Right on the Net: Competition for the Healthy Use of Technology!

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY!

Welcome to the Bem na Rede Competition website, called Curious ("Platform”)! These Terms of Use (“Terms”) describe the terms and conditions applicable to your access and use of the Platform, which is a legally binding agreement between you as the user(s) of the Platform (hereinafter referred to as "you" or "user") and Juntô! together with Felipe Neto Institute (hereinafter also referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”) for you participation in the Bem na Rede Competition (“Competition”).

For the avoidance of doubt, the Competition is a free, skill-based contest and is not a “commercial promotion” for purposes of Brazilian Law No. 5.768/1971. Winners are not selected by luck, chance, or random draw; participants are evaluated against the determined criteria established in the Competition Manual. No purchase or payment is required to enter or win. Accordingly, no authorization from the competent Brazilian authorities is required or being sought.

1.     Introduction

1.1.         For purposes of this project, the Competition invites young people aged 16 to 20 to create a short, simple website with the aim of helping other young people develop healthier digital habits. You will be presented to a Consent Form, which must be filled in by you or by your legal representatives (if you are under 18 years old) for your participation in the Competition.

1.2.         The challenge of this first edition is to create ideas that help children and teenagers use technology in a safer and more positive way — strengthening self-confidence, raising awareness, and giving them more control over how they use the internet in their daily lives.

1.3.         Furthermore, projects can consider ways to make interventions relevant to diverse Brazilian realities – whether urban or rural, indigenous communities, quilombolas, riverside communities, favelas, or peripheral areas – recognizing that each territory has unique ways of living and accessing technology.

1.4.         This type of quick, 10-minute intervention is called a Single Session Intervention (“SSI”). They're so named because they don't require multiple meetings or lengthy follow-ups to generate impact, but even though they're short, they can bring significant benefits to people. To learn more about SSIs, please visit the “What is a Single-Session Intervention?[PNA1] ” document we have prepared.

1.5.         For detailed information on the Competition, including instructions on how to develop and submit your SSI, prizes involved in the Competition, SSI’s requirements and evaluation and selection criteria may be found in the Competition Manual[PNA2] . Please read the Competition Manual carefully before submitting your SSI.   

2.     Application and acceptance of the Terms

2.1.         To participate in the Competition, you must create an account on the Platform, since you will submit your work through the Platform. You must also read and acknowledge the terms of our Privacy Policy[PNA3] , which contains clear and complete information regarding the collection, use, storage, processing, and protection of your personal data.

2.2.         Your access to and use of the Platform is subject to these Terms as well as our Privacy Policy and any other rules and policies of the Platform that we may publish from time to time. By accessing and using the Platform, you expressly understand, acknowledge and agree that you read and understood the Terms and agree to be bound by these Terms.

2.3.         If you are over 16 years old and under 18 years old, you need your parents or legal guardians to assist you while on our Platform.

2.4.         We may amend these Terms at any time by posting relevant amended and restated Terms on the Platform, if prior notification is provided. By continuing to access or use the Platform, you agree that the amended and restated Terms will apply to you.

2.5.         The Terms are shown in Portuguese and/or other languages. You agree that in case of any discrepancy between the languages, the Portuguese language version shall prevail.

3.     Users’ general obligations

3.1.         Subject to these Terms, we hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to access and use the Platform by displaying it on your internet browser, for our website only for the purpose of allowing your participation in the Competition.

3.2.         Any breach of this Terms shall result in the immediate revocation of the license granted in this paragraph without notice to you.

3.3.         As a condition of your access to and use of the Services, you agree that you will comply with all applicable laws and regulations when accessing or using the Platform.

3.4.         You agree that (a) you will not copy, reproduce, download, re-publish, sell, distribute or resell any part of the Platform; and (b) you will not copy, reproduce, download compile or otherwise use any part of the Platform for the purposes of operating a business that competes with us.

3.5.         Systematic retrieval of parts of the Platform to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory (whether through robots, spiders, automatic devices or manual processes) without written permission from us is prohibited.

3.6.         In addition to the previous paragraph, you shall not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Platform any content, information, or other material that: (a) violates or infringes the copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, image and voice rights or other proprietary rights of any person; (b) is libelous, threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, pornographic, offensive or could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under local or international law; (c) violates third party’s privacy, reputation and honor; (d) violates any applicable law or regulation; (d) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive, including “trolling”; (e) promotes discrimination, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (f) is violent, bullying, or threatening or promotes violence, terrorism, or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; (g) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances; (h) harms or attempts to harm minors in any way; (i) includes any bugs, logic bombs, viruses, worms, trap doors, Trojan horses or other code, material or properties which are malicious or technologically harmful; (j) involves anti-democratic conducts and acts, under the terms of the criminal types provided for in Articles 296, sole paragraph; and 59-L, 359-M, 359-N, 359-P, and 359-R of the Brazilian Criminal Code; (k) involves terrorism or preparatory crimes for terrorism; (l) involves crimes of inducement, instigation or assistance to suicide or self-harm; (m) is incitement to discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexuality or gender identity, homophobic and transphobic conduct; (n) involves crimes against women due to the condition of the female sex, including hate speech and misogynistic content; (o) involves sexual crimes against vulnerable people, child pornography, serious crimes against children and adolescents; and (p) involves human trafficking.

3.7.         Additionally, you may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Platform any content, information, or other material that constitutes crime against honor and constitutes content already deemed unlawful by a court order.

3.8.         You agree not to undertake any action to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks of us and/or any other user nor to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks.

4.     User accounts

4.1.         Users must be registered on the Platform to participate in the Competition. Except with our approval, one user may only register one member account on the Platform.

4.2.         You will be required to provide information as part of the registration process on the Platform. Each user represents, warrants and agrees that (a) such information and material whether submitted during the registration process or thereafter throughout the Competition is true, accurate, current and complete, and (b) you will maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

4.3.         We will not proactively ask you to provide your account username and password at any time. Therefore, it is recommended that you keep your account safe and ensure that you log out and leave the Platform in a correct manner. We are not responsible for the losses and consequences caused by your active disclosure of the account or due to attacks, fraud, etc. by others (unless we have fault thereof). You are supposed to seek compensation from the infringer through legal and administrative remedies and/or others.

4.4.         We may cancel or terminate your account if we have reasons to suspect that you have concurrently registered or is in control of two or more accounts.

4.5.         Your login is unique to a single account. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your login to the Platform.

5.     Submission of your SSI

5.1.         Once you are registered in the Platform, you will be able to upload and submit your SSI. Please pay attention to the submission deadline, which is January 10, 2026.

5.2.         As provided in the Competition Manual, your SSI could be developed individually, in pairs or in groups of 3 people.

5.3.         Your SSI shall impact at least one of the following areas: (1) raise awareness of the impact of technology on well-being; (2) increase perceived control over technology use; or (3) develop confidence in setting personal technology boundaries.

5.4.         When you have your SSI ready for submission, you must also provide:

(i)             a brief summary (1-2 pages) explaining about your intervention, in Portuguese and in the PDF format;

(ii)            an audiovisual material of up to 5 minutes explaining your SSI; and

(iii)           any other supporting material to help us understand your SSI proposal.

5.5.         All material you submit will be under the license Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as this allows others, including us, to reuse or adapt your project for non-commercial purposes, as long as you give appropriate credit and share any changes under the same terms. You can read about this license in the Creative Commons website.

6.     Evaluation criteria

6.1.         All evaluation criteria are disclosed in the Competition Manual. You should read the Competition Manual carefully.

6.2.         Evaluation criteria include the following:

(i)             Clarity and objectivity

(ii)            Alignment with the Competition’s objectives

(iii)           Originality and visual creativity

(iv)           Feasibility and applicability

(v)            Potential impact

(vi)           Accessible and inclusive language

(vii)         Functional execution on the Platform

7.     Judging committee

7.1.         The jury will be composed of 10 professionals, including:

(i)             1 specialist in child and adolescent mental health

(ii)            1 youth educator or researcher

(iii)           1 educator or researcher in communication and mental health

(iv)           1 person with community experience or work with diversity/intersectionality

(v)            1 expert in impact assessment or evidence-based methodologies

(vi)           1 institutional representative in Brazil (Juntô, Instituto Felipe Neto or IEPS)

(vii)         1 international institutional representative (Child Mind Institute/SNF)

(viii)        2 young people invited to incorporate the generational perspective into the evaluation (Young Committee)

(ix)           1 professional in the field of technology, design, or digital well-being to evaluate the functionality of the intervention in the Platform.

7.2.         This number allows us to consider technical perspectives (such as mental health, education, digital design and impact assessment), institutional perspectives (project representatives in Brazil and internationally) and community perspectives (young people, social leaders and voices with intersectional experiences).

7.3.          The jury will review all submitted SSIs and will announce the 3 winners in March 2026.

8.     User’s Responsibilities

8.1.         Each user represents, warrants and agrees that (a) you have full power and authority to accept the Terms, to grant the license and authorization and to perform the obligations hereunder; (b) your access and use of the Platform will be for Competition purposes only.

8.2.         Please notify us immediately if you find any unauthorized use of your account to log in to the Platform or other situations that may cause your account stolen or lost. You understand that we will take reasonable time to act on any request you make and that we will take action in response to your request.

9.     Breaches by users and termination

9.1.         Unless otherwise regulated by law we reserve the right in our sole discretion to remove, modify or reject your use of the Platform if we reasonably believe you have (i) violated any applicable laws and regulations, (ii) violated the Terms hereunder, (iii) posted content that could subject us to liability, (iv) infringed any third party rights, (v) acted in a way that could harm the interests of our users, third party or us, (vi) been found otherwise inappropriate in our sole discretion.

9.2.         We reserve the right to cooperate fully with governmental or regulatory authorities, law enforcement bodies, private investigators and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing.

9.3.         We may, at any time and in our reasonable discretion, impose limitations on, suspend or terminate your use of the Platform without being liable to you if we have received notice that you are in breach of this Terms.

10.  Limitation of liability

10.1.      TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", AND WE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, AND UNDERTAKINGS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.

10.2.      ALTHOUGH WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE CORRECTNESS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED ON PLATFORM, WE DISCLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE PLATFROM IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

10.3.      Each User hereby agrees to indemnify and hold us, our directors, officers and employees harmless, from any and all losses, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from such User's access to or use of the Platform which may arise from user's breach of any representations and warranties made by user to us, including but not limited to those set forth in these Terms. 

10.1.       Each User hereby further agrees to indemnify and save us, our affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless, from any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of any claims asserted by Third Party Rights claimants or other third parties relating to the User Content, information displayed on the Platform. Each User hereby further agrees that we are not responsible and shall have no liability to you, for any material posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damages from such material rests entirely with each User. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you shall cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.

11.  Intellectual Property Rights

11.1.      We are the sole owner or lawful licensee of all the rights and interests in the Platform. The Platform embody trade secrets and other intellectual property rights protected under worldwide copyright and other laws. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Platform shall remain with us, as the case may be. All rights not otherwise claimed under the Terms or by us are hereby reserved.

12.  General Provisions

12.1.      Subject to any additional agreements, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of the Platform.

12.2.      We and you are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by the Terms.

12.3.       If any provisions of the Terms are held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deleted and the remaining provisions shall remain valid and be enforced.

12.4.      Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such clause.

12.5.      Our failure to enforce any right or failure to act with respect to any breach by you under the Terms will not constitute a waiver of that right nor a waiver of our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

12.6.      We shall have the right to assign the Terms (including all of our rights, titles, benefits, interests, and obligations and duties in the Terms) to any person or entity (including any affiliates of us). You may not assign, in whole or part, the Terms to any person or entity.

12.7.      PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS SECTION CONTAINS PROVISIONS GOVERNING HOW DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE RESOLVED. THE TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY LAWS OF BRAZIL WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS.

12.8.      We are available via customer service center to address any concerns you may have regarding your use of Platform. Most concerns can be resolved promptly in this manner. You and we agree to make best efforts to resolve any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement directly through good-faith consultations and negotiations.

12.9.      UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LOCAL LAWS, ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY, DIFFERENCE OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TERMS, INCLUDING THE EXISTENCE, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, PERFORMANCE, BREACH OR TERMINATION THEREOF OR ANY DISPUTE REGARDING NONCONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO IT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AND FINALLY RESOLVED BY THE COURTS OF SÃO PAULO, SP.

13.  More information about us

13.1.      Juntô. Juntô is an initiative launched by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute.

13.2.      Juntô's goal is to strengthen the mental health of Brazilian children and adolescents through evidence-based approaches. We promote and support innovative and scalable solutions that are sensitive to local context and culture, playing a key role in advancing the prevention, assessment, and treatment of mental health challenges. We encourage collaboration with local experts to expand access to effective services and free public resources, in addition to improving the training of professionals and those who work directly with our target audience.

13.3.      Felipe Neto Institute. The Felipe Neto Institute is a nonprofit civil society organization created to positively impact the lives of children, adolescents, and young adults. We work on three main fronts: mental health, media literacy, and philanthropy.

13.4.      Our commitment is to promote well-being, critical thinking, and social responsibility among new generations, preparing them to navigate the challenges of the contemporary world with confidence.