Terms and Conditions of the “Solve for Tomorrow Latam” platform

Effective Date: February 15th, 2023

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE APPLICATION.

SOLVE FOR TOMORROW LATAM (“Platform”) is a Platform developed and provided by the Regional Office of Samsung Eletrônica da Amazônia Ltda. for Latin America (“Samsung Latin America Office”) for Samsung’s global corporate citizenship program, Solve for Tomorrow, which has the purpose of enhancing young people’s interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM education) by seeking solutions to local challenges that affect their lives and communities. Built from the practical experiences of Solve for Tomorrow, this Platform aims to recognize and strengthen the network of professors engaged with the program in Latin America, offer content created by educators to other users, favoring the exchange of knowledge from various countries and contexts, in addition to systematizing Solve for Tomorrow’s memory in the region.

On the Platform, you (The User) will find services such as:

  • Information about the Solve for Tomorrow program in Latin America
  • Texts to deepen your knowledge in teaching methodologies stimulated by Solve for Tomorrow
  • Inspiring practices systematized from interviews with teachers who participated in Solve for Tomorrow in Latin America
  • Gallery of projects with experience reports from professors participating in Solve for Tomorrow in Latin America
  • Material Bank with selected resources to support the implementation of STEM projects at school
  • Glossary with quick definitions of important concepts for conducting STEM projects
  • Samsung corporate messaging

By creating the user or using the Platform, you accept these Platform Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) and confirm that:

  1. You are over 18 years of age; or
  2. You are a minor (“Minor”) under the age of 18 who has reviewed these Terms with your parent or legal guardian to understand and accept the terms and conditions of these Terms; 
  3. If you are a parent or legal representative who allows a Minor to use the Platform, you agree to (i) supervise the Minor’s use of the Platform; (ii) assume any risks associated with the Minor’s use of the Platform, (iii) assume any liability resulting from Minor’s use of the Platform; (iv) ensure the accuracy and veracity of all information submitted by the Minor; and (v) assume responsibilities and obligations related to these Terms regarding access and use of the Platform by the Minor; It is
  4. You may be prevented from creating a user or using our Platform due to our content accessibility policy for minors under applicable laws and regulations in your country.

Do not use this platform if you are under 18 years old and do not have guidance and acceptance from your parents or legal representatives.

From time to time, we may modify these Terms, for example, to reflect legal changes or even changes to the Platform itself. If you have substantial changes affecting your use of the Platform, we will try to notify you in advance.

1. Grant of License and Restrictions

1.1 Samsung hereby grants the User the free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, personal, and revocable right and license to access and use the Platform solely for the User’s personal use.

1.2 The User acknowledges and agrees that Samsung may use third-party companies, contracted as technical service providers, for the technical maintenance and operation of the flow of information exchanged on the Platform.

2. Security

2.1 Samsung works hard to protect the safety of all Platform Users.

2.2 To help Samsung fulfill these purposes, the User agrees to:

  • Not to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or make any attempt to discover the Platform’s source code or algorithms.
  • Do not modify or disable any feature of the Platform.
  • Do not lend or sublicense any content on the Platform.
  • Do not violate our intellectual property or the rights of third parties using the Platform.
  • Not to use the Platform in any way that violates these Terms or any laws, rules, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, or any other requirements of regulatory authorities.
  • Not to use the Platform in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair, or compromise our systems or our security or interfere with other users.
  • Not to collect any information or data from the Platform, such as but not limited to, copying, extracting, transferring, or improperly using images and texts.

2.3 If User breaches, or Samsung suspects that User has breached, any provision of these Terms, Samsung may immediately (i) suspend or revoke User’s use of the Platform; (ii) prevent access to the Platform and/or (iii) take appropriate judicial and extrajudicial measures under the law.

3. Confidentiality

The Platform is exclusively intended for implementing and disseminating Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow program, and the target audience will be defined according to Samsung’s internal criteria. All information, content, and images are confidential, unless they are content made available or published with the consent of the users themselves in the areas intended for this purpose, such as, for example, the content dealt with in section “6. User Content” of these Terms and Conditions. The User must not make use of these without permission from Samsung.

4. Privacy and Protection of Personal Data

See our Privacy Policy to learn more about how Samsung protects and handles personal data and information when the User uses the Platform.

5. Third-Party Applications

The Platform may include links or access to Third Party Applications. Such access may not be construed as an endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Samsung exercises no control over these other Third-Party Applications and is not responsible for their availability, functionality, quality, content, advertising, products, or other materials. Samsung shall not be liable, directly, or indirectly, for any damage or loss (including loss of data) incurred or suffered by any user in connection therewith. Your access to and use of Third-Party Applications, including information, material, products, and offerings therefrom, is solely at your own risk. Use of Third-Party Applications may require your agreement to separate written terms and conditions.

6. User Content

Some features of our Platform allow you to share content such as projects presented in local editions of Solve for Tomorrow in Latin America, comments, messages, or documents. By sharing content, the User continues to own the intellectual property rights to their content and is free to share the content with anyone else in any way they choose. However, to submit your content on our Platform, you must grant us a license to the content that you create or upload using our Platform. By uploading, transmitting, creating, publishing, displaying, or otherwise providing any information, materials, documents, media files, or other content on or through our service (“User Content”), you grant us a free license, free of royalty, irrevocable, unlimited, global, and non-exclusive rights to copy, reproduce, adapt, modify, edit, distribute, translate, publish, publicly perform, and publicly display such User Content (“User Content License”). We do our best to keep User Content secure, but we are not responsible if any content or other data of yours is lost and/or if it causes any consequences or liabilities in connection with this Content (including the loss or damage suffered or incurred by us or other users). Specifically for the Project Gallery menu, when submitting a project to be made available in the said menu, you undertake to guarantee the granting of the User Content License by all members of the team that developed the project (students and teachers).

7. Who should the User contact in case of queries?

If the User needs clarification on these Terms and/or on Samsung’s practices, please contact the area responsible for Solve For Tomorrow or send an e-mail to:

– Email: sftlatam@samsung.com