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Terms and Conditions for Digital Schools Awards Website

Introduction

These Website Standard Terms and Conditions written on this webpage shall manage your use of our website www.digitalschoolsawards.com and portal.digitalschoolsawards.com
These Terms will be applied fully and affect to your use of this website. By using this website, you agree to accept all terms and conditions written here.
Minors or people below 18 years old are not allowed to use this website.

Intellectual Property Rights

Other than the content you own, under these Terms, Digital Schools Awards and/or its partners own all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this website.
You are granted limited license only for purposes of viewing the material contained on this website.

Restrictions

You are specifically restricted from all of the following:
  • publishing any Website material in any other media;
  • selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercializing any Website material;
  • publicly performing and/or showing any Website material;
  • using this Website in any way that is or may be damaging to this Website;
  • using this Website in any way that impacts user access to this Website;
  • using this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in any way may cause harm to the Website, or to any person or business entity;
  • engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this Website;
  • using this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing.
Certain areas of this website are restricted from being accessed by you and Digital Schools Awards and its partners may further restrict access by you to any areas of this website, at any time, in absolute discretion. Any user ID and password you may have for this Website are confidential and you must maintain confidentiality as well.

Your Content

In these Website Standard Terms and Conditions, “Your Content” shall mean any audio, video text, images or other material you choose to display on this Website.
Your Content must be your own and must not be invading any third-party’s rights. Digital Schools Awards reserves the right to remove any of your content from this Website at any time without notice.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Pre-Assessment

As part of the application and submission process, Digital Schools Awards uses an Artificial Intelligence system to carry out an automated preliminary review of materials submitted by you, including documents, links and written content. The AI Pre-Assessment is provided by a third-party AI provider established in the European Union (Mistral AI, headquartered in France).

Content submitted for AI Pre-Assessment is processed by our authorised AI service provider for the purpose of generating AI-assisted feedback. Further information about how personal data is processed is set out in our Privacy Policy.

The AI Pre-Assessment is provided as an optional support tool to assist applicants in reviewing and improving their evidence prior to submission for final human validation. The AI Pre-Assessment is intended for guidance purposes only and does not constitute a decision, assessment, accreditation or award by Digital Schools Awards. No rights, entitlements or expectations arise from the AI Pre-Assessment.

AI Output Disclaimer and Human Oversight

You acknowledge and agree that:

  • By selecting the AI Pre-Assessment option within the Portal, you request that your submitted materials be processed through the AI Pre-Assessment system for the purpose of generating preliminary feedback.
  • The AI Pre-Assessment is generated automatically and may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date or otherwise unsuitable for any particular purpose.
  • The AI Pre-Assessment is indicative only and is not authoritative.
  • All final decisions in relation to your submission, application, accreditation or award status are taken by a human appointed by Digital Schools Awards, who is not bound by the AI Pre-Assessment and may agree with, disregard, or override it in whole or in part.
  • Digital Schools Awards makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or fitness for purpose of any AI-generated output and accepts no liability arising from your reliance on it.

Your Responsibility for Submitted Content

You remain solely responsible for the accuracy, legality and completeness of all documents, links and written content you submit for AI Pre-Assessment or final validation. In particular;

    • You must not submit any content that you are not legally entitled to share, including third-party personal data, confidential information or material protected by intellectual property rights, unless you have the necessary permissions.
    • You should avoid submitting personal data relating to pupils, staff or third parties unless such information is necessary for the purpose of the submission and you have an appropriate legal basis for doing so.
    • You must not deliberately attempt to manipulate, mislead or circumvent the AI Pre-Assessment, including through prompt injection, hidden instructions or falsified content.

Right to Withdraw or Modify the AI Pre-Assessment

Digital Schools Awards reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without notice, to suspend, withdraw, modify or replace the AI Pre-Assessment, the underlying AI provider, or scope of materials subject to AI Pre-Assessment. Continued use of the website following any such change constitutes acceptance of the change.

Your Privacy

Please read Privacy Policy.

No warranties

This website is provided “as is,” with all faults, and Digital Schools Awards and/or its partners express no representations or warranties, of any kind related to this website or the materials contained on this Website.

Limitation of liability

In no event shall Digital Schools Awards, nor any of its partners, directors and employees, shall be held liable for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website whether such liability is under contract. Digital Schools Awards, including its partners, directors and employees shall not be held liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this Website.

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify to the fullest extent Digital Schools Awards and/or its partners from and against any and/or all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses arising in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid under any applicable law, such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

Variation of Terms

Digital Schools Awards and/or its partners is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this website you are expected to review these Terms on a regular basis.

Assignment

The Digital Schools Awards is allowed to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification. However, you are not allowed to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Digital Schools Awards and/or its partners and you in relation to your use of this website and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Ireland, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and courts located in the Republic of Ireland for the resolution of any disputes.