Mini Hackathon T&Cs 

By clicking "Register" and participating in the Easygo Mini Hackathon – Powered by KICK (“Mini Hackathon”), you agree to the following:

These Terms and Conditions (Terms) govern your participation in the Mini Hackathon. In these Terms, “You”, “Your” and “Participant” means you, “Easygo” refers to Easygo World Pty Ltd ACN 663 686 913, “Kick” refers to Kick Streaming Pty Ltd (ACN 663 807 645), and “Easygo Entities” refers to Easygo and Kick collectively, and each of them individually. 

1. Eligibility

(a). To be eligible to participate in the Mini Hackathon, Participants must meet the following criteria:

  • complete and submit the registration form available here (“Registration Submission”); 
  • be above 21 years of age at the time of submitting their Registration Submission;
  • be able to attend the Mini Hackathon on 1 August 2026 in person in Melbourne, Australia;
  • be a post graduate student or a professional engineer;
  • not be an employee of Easygo Entities; and
  • agree to these Terms.

(b). Participants must live in Australia to participate and if travelling from outside of Victoria or otherwise, Participants will be responsible for any travel costs. 

(c). Participants must register to participate in the Mini Hackathon in their individual capacity and will not be participating as a business or enterprise that is registered for Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) as defined under A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.

2. Participant Selection

(a). Selection to participate in the Mini Hackathon is based on the approval and review of Your Registration Submission by Easygo. Easygo reserves the right to accept or reject any Registration Submission at its sole discretion without explanation.

(b). If Easygo reject Your Registration Submission, Easygo can provide You with an offer to participate in the Mini Hackathon if a selected Participant rejects their offer or is not able to attend or participate.

(c). If You reject an offer to participate in the Mini Hackathon from Easygo, You cannot participate unless Easygo chooses, in its sole discretion, to make You another offer to participate.

3. Team Selection and Challenge Details

(a). Participants will be split into teams of 3 to 5 Participants by Easygo in its sole discretion (“Team(s)”). 

(b). Easygo reserves the right to amend the Teams at any time in its sole discretion, including but not limited to, amending the number of Participants in the Teams and/or redistributing which Participants are within each Team.

(c). Teams may consist of an unequal number of Participants. Easygo will exercise reasonable discretion in allocating Participants to Teams with a view to achieving balanced Teams in terms of skill and experience.

(d). Easygo may hold a Team Mixer on 24 July 2026 to allow Teams the opportunity to meet ahead of the Mini Hackathon. This will not be a compulsory event and is separate to the Mini Hackathon.

(e). Mini Hackathon will consist of two (2) challenges determined by Easygo in its sole discretion (“Challenges”) and Participants acknowledge that Challenges may vary in difficulty. Teams will only be able to participate in one (1) of the Challenges and Easygo will allocate, in its sole discretion, Teams to each of the Challenges.

(f). Participants will work together with the other Participants in their respective Teams to prepare one (1) submission to the Challenges in which their Teams are allocated (“Team Submission”).

(g). Participants must use the public API available at https://docs.kick.com/ or any other location as nominated by Easygo from time to time (“Kick API”) and may use any other materials as expressly provided by Easygo Entities to Participants for use in relation to the Mini Hackathon. 

(h). Final Team Submissions must be sent via email to events@easygo.io and Participants must delete any copy of their Team Submission on the device on which they used to create or contribute to their Team Submission. Easygo may also require Teams to provide a presentation of the Team Submission.

4. Winners Selection and Prize Details

(a). One (1) of the Teams will be selected by Easygo as the winning Team of each of the two (2) Challenges. Winning Teams of the Challenges: 

  • will be determined in accordance with the judging criteria specified here at Easygo’s sole discretion based on the quality of each Team Submission; 
  • will receive fifty thousand Australian dollars (AUD $50,000) to be split equally between Participants who are members of each of the winning Teams (the total prize pool being one hundred thousand Australian dollars (AUD $100,000) to account for each of the two (2) Challenges); and
  • will be announced on 1 August 2026, or any other date determined by Easygo at the conclusion of the Mini Hackathon (“Winner Announcement”).

(b).You acknowledge and agree that entering into the Mini Hackathon and submitting or contributing to a Team Submission does not entitle You to any compensation, prize or guarantee of promotion by or from Easygo Entities. 

(c). Any compensation, prize or guarantee of promotion by or from Easygo Entities is subject to approval by Easygo Entities.

(d). Easygo will aim to provide winning Participants with their respective prize within 60 days of the later of the Winner Announcement or the provision of additional documentation, information or execution of further agreements or declarations as described in clauses 4(e) and 4(f) below.

(e). Winning Participants may be required to provide additional documentation, information or sign further agreements before receiving their prize. If a winning Participant fails to provide any additional documentation, information or sign further agreements as requested by Easygo within the time limit as prescribed by Easygo in writing to the winning Participant, that winning Participant will forfeit any prize won and Easygo may, in its sole discretion, award the prize to another Participant(s) or retain the prize.

(f). Without limiting clause 4(e), if a winning Participant fails to complete any Australian Tax Office form or provide any information requested by Easygo as required under any applicable tax law or regulation, Easygo may, at its discretion, permit the winning Participant to retain their share of the prize but may be required to withhold a portion of the winning Participant’s share of the prize in accordance with the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) or any other applicable law or regulation.

(g). All prizes are non-transferable, and no substitutions or exchanges will be permitted except at Easygo's sole discretion.

(h). All taxes, duties, and other governmental charges applicable to any prize are, to the extent they are imposed on or are the legal responsibility of the winning Participants, the sole responsibility of those winning Participants. Easygo will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any tax liability arising from the award or receipt of any prize, except to the extent that such liability is imposed on Easygo under applicable tax law. Winning Participants are responsible for obtaining their own independent tax advice in relation to their prize. 

5. Participant Obligations 

(a). By participating in the Mini Hackathon, Participants agree to:

  • the terms available at https://dev.kick.com/terms-of-service (“Kick API Terms”); 
  • ensure that all content submitted as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon complies with Kick’s Terms of Service (available here: https://kick.com/terms-of-service) and Community Guidelines (available here: https://kick.com/community-guidelines); 
  • act in good faith at all times in relation to their participation in the Mini Hackathon and the Team Mixer and refrain from any behaviour that is misleading, fraudulent, unethical, or otherwise intended to deceive Easygo or any third party; and
  • be respectful and kind to other participants participating in the Mini Hackathon.  
  • During the Mini Hackathon and Team Mixer, Participants must not: 

(b). breach Kick’s Terms of Service or Community Guidelines;

  • engage in any fraudulent or unethical activities; 
  • engage in any conduct, make any statement, or otherwise represent Easygo in any way, which in Easygo’s sole discretion, Easygo determines might damage Easygo Entities’ reputation or image or interfere with the business interests of Easygo Entities; 
  • submit as part of any Team Submission, any content containing copyrighted materials, or materials protected by any intellectual property laws, such that submitting such content would amount to an infringement of copyright or intellectual property rights; 
  • submit as part of any Team Submission, any content that contains defamatory material or that violates any individual's right to privacy; and
  • submit as part of any Team Submission, any content that contains material that Easygo deems (in its sole discretion) unethical or illegal.

(c). Participants acknowledge and agree that they may be removed from the Mini Hackathon for breaching any of the requirements in clauses 5(a) and 5(b).

6. Monitoring and Disqualification 

Easygo may disqualify any Participant from the Mini Hackathon at its sole discretion for breaching any of clauses 5(a) and 5(b) or for any reason Easygo deems necessary to maintain the integrity and fairness of the Mini Hackathon. Any such disqualified Participant will forfeit any prize.

7. Intellectual Property

(a). For the purposes of this clause, the following terms are defined in accordance with their definitions in the Kick API Terms and are repeated below:

  • Kick Content: User Content as defined in Kick’s Terms of Service, including without limitation: messages, materials, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, video, graphics, applications, code, or other items or materials.
  • Program Materials: software, software development kits, libraries, application programming interfaces (“APIs”), services, documentation, specifications, sample code, data, metadata, technology, tools, trademarks and any other related or ancillary materials and information that are made available under the Kick API Terms to you by or on behalf of Kick pursuant to the program you participate in on the corresponding Schedule of the Kick API Terms. For clarity, access to and use of Program Materials may or may not require creation of a Kick developer account.

(b). The Program Materials are the intellectual property of Kick or its licensors. The Program Materials are licensed, not sold, to Participants for the purposes of participating in the Hackathon and developing the Team Submissions and Kick retains and reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. You expressly acknowledge that Kick, its licensors, and its end users retain all worldwide rights, titles, and interest in and to the Program Materials, the services covered in Kick’s Terms of Service, and Kick Content, including all rights in patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, data, insights into such data (including all derivative works, applications therefor), and all proprietary rights under the laws of any jurisdiction, or any treaty.

(c). Subject to clauses 7(b) and 7(e), all intellectual property rights in each Team Submission are retained by Participants.

(d). Participants agree to grant Kick a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, assignable, sub-licensable right and licence to use in any way (including to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, commercialise, and create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit) the Team Submissions for any purpose, including all intellectual property rights in any joint or individual contribution made by Participants to a Team Submission. 

(e). Improvements and modifications to the Program Materials created by You or that form part of Team Submissions shall be solely owned by Kick. However, if You can demonstrate that your modifications or improvements are separable from or do not incorporate or derive from the Program Materials and constitute a separate and independent work of authorship, then You will retain ownership of such modifications or improvements, subject to a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, assignable, transferable, sub-licensable right and licence granted to Kick to use (including to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, commercialise, and create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit) such modifications or improvements for any purpose.

(f). Where a Team Submission incorporates any third party tools, intellectual property, or materials, each Participant warrants that they have the right to grant Kick the licence under clause 7(d) in respect of those third party components. To the extent that any third party licence terms do not permit such a grant, the relevant Participant must request approval from Easygo in writing prior to using or incorporating such third party tools, intellectual property, or materials, as part of the Team Submission.

(g). Each Participant agrees to execute any further documents and do all things reasonably required by Easygo Entities to give effect to the rights and licences granted in clauses 7(d) and 7(e).

(h). Participants must not transfer, license or otherwise dispose of any rights in or in relation to a Team Submission that may be granted in accordance with clauses 7(c) and 7(e) (including individually in respect of their share in the rights) without first offering Kick the right to acquire those rights on the same terms and conditions proposed with any third party in accordance with this clause ("ROFR Notice"). The ROFR Notice must be sent to Kick in writing to an email address nominated by Kick and must identify the relevant rights, specify the proposed terms in full, and include a copy of any draft agreement with the proposed third party. Kick will have 90 days from the date that Kick confirms receipt of the ROFR Notice in writing to elect to acquire the relevant rights on the terms in the ROFR Notice. If Kick does not elect to acquire the rights, Participants may proceed with the proposed transaction with the third party on terms no more favourable than those set out in the ROFR Notice. If the proposed terms in the transaction with the third party change in any way, Participants must issue a new ROFR Notice to Kick before proceeding. Any transfer of intellectual property rights in or in relation to a Team Submission to a third party pursuant to this clause must be made expressly subject to the licences granted to Kick under clauses 7(d) and 7(e) and Participants must include a condition to that effect in any transfer agreement with the third party. Any purported transfer, licence, or disposition of rights in breach of this clause will be void and of no effect.

(i). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant consents to Easygo Entities using any Team Submission in a manner that may otherwise infringe the Participant's Moral Rights under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), including without limitation by modifying, adapting, or using the Team Submission without attribution. If such Moral Rights cannot be waived under any applicable law, You agree that You will not exercise such Moral Rights in any manner that interferes with the rights and licences granted under clauses 7(d) and 7(e).

8. Publicity Release

Subject to applicable laws, each Participant hereby grants Easygo Entities the irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, free of charge, royalty-free, worldwide right and permission to use, publish, post, translate, modify, edit, combine, disassemble, distribute, make available by wire or wireless means, publicly perform, and/or display in any medium now known or hereafter discovered, all participant information (and photographs or videography containing the Participants unless Participants expressly opt out of such photography and videography) in each case for advertising, trade, promotional, and publicity purposes, in connection with the Mini Hackathon and its promotion, without further compensation of any kind and without any further notice. Each Participant hereby waives any right to inspect or approve any such use and releases Easy Entities from any and all liability related to such uses. Each Participant agrees and understands that information on websites, such as participant information, can be viewed throughout the world and that some overseas countries may provide lower levels of protection to the rights of individuals compared to other countries.

9. Warranty 

(a). By entering the Mini Hackathon, You represent and warrant that: 

  • the Registration Submission (including any personal details, contact information, or other data provided by You) submitted by You is true, accurate, complete, and not misleading;
  • the content You submit or contribute as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon will be Yours and Your teammates’ original work, created solely by You and your teammates or, if the content involves any work created in collaboration with others outside of the Mini Hackathon or any third party tool, intellectual property or material, You have obtained all necessary rights, licences, permissions, and consents to submit the content; 
  • the content You submit or contribute as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon will not infringe upon or violate any intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or patents) of any third party; 
  • the content You submit as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon will not incorporate, in whole or in part, any material from pre-existing works, unless such material is in the public domain or You have obtained all necessary licences or permissions for its use; 
  • there are no disputes, claims, or challenges regarding ownership, authorship, or rights associated with the content You submit as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon. You agree to notify Easygo immediately if any such disputes, claims, or challenges arise; and 
  • the content You submit as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon and its use by Easygo Entities will not violate any third-party rights, including but not limited to intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or moral rights or subject Easygo Entities to any claims, demands, or litigation.
10. Indemnity

You indemnify and hold harmless Easygo Entities from any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) that arise from or relate to any breach of the warranties in clause 9 or in relation to content You submit as part of any Team Submission during the Mini Hackathon.

11. Data Privacy

(a). By entering the Mini Hackathon, You consent to Easygo collecting, storing, and using any personal information provided by You in accordance with Easygo’s Privacy Policy (available here: EASYGO GROUP PRIVACY POLICY ). This may include the use of personal information to administer the Mini Hackathon, contact winners, and provide prizes.

(b). Easygo will not share personal information with third parties except where required to administer the Mini Hackathon or as outlined in the Privacy Policy.

12. Limitation of liability

(a). To the fullest extent permitted by law, Easygo Entities will not be liable to You for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages or any loss, damage, injury, or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Mini Hackathon, including but not limited to technical malfunctions, errors, or interruptions that may prevent or interfere with participation in the Mini Hackathon, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

(b). Easygo Entities make no warranty or representation that Teams will be of equal size, skill, or composition or that the Challenges will be of equal difficulty. Without limiting the foregoing and clause 12(a), Easygo Entities will not be liable for any claim arising from or in connection with Team allocation, Team composition, Team size, the relative skill or experience level of any Team or Participant or the difficulty of the Challenges.

(a). Governing Law and Jurisdiction: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia, and Participant agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Victoria, Australia for any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms.

(b). Modifications: Easygo reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, or cancel the Mini Hackathon at any time and for any reason, including but not limited to technical issues, fraud, or other unforeseen events.

  • If the Mini Hackathon is cancelled or modified, Easygo will provide a notice to the participants as soon as possible.
  • To the fullest extent permitted by law, Easygo Entities will not be liable for any costs or losses resulting from modifications or cancellation of the Mini Hackathon. 
  • Easygo may modify these Terms at any time. Changes that materially affect Participants’ rights or obligations will be communicated to Participants. Participants who do not agree to any material changes to these Terms may withdraw from the Mini Hackathon. Where a Participant withdraws from the Mini Hackathon following a material change to these Terms, that Participant will forfeit any entitlement to a prize. Easygo will determine in its sole discretion whether the remaining members of that Participant's Team may continue to participate in the Mini Hackathon and/or whether and how any prize will be distributed among the remaining Team members if the Participant is part of a winning Team.

(c). Dispute Resolution: Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Mini Hackathon shall first be attempted to be resolved through good-faith negotiation between the parties. If the dispute cannot be resolved within 30 days, the parties agree to submit the dispute to mediation before a mutually agreed mediator in Victoria, Australia. If mediation fails, the dispute shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). 

(d). No Agency: Your participation in the Mini Hackathon does not imply or constitute any form of agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, principal-representative, or franchisor-franchisee relationship between You and Easygo Entities. 

(e). Force Majeure: Easygo Entities shall not be held liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations under these Terms due to events beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, government restrictions, or technical failures.

(f). Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

(g). Conflicting Policy: In the event of a conflict between these Terms and any of the policies referred to or incorporated in these Terms (including the Kick API Terms, Kick’s Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and Privacy Policy), these Terms shall prevail.

(h). Entire Agreement: Subject to clause 13(g), these Terms constitute the entire agreement between the Participant and Easygo Entities concerning the Mini Hackathon, superseding any prior agreements or understandings.

(i). Australian Consumer Law: Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or remedy, or any guarantee, warranty, or other term or condition, implied or imposed by Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (“Australian Consumer Law”) that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.