Terms of Use

1 March 2024

‘The Customer’/’You’/Your’ is all users and customers of the website: www.theoceanmagazine.com

‘The Website’ refers to the website:

www.theoceanmagazine.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 dispute the claim that the assessment was unfair, outlining the reasons , 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. 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.

Deliveries

Items will be dispatched at the earliest convenience. No liability is accepted by The Website for any loss of any product at any time for any reason to any global jurisdiction. Purchase of any product. from the Website declares acceptance of the Terms of Use.

The Website will refund for change of mind with 24 hours of order. No refunds can be made for printed matter beyond this time frame. The time is the time of order completion at check-out.

The Website may also sell non-printed matter such as DVDs, and downloadable links of various forms of media. No refunds are possible for any non-printed matter.

You responsible for providing the correct postal address. The Website are not responsible for additional postage due to incorrect postal details inputted by any party. However The Website will work to make any errors good on our part.

The Website are not responsible for any perceived or actual duplication of any idea submitted by you to us. No liability is accepted for this at any time or in any jurisdiction to any person. All submissions are submitted at your risk. However all intellectual property remains yours. The Website will only ever acquire premier publication rights/ republication rights for a price to be determined by The Website. This will be more clearly defined in any publishing contract delivered to you on arrangement of a publication contract.

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 ‘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 ADMISSION will vary based on market conditions and other factors.

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 govern the Website’s relationship with you and apply to your use of the Website.

Please read these Terms carefully before using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and the Privacy Policy listed in the header of this website. If you do not agree with or accept any of these Terms, you should cease using the Website immediately.

2.4 Every time you use the Website, please check these Terms as The Website may have made changes to them since you last used the Website and the Terms in force each time you use the Website will apply. These Terms were last updated on 1 March 2024.

The Website will work to make sure that the Website is uninterrupted and error free, although The Website cannot guarantee this in the normal course of business. Access to the Website site is permitted on a temporary basis, and The Website reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website without notice. If the Website need to suspend or restrict access to the website sior particular content, the Website will minimise any disruption to you and the website. The Webite not be liable if for any reason the Website site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

Please be aware that you are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. When accessing the Website over your mobile network, you will be using your data allowance. The Website are not responsible for any charges you may incur in using the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms, and that they comply with them.

The Website make any representation that materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in locations outside Ireland, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

You are welcome to use our site for your own personal use but such use must be in accordance with these Terms and for lawful purposes.You may not use our site for any illegal purpose or in any way that causes damage or harm to the Website, or any other User; or breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect, transmits, or procures the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or knowingly transmits any data, sends or uploads any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You must not access without authority, modify, interfere, damage or disrupt, any equipment or network used in the provision of the Website, any software used in the provision of the site; or any equipment or network or software owned or used by a third party. You are responsible for compliance with local law and regulation when accessing the Website.

If The Website believes you are not using our site in an acceptable way, the Website will take any action necessary to protect the site and Users. This may include suspending, restricting or terminating your account and access to the site. You understand that if you breach these Terms, then access may be removed from the Website.

Content and information on our site is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our products and news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes.

You may be asked to provide information about yourself such as your name, address and email address. Please make sure this information is complete and accurate. The Website will use this information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The Website may contain hyperlinks or references to third party websites other than the website. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. The Website has no control over third party websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third party website does not mean that The Website endorse that third party’s website, products or services. Your use of a third party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third party site.

The Website and all intellectual property rights in it (including, but not limited, to any material, content and other information) are owned by the Website. Intellectual property rights means rights such as: copyright, trade marks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered (anywhere in the world).

The licensors reserve all rights in any intellectual property rights in connection with our site. This means, for example, that The Website and them remain owners of them and free to use them as The Website see fit.

All brand names, product names and titles used on our site are trade names, and in some instances trade marks, of their respective holders. No permission is given in respect of use of any of the above, and such use may constitute an infringement of the holders’ rights. You may not copy, reproduce, upload, post, distribute, republish, retransmit, or modify in any way any of the material, content and other information on The Website (including computer code and software).

Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in our site other than as necessary to enable you to access The Website. You agree not to adjust to try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on The Website (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within The Website.

You may not use our trade marks, logos or other intellectual property rights without our express prior written permission.

By posting messages, sending emails, inputting data, answering questions, uploading data or files or otherwise communicating with us through this website you are granting The Website a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, unrestricted worldwide license to use, display, sublicense, adapt, create derivative works from, transmit and copy such Communication and you waive your right to be identified as the author of such content and your right to object to derogatory treatment of it. The foregoing grant shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such Communication, including but not limited to rights under trademark, copyright, service mark or patent laws in any relevant jurisdiction in any media.

If the Website fails to comply with these Terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that we could have foreseen because:

The Website is not responsible for any loss or damage that could not have foreseen.

The Website shall have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity. The Website also expressly exclude any liability for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of your breach of these Terms. These terms do not in any way exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence; or fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or any other liability which may not be limited or excluded under applicable law. shall have no liability to you for any breach of these Terms caused by an Event Outside Our Control. An Event Outside Our Control means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action, civil commotion, riot, terrorist attack (or threat), war (or threat) or fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of telecommunications networks or impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport.

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.