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Terms of Service

The complete Terms of Service for the High School Entrepreneurship Olympiad can be found below.

By registering for HSEO, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.

Our complete Terms of Service are listed below. These terms govern your use of the HSEO website, registration process, competition participation, and all related services.

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Effective Date: January 1, 2026

Last Updated: March 8, 2026

1. Scope and Acceptance

By accessing this website, registering for HSEO, or submitting competition materials, you agree to these Terms of Service. These Terms apply to all public informational pages, registration steps, participant dashboards, timed assessments, scholarship submissions, and organizer communications associated with HSEO.

2. Eligibility and Account Responsibility

  1. Participants must provide complete and accurate registration information.
  2. Account credentials must be kept confidential by coaches and students.
  3. HSEO may suspend or terminate access for inaccurate, fraudulent, or misleading account activity.

Teams should treat login credentials, roster data, and school affiliation records as official competition records. Shared or misused credentials can affect eligibility and result handling.

3. Academic Integrity and Original Work

  1. All responses, submissions, and scholarship materials must be original work by registered participants.
  2. Plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, or external assistance may result in disqualification.
  3. Integrity determinations made by HSEO are final.

The platform is built for individual and team evaluation under controlled conditions. Work that is copied, coached during testing, or produced with outside assistance undermines the competition and may be removed from scoring.

4. Competition Operations and Scoring

  1. HSEO may adjust schedules, deadlines, and procedural rules when reasonably necessary.
  2. Late, incomplete, or non-compliant submissions may be excluded from scoring.
  3. Official rankings and awards are released after moderation and verification.
  4. If participants or teams are tied on score, the tie will be broken by the faster test completion time.

Competition timelines, publication windows, and procedural decisions are managed centrally so HSEO can preserve fairness, operational continuity, and score verification quality.

5. Data Use and Communications

  1. Submitted information is used to administer registration, competition access, and results communications.
  2. HSEO may send operational messages related to deadlines, credentials, and participation status.
  3. HSEO may publish anonymized aggregate data (for example, participation totals by year or region).

Operational emails and participant records are part of running the Olympiad. Aggregate reporting may be used for program statistics in a way that protects private participant information.

6. Policy Changes and Contact

HSEO may revise these Terms periodically. Continued use of the website or competition portal after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Questions may be directed to admin@hseolympiad.org.