Terms of Use
Last updated: 27/08/2026
1. About these Terms
These Terms of Use govern your use of the student area of Harbourstrings.com website.
By creating an account or accessing the student area, you agree to these Terms.
If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the student area.
2. Student accounts
Access to the student area is provided to registered students.
You agree to:
- Provide accurate information when creating your account
- Keep your login details secure
- Not share your username or password with another person
- Notify me if you believe your account has been accessed without permission
- Use the website only for legitimate educational purposes
Accounts are personal to the registered student and should not be shared.
3. Learning materials
The student area may contain videos, recordings, sheet music, exercises, notes, PDFs and other educational resources.
These materials are provided for your personal educational use.
Unless I have given you written permission, you must not:
- Copy or reproduce the materials for distribution
- Share your login details
- Upload the materials to another website or platform
- Sell or commercially distribute the materials
- Share private student resources with other people
- Use the materials to create or distribute another course
You are welcome to use the materials to support your own violin practice and learning.
4. Ownership and copyright
Unless otherwise stated, the original teaching materials provided through this website remain the intellectual property of Harbourstrings.
Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership or copyright in those materials to you.
Some musical works, recordings or other materials may belong to third parties and remain subject to their own copyright and licensing conditions.
5. Availability of learning materials
I will make reasonable efforts to keep the student area and learning materials available.
However, I cannot guarantee that the website or every resource will always be available without interruption. Materials may occasionally need to be updated, replaced or removed.
6. Educational purpose
The learning materials are intended to support your musical education and practice.
Musical progress varies between individuals and depends on factors including practice, experience, attendance and individual ability. I cannot guarantee a particular level of musical achievement, examination result or performance outcome.
7. Website security
You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, another student’s account or any part of the website that you are not authorised to access.
You must not knowingly introduce malicious software or attempt to interfere with the operation or security of the website.
8. Suspension or termination of access
I reserve the right to suspend or terminate access to a student account where there is a reasonable basis to believe that:
- The account is being misused
- Login details are being shared
- Learning materials are being distributed without permission
- The website is being deliberately compromised or misused
- These Terms have been seriously breached
Where appropriate, I will try to contact the account holder before access is suspended or terminated.
9. Links to other websites
The website may occasionally contain links to external websites or resources.
I am not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of external websites.
You should review the terms and privacy policies of external websites before using them.
10. Changes to these Terms
I may update these Terms from time to time.
The latest version will be published on this page and the date of the latest update will be shown at the top.
Where a significant change affects existing students, I will provide reasonable notice where appropriate.
11. Contact
If you have any questions about these Terms or your student account, please contact:
Harbourstrings
Email: info@harbourstrings.com
12. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Ireland, and any disputes will be subject to the applicable jurisdiction of the Irish courts.