Fair Play & Anti-Cheat Policy

The Skollar Quiz 2026 spans four formats — the Skollar Global Quiz 2026, the Skollar Global Junior Quiz 2026, the Skollar India Quiz 2026, and the Skollar India Junior Quiz 2026 — each with its own leaderboard, prize pool, and participants. When even one person cheats, they do not just bend a rule; they take a ranking, a prize, and a certificate that an honest student earned.

Fair play protects three things at once:

• The competition. Scores and rankings are only meaningful if everyone answers under the same conditions — 100 multiple-choice questions, 2 hours, on your format's scheduled date (one format per day, 10–13 August 2026), across the same 10 syllabus categories.
• The prizes. Cash prizes are awarded on merit. A compromised result is not a result at all, and we will not pay it out.
• Your certificate. Every participant receives a digital certificate. That certificate is only worth something because the competition behind it is credible.

Choosing to compete honestly is the single most important commitment you make when you register. The rest of this policy simply explains what that commitment means in practice.

This policy applies to every registered participant in any Skollar Quiz 2026 format, regardless of country or age band. The main formats are open to participants aged 18–30, and the Junior formats are open to Grade 8–12 students.

For participants who are minors under their local law, a parent or legal guardian is responsible for supervising registration and ensuring the participant understands and follows these fair-play rules. Both the participant and their guardian are bound by this policy. Registrations are per-format, and the rules apply independently to each format you enter.

By registering and taking part, you agree to:

• Compete as yourself. Take the quiz personally, using only your own knowledge and reasoning during the exam window.
• Register once per format. Use one genuine account and one registration per format, with accurate personal details.
• Follow instructions on the day. Respect the start time, the 2-hour limit, the proctoring requirements, and any instructions from the quiz platform or organizers.
• Keep the contest contained. Do not seek, give, or accept outside help, and do not share questions or answers with anyone during the live quiz.
• Be honest in every interaction. Provide truthful information during registration, identity verification, prize claims, and any appeal.
• Treat people with respect. Be courteous to organizers, support staff, proctors, and fellow participants.

This code is not exhaustive. The spirit of it — compete honestly, as yourself, on your own merit — governs situations these words may not have anticipated.

The Skollar Quiz 2026 is a proctored, anti-cheat–monitored competition. Monitoring exists for one reason: to protect honest participants by detecting and deterring cheating. We aim to collect only what is reasonably needed for that purpose, in line with our Terms of Service and privacy practices.

What monitoring may involve. Depending on your format and the platform configuration, monitoring can include some or all of the following during the live quiz window:

• Your quiz responses, timing, and score, and patterns in how answers are submitted.
• Basic device and usage signals (for example, browser, approximate session activity, and similar technical metadata).
• Anti-cheat checks intended to detect prohibited behavior such as automation, answer-sharing, or multiple sessions.
• Identity verification at the point of prize payout (described in its own section below).

What we do not do. We do not store full payment-card details — all payments are handled by third-party processors (PayPal for Global formats; Razorpay or PayU for India formats), and we receive only payment metadata such as a transaction reference and status. We do not use anti-cheat monitoring as a pretext to harvest personal data unrelated to fair play, and we do not sell monitoring data.

The specific personal data we collect for the quiz typically includes your name, email, phone (optional), age or grade, country or region, payment metadata, your quiz responses and scores, and basic device and usage data. We handle this in alignment with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and the Information Technology Act, 2000 with the SPDI Rules, 2011, and we apply the same standards of care to participants outside India. We do not claim any external compliance certification.

The following are strictly prohibited before, during, and after the quiz. This list describes common forms of cheating; conduct that is dishonest in nature is prohibited even if it is not named here.

• External help. Receiving assistance from another person, from a search engine, from an AI assistant, or from any reference material during the live quiz, except where a question or the official rules explicitly permit it.
• Multiple accounts or registrations. Creating more than one account, or registering more than once in the same format, to gain extra attempts or any advantage.
• Impersonation. Having someone else take the quiz for you, taking it on someone else’s behalf, or registering or claiming a prize using another person’s identity.
• Automation and bots. Using scripts, bots, macros, automated tools, or any software designed to answer questions, harvest content, or interfere with scoring, proctoring, or the platform.
• Sharing questions or answers. Capturing, copying, leaking, selling, or distributing quiz questions or answers — including by screenshot, recording, messaging, or posting — at any time.
• Plagiarism and content theft. Submitting work that is not your own where a format calls for original responses, or reproducing protected quiz content as your own.
• Tampering and manipulation. Attempting to bypass proctoring, manipulate timers or scores, exploit bugs for advantage, or otherwise interfere with the integrity of the competition.
• Collusion. Coordinating with other participants to share answers, split work, or manipulate rankings or prize outcomes.

If you are unsure whether something is allowed, treat it as not allowed and ask us first at quiz@skollar.club.

Cash prizes are real money, so before we disburse them we verify that the winner is who they say they are. Prize payouts are made by PayPal or international bank transfer for Global formats and by NEFT or IMPS bank transfer for India formats, typically within ~30 days of results being confirmed.

To receive a prize, a winner (or, for a minor, their parent/guardian) may be asked to:

• Provide a valid government-issued photo ID that matches the registered details.
• Confirm eligibility for the entered format (for example, the age band or grade requirement).
• Provide accurate payout details (such as a verified PayPal account or bank account information) for the relevant currency and method.
• Complete any further checks reasonably required to comply with applicable law and to prevent fraud.

We use verification data only to confirm eligibility and to disburse the prize, and we handle it in line with the DPDP Act 2023 and the IT Act 2000 / SPDI Rules 2011. If a winner cannot or will not complete verification, or if verification shows the result was obtained in breach of this policy, we may withhold or revoke the prize and re-rank the affected leaderboard.

We combine automated anti-cheat signals with human review. No single signal automatically condemns a participant; flagged results are reviewed before any serious action is taken. Final results are announced collectively on 15 August 2026 (India's Independence Day), and integrity review is part of that process.

Our process generally works like this:

1. Detection. Automated checks and reports surface potential violations.
2. Review. The organizing team examines the relevant evidence and context.
3. Decision. We decide whether a violation occurred and, if so, which consequence is proportionate.
4. Notice. Where we take action against you, we will aim to notify you using your registered contact details and tell you how to appeal.

We do not publish the full internal workings of our detection methods, because doing so would help bad actors evade them. We will, however, give an affected participant enough information to understand the basis of a decision and to mount a fair appeal.

Consequences are scaled to the seriousness of the conduct, whether it was deliberate, and whether it is repeated. Depending on the case, one or more of the following may apply:

• Warning. A formal caution for minor or first-time issues, with no further penalty if the conduct stops.
• Score voiding. Voiding the affected answers or the entire score for the quiz.
• Disqualification. Removal from a format’s leaderboard and from prize and ranking consideration for that format.
• Forfeiture of prizes. Withholding an unpaid prize, or recovering a prize that was paid out on the basis of a result later found to be in breach.
• Bans. Suspension or a permanent ban from current and/or future Skollar Quiz competitions, in serious or repeated cases.

Where conduct involves fraud or other unlawful activity, we may take additional steps permitted by law. Any refund in connection with an enforcement action is governed by the pricing window under which you registered: if you registered by 23 June 2026 (Early Bird) you qualify for a 100% guaranteed refund — regardless of whether you win — while registrations from 24 June 2026 onward (Standard) are non-refundable. Enforcement consequences do not create refund rights beyond this policy.

We can make mistakes, and you have the right to challenge a fair-play decision that affects you. Appeals are taken seriously and reviewed by someone other than, or in addition to, the person who made the original call wherever practical.

To appeal a decision:

1. Email quiz@skollar.club from your registered email address, with the subject line "Fair Play Appeal", within the time stated in your decision notice (and, in any case, promptly after you are notified).
2. Include your full name, the format you entered, the date of the quiz, the decision you are appealing, and a clear explanation — with any supporting evidence — of why you believe the decision was wrong.
3. We will acknowledge your appeal and review it fairly. We will tell you the outcome and the reasons for it using your registered contact details.

You may also raise concerns through our grievance officer (see the section below). Nothing in this appeals process limits any rights you have under applicable law, including the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and the DPDP Act 2023 for participants in India.

If you witness or have evidence of cheating, impersonation, leaked questions, or any other breach of this policy, please tell us. Honest participants are our best line of defense, and we welcome good-faith reports.

To report a violation:

• Email quiz@skollar.club with the subject line "Fair Play Report", or use our contact page.
• Describe what you observed, when it happened, the format involved, and include any evidence (such as links or screenshots).
• Tell us if you would like your report handled confidentially; we will use reasonable efforts to protect the identity of good-faith reporters.

We do not tolerate retaliation against anyone who makes a good-faith report. Please note that knowingly false or malicious reports are themselves a breach of this policy.

Fair play extends beyond the quiz questions. We expect everyone involved in the Skollar Quiz 2026 — in the platform, over email, and in any community space — to behave respectfully.

• Treat organizers, support staff, proctors, and fellow participants with courtesy.
• Do not harass, threaten, defame, or abuse anyone, and do not engage in hateful or discriminatory conduct.
• Do not attempt to intimidate or pressure staff or other participants over rankings, decisions, or appeals.
• Keep communications honest and constructive, including during disputes.

Serious or repeated disrespectful conduct may be treated as a fair-play violation in its own right and may carry the consequences described above.

This policy is governed by the laws of India, and the courts at [City], India have jurisdiction over disputes arising from it, while we serve international participants. We align our practices with applicable Indian law, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023; the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the SPDI Rules, 2011; and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. We describe these as standards we align with — we make no claim of formal certification or audited compliance.

Read this policy together with our Terms of Service. If any part of this policy is found unenforceable, the remaining parts continue to apply.

The Skollar Quiz 2026 is organized under the Skollar brand at quiz.skollar.club. The organizing legal entity is in the process of being incorporated, so some formal details below are shown as placeholders and will be completed before paid registration opens. We will not invent these details in the interim.

• Organizer: [Organizer Legal Name]
• Registered Address: [Registered Address]
• Support email: quiz@skollar.club
• Contact number: [Contact Number]

In line with the grievance-officer expectation under India’s IT Rules, you may raise fair-play concerns, data-protection requests, or complaints with our grievance officer:

• Grievance Officer: [Grievance Officer Name]
• Grievance Officer Email: [Grievance Officer Email]

For anything else, contact us at quiz@skollar.club or through our contact page. We will respond as promptly as we reasonably can.