Terms of Service

Updated Date: 2025-12-12 Effective Date: 2025-12-12

Welcome to HackathonWeekly.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Website") to use the products and services provided by us. Our products and services are provided by WeeklyCreate (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us") based on these Terms of Service. These Terms of Service are an agreement between you and us regarding the registration of a user account and the use of products and services. In order to use our products and services, you should carefully read and abide by all the contents of these Terms of Service, especially the clause involving exemption or limitation of liability. Such clauses may be prompted in bold or underlined to draw your attention. Unless you have read and accepted all the terms of these Terms of Service, you will not be able to register a user account or use our products or services. If you do not agree to any content of these Terms of Service, please do not register or use our products, and should immediately stop the registration process. If you have any doubts about the content of these Terms of Service (especially the clauses involving exemption or limitation of liability), you may contact us at any time according to the contact information listed in these Terms of Service, and we will further explain and clarify the relevant content according to your request. If you check "I agree to the 'Terms of Service'" and use or accept any of our services through the registration process or any other means, it shall be deemed that you have read and agreed to these Terms of Service and voluntarily accept the constraints of all the contents of these Terms of Service. Please confirm again that you are aware of and fully understand all the contents of these Terms of Service before deciding to register or use the product.

If you are using our products and services on behalf of a legal person and/or other organization, you hereby promise that you have the right to represent the legal person and/or other organization you represent, and your acceptance of this Agreement shall be automatically deemed strictly as the acceptance of this Agreement by the legal person and/or other organization you represent.

You understand and agree:

According to changes in national laws and regulations, operational needs, or for the purpose of improving product and service quality, we will modify and update the Terms of Service, terms, and rules from time to time when necessary, and notify you in advance through reasonable means such as announcements on the web page and station letters. The above modified and updated contents will be implemented on the date specified in the relevant update instructions, usually no shorter than 7 natural days after the date of release.
You should inquire about and understand the relevant update and modification content in a timely manner. If you do not agree with the relevant update and modification content, you may stop using the services involved in the relevant update and modification content. In this case, the change matters will not be effective for you; if you continue to use the services involved after the implementation of the above update and modification content, it will be deemed that you have agreed to the various update and modification contents.

I. Account Registration

In order to use our products and services, you need to register a user account. Currently, registering a user account may involve the following two situations: (1) Logging in using a third-party login method licensed by us (such as WeChat account authorized login, etc.). We will read the information and materials you authorized to be made public in the third-party account based on the joint authorization of the operator of the third-party application and you. The scope of such public information shall be subject to your authorization scope. We will register a corresponding account for you based on the information of the third-party account you authorized to be made public; or (2) You need to register an account with us through the account application process. After you start the account application process to submit existing, complete, and accurate registration information (including but not limited to email, mobile phone number, etc.) to us and pass the verification, we will assign you an account composed of a unique user ID.
On the premise that you comply with the account usage rules, you will obtain the right to use the account. You agree that we have the right to recover your account with us based on business needs and business specifications (including but not limited to when you have not logged in to the account for more than one year or exist other behaviors violating this agreement).
The account is the basis for us to identify you and provide services to you. If you use the services provided by us, you shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login account and restricting third parties from using/accessing your computer or mobile device, and ensure that your login password (if you set one) is not disclosed to any third party. You may not transfer, lend, or share the account in any form, paid or unpaid, to avoid disputes. Furthermore, you agree to be responsible for all activities that occur under your account and password.
You adhere and promise that you have full capacity for civil rights and conduct, or although you do not have full capacity for civil rights and conduct, you have obtained the consent of your parents and other legal guardians and are represented by your parents and other legal guardians in registering and using our various services. If you register an account without the aforementioned corresponding capacity for civil conduct, you and your parents and other legal guardians shall bear all consequences arising therefrom in accordance with the law.
According to the provisions of current Chinese laws and regulations and normative documents, you agree that you are obliged to ensure the authenticity and validity of the personal information you provided, and also have the obligation to notify us in time for updates when relevant information materials change. If you provide any incorrect, false, outdated, or incomplete materials, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that the materials are incorrect, false, outdated, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate the provision of services to you, or restrict your use of part or all of the functions of the services provided by us, and we are exempted from any liability for this.
We have the right to restrict, freeze, or terminate your use of our account in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and service standards, and the losses caused to you (including but not limited to communication interruption, clearing or restricted access to user data, personal information, chat records, and related data, account fund operation or withdrawal restrictions, etc.) shall be borne by yourself.

II. Service Content

We are a developer community platform that will provide users with the following services or products:

Community forums and discussion spaces
Event organization and participation functions
Project collaboration tools
Developer networking opportunities
Educational resources and content sharing
Advanced features and services (if applicable)

The services we provide may include advertisements. You agree to the display of advertisements provided by us and third-party suppliers, partners, and third-party links during use. Unless explicitly stipulated by laws and regulations, you shall be responsible for the transactions carried out on such advertising information yourself. We are exempted from any liability for any loss or damage suffered by you due to transactions carried out on such advertising information or content provided by the aforementioned advertisers.

III. Service Norms

You promise not to use the account or this service to conduct the following behaviors, otherwise, we have the right to completely suspend or terminate the provision of services to you, or restrict your use of part or all of the functions of the services provided by us, without having to bear compensation liability for any loss suffered by you due to the aforementioned termination or restriction of services. If necessary, we have the right to report your relevant violations to relevant departments.

Users must comply with the "Nine Don'ts" requirements, specifically including: (1) Opposing the basic principles established by the Constitution; (2) Endangering national safety, leaking state secrets, subverting state power, and undermining national unity; (3) Harming national honor and interests; (4) Inciting ethnic hatred, ethnic discrimination, and undermining ethnic unity; (5) Undermining national religious policies, promoting cults and feudal superstitions; (6) Spreading rumors, disrupting social order, and undermining social stability; (7) Spreading obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, murder, terror, or abetting crimes; (8) Insulting or defaming others, infringing on their legitimate rights and interests; (9) Containing other content prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.
Spreading or participating in the spread of content containing illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, privacy-invading, infringing on other third-party rights and interests, or violating national laws and regulations and normative document requirements.
Submitting or publishing false information, or embezzling other people's avatars or materials, impersonating or using other people's names.
Forcing or inducing other users to follow, click on link pages, or share information.
Fabricating facts and concealing the truth to mislead or deceive others.
Using any device, software, or program to interfere or attempt to interfere with the normal operation of the website, business activities, and information.
Using our account or this service to engage in any illegal and criminal activities.
Producing and publishing methods and tools related to the above behaviors, or operating or spreading such methods and tools, regardless of whether these behaviors are for commercial purposes.
Transferring, lending, or sharing our account in any form, paid or unpaid, damaging the legitimate interests of other users or interfering with our normal operation order.
Failing to obtain corresponding statutory licenses, reviews, or filings in advance in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations to engage in relevant businesses and accept the supervision and management of relevant competent authorities.
Utilizing our products or services without our prior permission to conduct relevant behaviors that require prior permission according to laws and regulations.
Other behaviors that violate laws and regulations, infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of other users, interfere with website operations, or any other behaviors not expressly authorized by us.

IV. Personal Information Protection

We attach great importance to the protection of user personal information. We will take reasonable measures to protect your personal information. Except for circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations, we will not disclose or reveal user personal information to third parties without your permission.
We will use security technologies and procedures to establish a perfect management system to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
When you register and obtain the services provided by us, we may require you to provide personal information such as name, enterprise name, mobile phone number, email, etc., to ensure that you enjoy our complete service functions.
We will protect the registration information you submitted and will not disclose it to any non-affiliated third party, unless: (1) Disclosing user personal information to a third party in accordance with the law or mandatory orders of judicial or administrative organs without prior notice to the user; (2) You authorize us to disclose and reveal your information; (3) There is another agreement between you and us and third-party cooperative units regarding your information disclosure or use; (4) For the purpose of public interest, and it is harmless to your major interests; (5) Conforming to the provisions of relevant service terms or agreements. Due to your use of third-party services or equipment, your information may be disclosed to other parties through the third party providing the service. You need to understand the relevant terms of the third party's protection of your information yourself, and we do not bear any risks arising therefrom. For the individuals involved in the personal information in the registration information you submitted, we will strictly collect, handle, and use it in accordance with the provisions of the "User Privacy Policy".
In the following cases, you authorize us to use your personal information: (1) In emergency situations, to safeguard the rights and interests of users or the public; (2) To safeguard our copyright, trademark rights, patent rights, and any other legitimate rights or interests; (3) To match user information with third-party data for acquiring third-party data; (4) Using user data for statistics to describe our services to future partners, advertisers, and other third parties and for other legitimate purposes.
We attach great importance to the protection of minors' information. If you are a minor under the age of 18, you can only use the service with the participation of parents or guardians. We will protect the personal information of minors in accordance with the provisions of relevant national laws and regulations.

V. Intellectual Property

You understand and know that unless otherwise stated in writing, the intellectual property rights of the following information and content (including but not limited to patent rights, copyrights, trademark rights, and trade secrets) belong to us: (1) Content and information provided in our relevant products and services (including but not limited to software, technology, programs, web pages, text, pictures, images, maps, icons, audio, video, charts, layout design, electronic documents, data materials, etc.); (2) Infrastructure and platforms used by us to provide the above content and information (including but not limited to software, websites, applications, etc.); (3) Various trademarks, commercial images, commercial logos, technical know-how, slogans, copy, etc., used in our provision of relevant services; (4) All data and information generated during the development, operation, and maintenance of our products and services. The above rights owned by us and the intellectual property rights of any content contained in the services provided are protected by law. Without our prior written permission, you promise not to implement, use, transfer, or license any third party to implement, use, or transfer the above intellectual property rights for any profit or non-profit purpose. We reserve the right to pursue legal liability for the above unauthorized acts. You have the non-exclusive right to use the web pages, programs, etc., used by our products and services, but you may not copy, modify, sell, or derive products yourself or limit any third party.
We enjoy intellectual property rights for our platform's proprietary content, original content, or other exclusive or sole content obtained through authorization. Without our written permission, no unit or individual may privately reprint, spread, photocopy, record, convert to other carrier forms, etc., infringing on our intellectual property rights.

VI. Breach Handling

You understand and agree that we have the right to punish behaviors violating relevant laws and regulations or the provisions of this agreement based on reasonable judgment, take appropriate legal actions against any user who violates laws and regulations, and save relevant information to report to relevant departments in accordance with laws and regulations, etc. The user shall bear all legal liabilities arising therefrom independently.
You understand and agree that you shall independently bear the responsibility for any claims, demands, or losses claimed by third parties caused or generated by your violation of the provisions of this agreement or relevant service terms; if we suffer losses as a result, you shall also compensate together. And when you exist circumstances violating laws and regulations and the agreement of this agreement, we have the right to require you to compensate for the losses we suffer as a result, and at the same time, we reserve the right to continue to claim compensation from you.

VII. Modification and Termination of the Agreement

In view of the particularity of network services, you agree that we have the right to temporarily or permanently terminate all or part of our platform services. Unless otherwise specified in this agreement, we should notify you before modification, interruption, or termination, and we do not bear any liability for breach of contract for this.
You understand and agree that we have the right to decide business strategies autonomously. We may transfer relevant assets under this service to third parties; we may also transfer part or all of the services under this agreement to third parties for operation or performance after giving you unilateral notice. The specific transferee shall be subject to our notice.
If you are suspended or terminated from service due to your violation of the provisions of this agreement, or violation of relevant laws and regulations, public order and good customs, or requirements of competent authorities, we do not need to bear any responsibility to you.
After the termination of these Terms of Service, we will not be able to continue to provide you with any services or perform any other obligations, including but not limited to retaining or disclosing any information in your original account with us for you, forwarding any unread or sent information to you or third parties, etc.
The termination of these Terms of Service does not affect the validity of stricter intellectual property clauses and other clauses that should continue to be effective according to their content, nor does it affect the relevant rights and obligations of all parties before the termination of these Terms of Service, including but not limited to the abiding party pursuing corresponding breach of contract liability against the breaching party in accordance with these Terms of Service.

VIII. Force Majeure and Limited Liability

You understand and agree that during the use of this service, you may encounter risk factors such as force majeure, which may cause the interruption or termination of the services under these Terms of Service. Force majeure refers to objective events that cannot be foreseen, cannot be overcome, and cannot be avoided and have a major impact on one or both parties, including but not limited to information network equipment maintenance, information network connection failure, computer, communication or other system failures, power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, uprisings, disturbances, insufficiency of productivity or means of production, fires, floods, storms, explosions, wars, government actions, changes in laws and regulations, orders of judicial and administrative organs, other force majeure or non-action of third parties causing inability to serve or delayed service, etc. When the above situation occurs, we will strive to cooperate with relevant departments in the first instance to repair in time, but we are exempted from liability for the losses caused to you within the scope permitted by law.
You understand and agree that, in compliance with legal provisions, we are not responsible for service interruption or termination caused by the following reasons: (1) Damage by computer viruses, Trojans, or other malicious programs, hacker attacks; (2) Failure of users' or our computer software, systems, hardware, and communication lines; (3) Improper user operation; (4) Users use this service through methods not authorized by us; (5) Other circumstances that we cannot control or reasonably foresee.
You understand and confirm that we need to overhaul or maintain us or related equipment regularly or irregularly. If service is interrupted within a reasonable time due to such circumstances, we do not need to bear any responsibility for this, but we will announce it in advance.
We are responsible for providing services to you on an "as is" and "available" status. However, our service does not make any express or implied guarantees, including but not limited to the suitability of the services we provide, no errors or omissions, continuity, accuracy, reliability, and suitability for a specific purpose. At the same time, we do not make any commitments and guarantees regarding the validity, accuracy, correctness, reliability, quality, stability, completeness, and timeliness of the technology and information involved in its service.
All notices and announcements sent to you will be delivered through real page announcements, emails, customer service WeChat, or other methods recognized by us. We do not bear legal responsibility for any activities or information obtained not through our regular channels.
You understand and agree that you shall independently bear full responsibility for any claims, demands, or losses claimed by third parties caused or generated by your violation of laws and regulations, public order and good customs, or the provisions of this agreement. If we suffer losses as a result, you shall also compensate in full amount.

IX. Application of Law, Jurisdiction, and Others

The establishment, effectiveness, performance, interpretation, and dispute resolution of these Terms of Service shall constitute the application of the laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, and exclude the application of all conflict of law provisions.
Any form of dispute occurring between you and us shall be resolved through friendly negotiation. If negotiation fails, either party has the right to submit the dispute to the court with jurisdiction where we are located for litigation resolution.
If part of the clauses of this agreement is deemed repealed, invalid, or unenforceable, the remaining clauses of this agreement shall still be effective and have binding force and enforceability.
Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or regulation of these Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of the aforementioned rights or interests.

X. Communication

We will contact you through page announcements, emails, customer service WeChat, or other methods. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other information provided to you by us in these ways comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements. If we send information to you in such forms or issue relevant notices on this service/website, it shall be deemed that you have received all agreements, statements, disclosures, and other information.
We possess the right of interpretation and modification of this agreement to the maximum extent permitted by law. If you have any opinions on us and this agreement, welcome to contact by email at contact@hackathonweekly.com