxes on the value of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Failure to return of any prize notification requested detail within the deadline may result in forfeiture of the prize. Any winner or potential who cannot be contacted within two weeks of attempted first notification may result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize.

REGISTRATION FEE AND NO RETURN/REFUND POLICY

There is a registration fee for Competitions on the website and all costs and disbursements incurred by participants in preparing a submission or entry are the sole responsibility of the participant. All registration or submission fees are non-refundable and non-transferable once an entry is made.

GOVERNANCE

These rules of Archiol competitions Competitions are governed by the laws of India. By participating in this Competition, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the third-party resource links or specific products.

PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION

Winners agree to and shall upon request at reasonable notice, participate in : –

Publicity or promotional activity surrounding the Competition such as interviews, personally or otherwise. Each opportunity shall be taken on merit and the Participant or participant, shall have the right to decline any such opportunity.

Any imposed government regulations or economic sanctions by India that prohibit monetary transfer to a Winner’s country of residence shall result in the prize money shall not be awarded to the Participant and at Archiol competitionss discretion may award it to the next highest ranked entry, however will mention the original winning entry in its list of winners.

LICENSE

By submitting an entry to the Competition, you the “Participant” provide Archiol Competitions with a limited, exclusive, sub-licensable, worldwide, royalty-free license (but not the obligation), which license is effective in perpetuity, to use, copy, modify, translate and/or adapt, distribute, publicly display by any means and in any media and create derivative works of, and copy, distribute and publicly display such derivative works of your entry solely in connection with the inclusion of your entry in activities related to, and the promotion of, the competition and the particular project, without any further notice or remuneration to you. The rights shall be applied to all existing or future media, and in particular all physical, optical, magnetic, analogical, digital and electronic media, including media such as hardcopies, CDROMs, DVDROMs, hard disks, computers and servers, the Internet, all private or public telecommunication networks, by cable, satellite, radio networks, etc.

By submitting your entry to the Competition you also give Archiol Competitions an exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, irrevocable license in perpetuity to display and archive your entry on the Archiol Competitions’s website, www.archiol.org (“Website”), on Archiol Competitions’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or other social networking / media pages in relation to the Competition or project. Any credits will be with the name you supply to the Competition.

Archiol Competitions shall make commercially reasonable efforts to display appropriate and customary credit lines on any Submission displayed or otherwise featured in such media, however shall have no affirmative duty to do so.

TERMINATION

Any user or participant of the website or its related content or other media in the case of any abuse would be subjected to strict legal actions by Archiol Competitions.

AMENDMENTS

Archiol Competitions reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice.