Terms of Use
21 June 2018
‘The Customer’/’You’/Your’ is all users and customers of the website: www.martinkeaveney.wordpress.com
‘The Website’ refers to the website:
http://www.martinkeaveney.wordpress.com
Use of the services on the website means that you agree to the following terms of use:
If you continue to browse and use the website and purchase or engage with services on the website, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern the website’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, you should not use the website. This is not a legal contract but it may be used in the event of a legal dispute.
- The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
- Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
- This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these Terms of Use.
- All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
- Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
- From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
- All rights to submissions remain with the copyright owner.
- All submissions are made at the copyright owner’s risk. The website does not accept any responsibility for future perceived duplication of any ideas sent to the website. Although the owners/employees of the website will endeavour where reasonably possible to avoid duplication of any material ideas sent to the website, it is possible the owners/employees of the website may be working on similar ideas prior to, during, or subsequent to a client’s submission. The website and the customer have the option to refer the issue to legal counsel, where the dispute will be decided by independent judiciary.
- Payments are made for all services on the website in advance.
- Refunds will be made where the customer can determine clearly in writing where they are not satisfied with the service provided. Customers dissatisfied with assessment report may lodge a Formal Complaint about the service in writing via the contact form within 14 days of receiving the assessment. The website may opt to issue a full refund or offer a revised assessment or dispute the claim that the assessment was unfair, outlining the reasons for the assessment’s content, within 14 days of the original Formal Complaint. The website has the option to provide another service of equal value in lieu of a refund on the first occasion: for example, a second assessment of the same material. Customers then have the right to remain dissatisfied and request full refund. They must give notice of this remaining dissatisfaction by sending a Final Notice of Complaint via the contact form, within 14 days of the initial response from the website. The website has the option to issue full refund at this point, or to refer the issue to legal counsel, where the dispute will be decided by independent judiciary.
- The website reserves the right to not provide further services to customers that have already received full refunds.
- The Terms of Use at the website does not affect customers statutory rights as outlined by the laws of the Republic of Ireland.
- Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of the Republic of Ireland.
- These Terms of Use may be altered in the future. Notice of any changes will be given elsewhere on this website.
11 January 2019
Amendment:
‘The Customer’/’You’/Your’ is all users and customers of the website at www.martinkeaveney.wordpress.com and www.martinkeaveney.com and all customers that transact business at Martin Keaveney Creative Writing Facebook business page.
‘The Website’ is the website at http://www.martinkeaveney.wordpress.com and http://www.martinkeaveney.com
21 March 2019
Amendment:
The course fee for Creative Writing: One Day Course (Introduction) is non-refundable. If for any reason you cannot attend, you will be entitled to a place on a future course, which will be offered within 12 months of the original course date.
9 April 2020
Amendment:
Courses provided by Video Conference and other means:
The security, peace of mind and enjoyment of all participants attending courses via Video Conference or any other means provided by The Website are of paramount importance.
VC refers to any video conferencing software used by The Website to provide courses from the date of this amendment to the Terms of Use.
If You attend a course via VC provided by The Website you agree to be bound by these terms of use.
For the security and peace of mind of all participants, File sharing and Screen Sharing in software selected to operate the VC are disabled on all courses run by The Website via VC.
No unauthorised recording of any course provided by The Website via VC is permitted by any participants.
No screenshots or other photographic equipment are permitted for use during a course via VC provided by The Website.
No non-participating persons may attend or be present with any participant at a course via VC provided by The Website.
Participants are requested not to use other devices during a course via VC provided by The Website except in emergencies, unless they are using their phone for audio connection to the VC.
Participants should avoid background noise as much as possible during a course via VC provided by The Website. Facilitator may mute participants occasionally to minimise background noise.
U-18s are not permitted to be present during a course via VC provided by The Website.
Every reasonable effort has been made to prevent any unauthorised attendance at a course via VC provided by The Website. However, if any unauthorised/authorised person enters the course and succeeds in changing the security settings, no liability is accepted by The Website for any injury or loss or perceived injury or loss derived from theft, duplication or publishing of content, recording, displaying of inappropriate content, perceived insult or any other kind of personal or professional disturbance caused by attendance by authorised or unauthorised persons to any course via VC provided by The Website.
All material shared by participants of a course provided via VC or any other means by The Website remains the property of the participant. No other participant is permitted to share, duplicate or in any other way publish any other participants’ material outside the course parameters.
If You sign up for a course via VC provided by The Website you may be provided with access codes. These codes are for Your personal use and You should not share these codes elsewhere at any time on the internet or in any physical way with any other person.
All teaching materials provided during a course via VC or any other means provided by The Website are for Your personal use and should not be shared elsewhere at any time on the internet or in any physical way with any other person, except in the case of explicitly educational/academic texts or projects, in which case clear attribution to The Website must be included.
Participants must use headphones if attending a course via VC in a public place.
Amendment 13 January 2022
All participants registered for ‘Superflex Test Drive’ may attend any one module/workshop or mentorship session during the period specified in the advertisement running at the date of registration. This includes any detailed on the Superflex planner on The Website.
Term & Conditions of In-Person Conferences & Seminars
31 March 2022
Definitions
The Website may hold Conferences or Seminars (Hereafter referred only as Conferences), defined as a group of participants who attend a social in-person gathering and attend workshops, tutorials and related events. ‘Hotel’ represents any Hotel, Guesthouse, Private Dwelling or any other site used as a location for any Conference or Seminar organised by The Website. ‘You’ may also represent ‘Attendees’ in this section of the Terms of Use. ‘Attendees’ are persons who pay the registration fee and any other associated fees and attend the Conference. ‘Refreshments’ refers to still and sparkling water, mints, teas/coffees/scones/biscuits or other light non-alcoholic refreshment provided at reasonable intervals. ‘The Schedule’ is the itinerary of events through the period of the Conference. ‘Events’ are talks by a guest speaker or speakers, interviews, tutorials, clinics, workshops of any kind, presentations or any other block of specially focussed conference time outlined by the Website on any catalogue relating to the Conference and advertised at any time. ‘Brochure’ refers to any printed brochure, webpage, file, circular or any other itinerary format which outlines the events to take place at the Conference. ‘Item’ refers to tickets, admissions or passes to any conference.
The item ‘ADMISSION’ provides registration for all events at the Conference only and access to all events and any other benefits as outlined elsewhere on The Website. No accomodation or meal are ordinarily included. However additional benefits, such as Refreshments as outlined on the Website may be included as part of this registration. The item ‘MKCW ADMISSION’ provides all of the privileges of ‘ADMISSION’ but is only open to any person registered on any course listed on the Website in the calendar year the conference is held. This also applies to courses running from the previous year. The website may permit other persons to purchase registration in this category in certain circumstances. Any purchase through this category in such certain circumstances by such persons must be agreed in advance. The discount provided to the category of MKCW ADMISSION will vary based on market conditions and other factors.
The item ‘PACKAGE’ provides all privileges associated with ADMISSION but also accommodation and breakfast and attendance to the Conference as set out on booking. In some cases breakfast may not be available but this will be clearly outlined and reflected in cost. No additional benefits are included except where clearly outlined on the Brochure. The item ‘MKCW PACKAGE’ provides all privileges associated with PACKAGE but is only open to any person registered on any course listed on the Website in the calendar year the conference is held. This also applies to courses running from the previous year. The item ‘WEEKEND FOR 2’ provides all privileges associated with ‘PACKAGE’ but for 2 persons. ‘MKCW WEEKEND FOR 2’ provides all privileges associated with WEEKEND FOR 2 but is only open to any two persons where one or more of the persons has been registered on any course listed on the Website in the calendar year the conference is held. This also applies to courses running from the previous year.
In the case of a booking for a double or a twin room, where a non-attending person will share the double room, the Website will advise of the arrangement. Generally this will be WEEKEND FOR 2 less 1x ADMISSION. Booking in this instance is provided on request. Ordinarily no other variations are possible. However, The Website will deal with requests for other variations on booking on a case-by-case basis and will outline clearly via email the terms of the variably designed registration, for example in the case of You wishing to attend half the conference or one part of the conference. Any variations are also subject to these terms of use.
Group bookings are dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the Website with a nominated party from the group.
Conditions of Sale
All conditions of accommodation should be referred to the hotel hosting the conference. The Website does not take any responsibility for any incident/injury or loss/disturbance/illness perceived or actually incurred due to the services of the hotel hosting the conference or due to any other reason beyond the delivery of each event, the parameters of which are outlined in the Terms of Use elsewhere. This includes any journeys made to and from the Conference. Terms of Use at all other services outlined elsewhere in this Terms of Use are applicable fully to all Conference events relating to The Website. No transfers of accommodations are possible. Transfers of items to different persons are permitted, but must be communicated to the Website. Email address is used as your identifier in all cases.
Schedule
The Schedule is subject to amendment at any time. Amendments may be due to cancellations of speakers, interviewers, other participants, technical issues, illness, market conditions or other factors. Notice will be given to you of any amendments. The Website will strive to replace any cancelled event with a similar event. However, this may not always be possible. The Website will offer an alternative in the case of being unable to replace a cancelled event, such as a later event, an online event or an alternative service on the website of equal value, or a monetary refund to the value of the single event, as determined by the Website.
Readings & Performances
Reading & performances may be held during the conference where you can read or perform your work individually or with others and these events may be attended by persons not registered at the conference where noted. Other participants in your performance must be registered attendees of the Conference except by prior arrangement with the Website. All rights for any readings or performance remain with You. You cannot charge any fee for access to any performance held during the Conference, except by prior arrangement with The Website. If you perform any reading or work from any creative work not originated by you, you are exclusively responsible for obtaining full rights for the public performance of such works. We may record or photograph your performance and use some or all for marketing with your permission.
Registration
Registration for the Conference is paid in full and in advance. Registration fees are as set out on the Website or associated emails or promotional material. Registration fees may be increased or decreased based on market conditions, inflation, increased or decreased numbers. This will not affect any previous registrations. You book your registration by paying the full Conference fee.
Any Discounts for attendees registered at other services at the Website may be offered or discontinued at any time. This will not affect any previous registrations. The terms of these will be clearly outlined on registration. No refunds can be made in the case of mistaken booking due to any confusion on Your part in respect of these offers. However The Website may offer alternative services in some circumstances.
Refunds
If the Conference is cancelled by The Website for any reason that is not beyond the control of The Website, you will be offered a 100% monetary refund without handling fee. You may also choose to wait for an alternative date for the conference. You may also choose to convert your payment into course/service credit to the value of 135% of the Conference fee. You may also be offered an online version of the Conference plus 35% of course/service credit. An online version will depend on availability at the discretion of the Website. No liability is implied for any costs incurred due to the cancellation of the Conference beyond the Conference registration. If you purchase Conference fee plus any other service, such as Hotel services, airline transport, train tickets, bus tickets, ferry tickets, taxis or any other transport service of any kind, or any other item of cost incurred due to your registration at the Conference, this section of the payment is subject to the terms and conditions of the external provider. The Website will endeavour to refund any payment made directly to the Website for hotel services to you and will look for Hotels that offer a free cancellation policy. However, this policy may not be in operation at every hotel. The Website does not accept any liability for any other loss incurred due to cancellation of the conference. Transfers of non-conference costs to later dates may also be offered to you.
If the Conference is cancelled by forces beyond the control of the Website, you will be offered a refund less handling costs. You may also choose to convert your payment into course credit to the value of 135% of the Conference fee without any handling costs. You may also be offered an online version of the Conference plus 35% of course credit without any handling costs. An online version will depend on availability at the discretion of the Website. No liability is implied for any costs incurred due to the cancellation of the Conference beyond the Conference registration. If you purchase any conference item plus any other service, such as Hotel services, airline transport, train tickets, bus tickets, ferry tickets, taxis or any other transport service of any kind,this section of the payment is subject to the terms and conditions of the Hotel or the provider. However, the Website will endeavour to refund any payment made directly to the Website for hotel services to you and will look for Hotels that offer a free cancellation policy. However, this policy may not be in operation at every hotel. The Website does not accept any liability for any other loss incurred due to cancellation of the conference. Transfers of non-conference costs to later dates may also be offered to you. If you downgrade from Package to Conference Only, the hotel portion of your payment will be refunded less handling costs provided the Hotel carries free cancellation policy. This policy may be time-sensitive. All other refunds related to the Hotel are subject to the Hotel’s Terms and Conditions.
No other refunds are possible. The Website reserves the right to make exceptions in certain extreme cases.
We may photograph or film participants at the conference for marketing purposes. If You do not wish to appear in any of this media, you can request your image to be withheld on registration or at any time.
These Terms of Use relating to Conferences do not affect any person’s statutory rights as dictated by the laws of the Republic of Ireland.
Amended 10 April 2022
The course fee for any other course/ event provided through The Website is non-refundable. If for any reason you cannot attend, you will be entitled to a place on a future course or event, which will be offered within 12 months of the original course date.
Amended 23 July 2022
If for any reason, the Website must reschedule any event or course, the fee paid is non-refundable, with the exception of Conferences as outlined above. You will be provided the same course or event at the rescheduled time. In the case of In-Person courses or events (where course or event takes place in a physical location as opposed to be presented through Video Conference or other electronic means), this rescheduled course or event may also be in the form of Video Conference. You may also choose to wait until the course or event is available In-Person or transfer the registration fee to any other service on the Website. The credit must be used within 12 months of the original course/event.
Amended 25 July 2022
Courses will be delivered by Dr Martin Keaveney or similarly qualified associate lecturer unless otherwise posted on the course description.
Amended 14 December 2022
Gift cards may be purchased by any person and gifted to any other person. They are transferable over any MKCW service or course currently listed at www.martinkeaveney.com/courses. All items used with gift cards are subject to the same Terms of Use as with all services & courses at MKCW outlined above. They should be used within 12 months of purchase. Extension may be granted on request but are subject to registrations fee adjustments.
Amended 22 March 2025
The Website reserves the right to provide refunds in the form of course vouchers or deferred products of similar value for any course, event or service.
Amended 22 March 2025
All in-person courses and events may be changed to online format in the event of low registrations.
Amended 11 April 2025
If a course is sold out and you book a place using a link published before the course was sold out, we will offer you the next available start date. You can use the course credit anytime up to 12 months after the original booking. You can also convert this to any other service at this website of the same value. No monetary refunds are possible in this case. Please verify the most up-to-date start dates at our official course page in advance of booking.
Any course that cannot be delivered due to low registrations may be attended by you at any time up to 12 months after original booking. You may also convert this course registration to a gift card or to another service of equal value. Monetary refunds are only provided in grievous circumstances. The website accepts no responsibly of any loss of any kind, discomfort or accident perceived as having being caused by the change of any course start date.
The website reserve the right to provide all refunds as gift vouchers, deferrals or services/courses of equal value. If you do not wish to use online technology The website will provide an in-person alternative.
The website reserves the right to change the venue within short notice due to withdrawals of students and the resulting smaller number of participants and the relevant rental fee for the room required.
The website reserves the right to amend course content in response to the consensual wishes of the group of students assembled for the course being delivered. Every student will receive all the modules of interest to them on any course either in class or online or both.
The website reserves the right to change the tutor delivering the course at any time.
The Website reserves the right to postpone the start of any course, service or event in response to low registrations, wherein a further date will be listed as soon as reasonably possible to the registered participants. No monetary refund is possible due to deferred date. The website accepts no responsibility of any perceived or actual loss, discomfort or injury caused by course date changes. If the new date does not suit, you may attend another course at any time within 12 months of registration. If the website does not prove any in-person alternative of equal value such as 1-1 sessions, one day course or in-person course of equal value in your local area within 12 months and you do not wish to avail of any online service, the website will provide a full monetary refund if that is requested in writing by you. If a monetary refund is preferred, it will be processed with 4 weeks of the request. However, the website may be not in a position to provide the refund within this time and reserves the right to deliver the refund within 12 months of request in the event of unforeseen economic conditions.
The website reserves the right to provide monetary refunds at its discretion in all cases.
Amended 14 April 2025
Any conflicting information in the Terms of Use can be determined by the latest dated amendment.
Amended 14 April 2025
Any course sold out will be marked as such as soon as reasonably possible.
We reserve the right to offer alternatives to some courses or services where that course or service is not possible or practical to deliver.
Where The Website cannot deliver the course or event as advertised at the location due to not reaching the minimum number of participants required to meet the cost of delivering the course or event, the course or event may be offered online or as a (In-person/online as preferred) 1-1 Mentorship (see schedule below) if registrations are ‘under quota’. It may also be offered at later date. If you purchase a course registration and that course is not practical to deliver you may attend any equal course or service provided by MKCW at any time up to 12 months after date of registration. Notification of a course not running may be made at any time for course commencement, however The Website will endeavour to give as much notice as possible of any cancellation.
Only in grievous circumstance can a monetary refund be provided in this case as an alternate service of similar value is offered.
‘Under quota’ is defined when there are not sufficient participants to equalise the tutor and venue fees.
A 1-1 Mentorship of 3×1 hour sessions may be provided in place of a 6-week course in some cases. The 1-1 mentorship will be offered online or in-person at a convenient location for you. Full support with using Zoom will be provided if required.
An editorial review of the same value can also be requested.
Amendment 13 June 2026:
Any User of MKCW Bureau or any related application accessed through any MKCW or related website controlled by MKCW, please note:
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using the MKCW Student Bureau (“the Bureau”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms, you must not use the Bureau.
The Bureau is operated by Martin Keaveney Creative Writing (MKCW).
2. Ownership of Your Content
You retain full ownership of all manuscripts, assignments, stories, novels, poems, articles, screenplays, memoirs, reviews, comments, images, videos, audio recordings and other content that you upload to the Bureau.
Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of your intellectual property to MKCW.
3. Publication Protection
MKCW acknowledges that many users are developing creative works for publication.
MKCW claims no ownership whatsoever in any manuscript, story, poem, article, screenplay, novel, memoir, children’s book or other creative work uploaded to the Bureau.
Copyright remains at all times with the creator unless expressly assigned by separate written agreement.
Submission of material to the Bureau does not constitute publication, transfer of rights, assignment of copyright or grant of exclusive rights to MKCW.
4. Licence Granted to MKCW
By uploading content to the Bureau, you grant MKCW a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence solely for the purpose of:
- Storing your content;
- Displaying your content to you;
- Displaying your content to authorised tutors;
- Displaying your content to authorised peer reviewers where applicable;
- Processing your content to provide educational services;
- Maintaining administrative records;
- Creating backup copies required for system operation and security.
This licence exists solely to enable operation of MKCW programmes and the Bureau.
MKCW will not publish, sell, licence, distribute or commercially exploit your work without your separate written permission.
5. Student Warranties
You confirm that:
- You own the content you upload or have permission to upload it;
- Your content does not infringe copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights;
- Your content does not contain unlawful, defamatory, threatening, abusive or discriminatory material;
- Your content does not contain malicious software or code;
- You are responsible for the accuracy and legality of your submissions.
You remain solely responsible for all content uploaded through your account.
6. Peer Review
Certain programmes may include peer review activities.
Where peer review is enabled:
- Your submissions may be made available to authorised peer reviewers selected by MKCW;
- Peer reviewers are expected to treat all work as confidential;
- Reviewers may not publish, copy or distribute another student’s work without permission;
- MKCW may remove any reviewer who breaches these expectations.
While MKCW takes reasonable steps to maintain confidentiality, it cannot guarantee the conduct of individual users.
7. MKCW Intellectual Property
The following remain the exclusive intellectual property of MKCW or its licensors:
- Course materials;
- Lesson plans;
- Programme structures;
- Teaching resources;
- Video and audio lessons;
- Syllabi;
- Handouts;
- Assessment materials;
- Tutor resources;
- Software and platform features;
- Branding, logos and trademarks.
Students may access such materials solely for personal educational use.
Students may not:
- Reproduce course materials commercially;
- Redistribute course materials;
- Upload MKCW materials to third-party platforms;
- Sell, licence or share MKCW materials;
- Use MKCW materials to create competing courses, programmes or services.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any account, system or data;
- Circumvent security measures;
- Upload viruses, malware or malicious software;
- Scrape, harvest or automate collection of information from the Bureau;
- Share login credentials;
- Impersonate another person;
- Interfere with the operation of the Bureau;
- Use the Bureau for unlawful purposes.
MKCW may investigate suspected misuse and take appropriate action.
9. Account Security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
You are responsible for all activity that occurs through your account unless you promptly notify MKCW of unauthorised access.
The Bureau is intended primarily for educational and creative writing purposes.
Students, tutors, reviewers and staff must treat personal information encountered through the Bureau as confidential.
Users must not disclose, share, copy, publish or distribute another person’s:
- Banking information;
- Financial information;
- Payment details;
- Home address;
- Telephone number;
- Personal email address (except where expressly provided for contact purposes);
- Employment information;
- Medical information;
- Family information;
- Identification documents;
- Private correspondence; or
- Any other non-writing-related personal information.
Users must not use information obtained through the Bureau for marketing, solicitation, recruitment, commercial purposes or any purpose unrelated to participation in MKCW programmes.
Any unauthorised disclosure of personal information may result in immediate suspension or termination of access and may be reported to relevant authorities where appropriate.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
You must not share your username or password with any other person.
For security reasons, users are strongly advised not to use the same password for the Bureau as they use for banking, email, social media, shopping, government, work or other personal accounts.
MKCW will never ask for your banking passwords, online banking credentials or authentication codes.
If you believe your account has been compromised, you should change your password immediately and notify MKCW as soon as possible.
You are responsible for all activity that occurs through your account unless you promptly notify MKCW of unauthorised access.
Any user who uploads, intentionally or otherwise, sensitive personal, financial, commercial or confidential information does so entirely at their own risk.
The Bureau is designed solely for the administration and delivery of MKCW writing programmes. Users are strongly advised not to upload banking information, financial records, accounting records, tax records, passwords, identity documents, medical records or any other sensitive personal information, as such information is unnecessary for participation in MKCW programmes.
MKCW does not request, require or encourage the upload of such information and accepts no responsibility for any loss, misuse, disclosure, theft, compromise or unauthorised access arising from a user’s decision to upload such material.
The Bureau is a bespoke educational platform developed specifically for MKCW and does not provide the same features, security infrastructure, certifications or resources as large commercial learning management systems.
MKCW reserves the right to remove, archive or permanently delete any material that is not reasonably related to a writing programme, educational activity or the operation of the Bureau, with or without notice.
Users are solely responsible for determining what information they upload and for maintaining appropriate copies and backups of their own records.
MKCW may suspend access where account security is compromised or where there is reasonable suspicion of unauthorised access.
Nothing in this clause prevents MKCW from processing personal information where required for legitimate educational, administrative, contractual, legal or regulatory purposes.
MKCW may suspend access where account security is compromised.
10. Account Suspension or Termination
MKCW may suspend or terminate access where:
- These Terms are breached;
- Programme fees remain unpaid;
- Conduct towards staff, tutors or students is abusive;
- Uploaded content breaches law or policy;
- Continued access would create operational, legal or security concerns.
MKCW may remove offending/ non-school related content without notice where necessary.
11. Availability of Service
The Bureau is provided on an “as available” basis.
MKCW does not guarantee uninterrupted access.
The Bureau may be unavailable from time to time due to:
- Maintenance;
- Software updates;
- Technical failures;
- Security measures;
- Circumstances beyond MKCW’s reasonable control.
12. Backups and Data Retention
Students are responsible for maintaining their own backup copies of all work submitted to the Bureau.
While MKCW maintains system backups, MKCW does not guarantee permanent retention of uploaded content.
MKCW may remove inactive accounts, archived material or obsolete records in accordance with operational and legal requirements.
13. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law:
- MKCW shall not be liable for loss of profits, revenue, opportunity, data, manuscripts or business interruption arising from use of the Bureau;
- MKCW shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages;
- Users access and use the Bureau at their own risk.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded under Irish law.
14. Data Protection and Privacy
MKCW processes personal data in accordance with applicable Irish and European data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
By using the Bureau, you acknowledge that personal information may be processed for educational, administrative, operational and support purposes.
15. Changes to the Bureau
MKCW may modify, improve, suspend or discontinue features of the Bureau at any time.
MKCW may update these Terms from time to time.
Continued use of the Bureau following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
16. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland.
Any dispute arising from or relating to the Bureau shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.
17. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms may be directed to:
Martin Keaveney Creative Writing (MKCW)
www.martinkeaveneycreativewriting.com
Email: info@martinkeaveney.com
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