Terms of Service
Introduction
Your usage of the NICE Challenge Webportal (“Service”, “Webportal”) requires your acceptance of the NICE Challenge Webportal Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”, “Agreement”). The Terms of Service are a legally binding agreement between you and the NICE Challenge Project (“us”, “we”, ”our”). If you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions in this Terms of Service, you are not permitted to use and access the NICE Challenge Webportal. Your use of the Webportal constitutes your acceptance of these terms.
Definitions
Some words and phrases in this document are explained elsewhere. Others are defined here.
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Challenge, NICE Challenge: A Challenge is an experience offered by the NICE Challenge Project to our users. A Challenge is comprised of any of: a scenario, a fictional meeting transcript, other documentation, software and system configurations, status checks, and other supporting materials created by the Challenge’s author.
Prohibited Actions
You must not engage in illegal activity on the NICE Challenge Webportal. You must not use the Webportal to abuse or harass other persons. You may not attempt to reverse engineer the Webportal, its constituent components, or any other software accessed through the Webportal. You must not use the Webportal or its components in any manner that is outside of their intended purpose and consumes excessive system resources. You must not attempt to gain access to parts of the Webportal to which you have not been granted access through the Webportal’s normal operation.
You must not publicly share guides or instructions for completing any NICE Challenges without the express permission of the NICE Challenge Project. Otherwise, you may publicly describe individual tools and methods you may have used to complete or advance within a Challenge, so long as such descriptions are isolated from the broader context of a challenge and are made without mention of the Challenge or the NICE Challenge Project. You may not publicly share or display video recordings of a Challenge being performed without the express permission of the NICE Challenge Project.
The restrictions in this section shall survive the termination of the Agreement.
Account Security
You are responsible for the security of your account. You must choose a secure password for your account. You must not share your account with other persons, provide other persons access to your account, access other persons’ accounts, or facilitate any such behavior.
The restrictions in this section shall survive the termination of the Agreement.
Age Restriction
The NICE Challenge Webportal is designed for users of or over the age of 13 years. If you are less than 13 years of age, you must not use the Webportal.
Privacy
The NICE Challenge Project may collect information about you. What information we may collect and the usage of such information is governed by the NICE Challenge Webportal Privacy Policy.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. The parties agree that any disagreement relating to the Terms of Service or the use of the NICE Challenge Webportal shall be the exclusive jurisdiction of state courts in San Bernardino County, California or federal courts in Riverside County, California.
Intellectual Property Rights
You acknowledge that all intellectual property that comprises the NICE Challenge Webportal or is available through the Webportal belongs to the NICE Challenge Project and/or its licensors. You must not attempt to reverse engineer or reduce to readable form any of our software. If a particular document or piece of software includes a license that conflicts with this section, all conflicts regarding that document or software shall be resolved in favor of the included license.
User-Generated Content
The NICE Challenge Webportal may allow its users to upload content. You must not upload any content that is illegal or malicious in nature. By providing the NICE Challenge Project your content through the Webportal, you grant the NICE Challenge Project a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to use the content you provided for any purpose. You must not upload any content for which you cannot grant such license.
DMCA Policy
If you believe one of our users has uploaded content to the Webportal that infringes a copyright, are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of that copyright, and would like to request that such content be removed; you may contact our Designated Agent for receiving notifications of copyright infringement. Our Designated Agent is the Project Manager & Lead Engineer of the NICE Challenge Project; who may be contacted by email at admin@nice-challenge.com, by phone at (909) 537-5960, or by mail at the following address:
NICE Challenge Project
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
To request that allegedly infringing content be removed from the Webportal, you must send our Designated Agent written notification of the presence of the allegedly infringing content. The notification must include:
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A list of works that were allegedly infringed
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The location of, or sufficient information to locate, the allegedly infringing content
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A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, their agents, or law
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Information allowing the Copyright Agent to contact you, including a mailing address; with the addition of an email address being strongly recommended
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A statement that all the information in the notification is accurate, and that, under penalty of perjury, you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the allegedly infringed copyright
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You signature, whether physical or electronic
Upon receiving such a notification, our Designated Agent will expeditiously remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing content.
Changes to the Terms of Service
The NICE Challenge Project may change the Terms of Service at any time. We may require you to accept the new Terms of Service to continue your use and access of the NICE Challenge Webportal. If you do not agree to the most recent Terms of Service, you must not continue to use the Webportal. Your continued use of the Webportal constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms of Service.
Termination
You may stop using the NICE Challenge Webportal at any time. The NICE Challenge Project may cease offering the Webportal or revoke your access to the services at any time for any reason, including but not limited to breach of these Terms of Service. If we revoke your access to the services, you must not attempt to continue to access or use the services using another account. Revocation of your access to the Webportal shall not limit our ability to pursue any other remedy for breach of these Terms of Service or other damaging behavior.
Disclaimer of Warranty
The NICE Challenge Project disclaims all implied warranties, including warranty of fitness for any purpose or lack of computer viruses or other computer malware. The Webportal is offered as-is.
Limitation of Liability
The NICE Challenge Project’s liability resulting from any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages shall be limited to no more than 30 USD.