Telstra IoT Fest 2026

PARTICIPANT TERMS

This hackathon is conducted by Telstra Limited (ABN 64 086 174 781). Participation in in the Hackathon is subject to these terms and to Telstra's privacy statement telstra.com.au/privacy/ (together the Terms). By participating in an event, you agree to be bound by both the Terms for the individual event and this site.

Please note: When you initially register Name, Surname and Screen Name is required and will be visible to other participants. However, if you would like to show your Screen Name only you can edit your profile by removing Name and Surname under basic information. If you complete any other information under profile 'basic information' this will be visible by other participants. Your email address will not be visible to other participants, only Telstra administrators of the site. Individuals must not share information of other participants on the portal.

Your active participation in the hackathon is vital to helping make the event a success. In participating, we ask that you:

• play nicely with your fellow team members and other event attendees (Participants);

• do all that you can to make sure your solution and your pitch is the best it can be; and

• submit appropriate content; any inappropriate or off-topic content may be subject to removal

• comply with our directions with respect to your health and safety during the Hackathon.

Use only your own ideas and material

We may provide you with materials and ideas for use for the purposes of the Hackathon (Our Material).

Some of our partners (Partners) and volunteer judges (Judges) will also be involved in the Hackathon and may provide material for use during the Hackathon (Partner Material).

Besides Our Material and Partner Material, any ideas or materials that you use for the purposes of the Hackathon (Your Material) must:

• be something in which you own all intellectual property rights; and

• not be subject to any law or obligation that prohibits their use for the purposes of the Hackathon.

Intellectual property

We own or have a license to use Our Material and will own anything based on or incorporating Our Material. The Partners will retain ownership of Partner Material.

You will retain ownership of Your Material. However, we may use Your Material for the purposes of conducting and promoting the Hackathon.

Neither you nor us, our Partners or Judges are, because of the Hackathon or participation in it:

• precluded from using any ideas, concepts, expression, know-how, skills and experience possessed before or developed or learned during the course of the Hackathon;

• obliged to enter into any agreement with any other person; or

• precluded from entering into an agreement or discussion with any other person.

If you are taking part in the Hackathon as a representative of your employer, nothing in these Terms will override your obligations under your agreement with your employer, including in relation to ownership of intellectual property or confidentiality.

Use of APIs and Data

We may give you access to APIs, data, software, credentials and related materials for the Hackathon (Hackathon Resources).

You may only use the APIs for your Hackathon entry and in accordance with any instructions, limits and specific terms we provide.

You must not:

• use the APIs for any production or commercial purpose, or share credentials outside your team;

• exceed any limits, interfere with security or attempt unauthorized access; or

• bulk extract data, or use data to identify, profile or re-identify anyone.

Keep credentials secure and promptly tell us if they are compromised or misused.

We may monitor or limit use and suspend or end access to the APIs to protect our systems, data or others, or if you breach these Terms.

The Hackathon Resources are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties to the extent permitted by law.

Unless we agree otherwise, access to the APIs ends with the Hackathon. You must then stop using Hackathon Resources and delete any credentials we provided.

Keeping things confidential

During the Hackathon you may receive information, including Our Material (Confidential Information) that is confidential to us, our Partners, other Participants or the Judges (each a discloser). You must keep the Confidential Information confidential, and not use or disclose it, except for the purposes of the Hackathon or with the consent of the discloser. You must destroy all copies of that Confidential Information within 14 days of a request by a discloser.

Privacy

We may share your contact details with our Partners and the Judges, who may use your contact details to contact you about the Hackathon, or any matter arising out of or in relation to the Hackathon. We may use your name and picture in accounts of the Hackathon or promotion of future Hackathons.

Liability

You acknowledge that you are participating in the Hackathon voluntarily and at your own risk. To the extent permitted by law, you release us, our Partners and the Judges from any liability for any loss, injury or damage that you may suffer or incur arising from your participation in the Hackathon.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia.

Before using this platform, please ensure you read, understand and accept the T&Cs/applicable Privacy policies which outline how BrightIdea and Telstra manage (e.g., collect, use, disclose, store) your personal information.

1.  BrightIdea Privacy Policy

2. For Telstra customers, partner or members of the public refer to Telstra Privacy Policy

3. For Telstra employees and contractors, please refer to the Telstra Group Employee and Contractor Privacy Statement on 'Ask HR'

This tool is administered by the Telstra P&T muru-D Team. 

Contact us: muru-D@team.telstra.com