Terms & Conditions

By visiting and using www.IrisMarshEdits.com (hereinafter the “website”), you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, including the Disclaimer and Privacy Policy posted on the website and incorporated herein by reference.

The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits, and/or views the website. Iris Marsh, or Iris van de Pavert, (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) reserves the right to amend or modify these terms and conditions in its sole discretion at any time without notice, and by using the website, you accept those amendments. It is your responsibility to periodically check the website for updates.

Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to the Terms and Conditions constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

Age

All information and content on this website are intended for individuals over the age of 18. Children, as defined in our Privacy Policy, are prohibited from using this website.

Privacy Policy

I am dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information. Your acceptance of my Privacy Policy is expressly incorporated into these Terms and Conditions. Please review my Privacy Policy for more information.

Disclaimer

Your acceptance of my Disclaimer is expressly incorporated into these Terms and Conditions. Please review the Disclaimer for more information.

Concerning Website

Intellectual Property Website

All content on this website, including but not limited to text, posts, logos, marks, graphics, files, materials, services, products, videos, audio, applications, computer code, designs, downloads, and all other information here (collectively, the “Content”) is owned by me and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property and unfair competition laws with the exception of any content from others that I am lawfully permitted to use. You are granted a limited revocable license to print or download Content from the website for your own personal, noncommercial, nontransferrable, informational, and educational use only while ensuring it’s not in violation of any copyright, trademark, and intellectual property or proprietary rights.

You agree not to copy, duplicate, steal, modify, publish, display, distribute, reproduce, store, transmit, post, create derivative works, reverse engineer, sell, rent or license any part of the Content in any way to anyone without our prior written consent. You agree to abide by the copyright laws and intellectual property rights and shall be solely responsible for any violations of these terms and conditions.

Third-Party Links

The website may contain links to third-party websites or resources for your convenience. I may serve as an affiliate for some of these third-party websites by offering or advertising their products or services on the website; however, we do not own or control these third-party websites. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our terms and conditions.

You agree that I am not responsible or liable for the accuracy, content, or any information presented on these third-party websites. You assume all risks for using these third-party websites or resources and any transactions between you and these third-party websites are strictly between you and the third party. I shall not be liable for any damages resulting from your use of these third-party websites or resources.

Termination

I reserve the right in my sole discretion to refuse, remove, restrict your access, revoke, and terminate your use of my website including any or all Content published by you or me at any time for any reason, without notice.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold me harmless from all losses, claims, damages, demands, actions, suits, proceedings or judgments, including costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees ("Liabilities") assessed against or otherwise incurred by you arising, in whole or in part, from: (a) actions or omissions, whether done negligently or otherwise, by you, your agents, directors, officers, employees or representatives; (b) all your actions and use of the website including purchasing products and services; (c) violation of any laws, rules, regulations or ordinances by you; or (d) violation of any terms and conditions of this website by you or anyone related to you; e) infringement by you or any other user of your account of any intellectual property or other rights of anyone. I will notify you promptly of any such claims or liability and reserves the right to defend such claim, liability, or damage at your expense. You shall fully cooperate and provide assistance to us if requested, without any cost, to defend any such claims.

No Warranties

All content, information, products, or services on the website are “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations or warranties of any kind, including the warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose, express or implied to the full extent permissible by law. I make no representations or warranties as to the content, information, materials, products, or services provided on this website. I make no warranties that the website will perform or operate to meet your requirements or that the information presented here will be complete, current, or error-free. I disclaim all warranties, implied and express for any purpose to the full extent permitted by law.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that under no circumstances, I shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, equitable, special, punitive, exemplary, or any other damages resulting from your use of this website, including but not limited to all the content, information, products, services, and graphics presented here.

You expressly agree that your use of the website is at your sole risk and that you are solely responsible for the accuracy of the personal and any information you provide, the outcome of your actions, personal and business results, and for all other use in connection with the website.

You also expressly agree that I shall not be liable to you for any damages resulting from:

any errors or omissions on the website, delay or denial of any products or services, failure of performance of any kind, interruption in the operation and your use of the website, website attacks including computer virus, hacking of information, and any other system failures
any loss of income, use, data, revenue, profits, business, or any goodwill related to the website
any theft or unauthorized access by third party of your information from the website regardless of my negligence
any use or misuse of the information, products, or services offered here.

This limitation of liability shall apply whether such liability arises from negligence, breach of contract, tort or any other legal theory of liability. You agree that I provide no express or implied guarantees to you for the content presented here, and you accept that no particular results are being promised to you here.

Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions along with our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer constitute the entire agreement between you and me with respect to this website. It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications, discussions, negotiations, or proposals we may have had with you, whether electronic, oral, or written.

A printed version of this entire agreement including the Privacy Policy and Disclaimer and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings with respect to this website to the same extent and given the same effect as other business contracts and documents kept and maintained in printed form.

Severability

If any provision in these Terms and Conditions is deemed by a court, regulatory authority, or other public or private tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision is deemed to have been omitted from this Agreement. The remainder of this Agreement remains in full force and effect, and is modified to any extent necessary to give such force and effect to the remaining provisions, but only to such extent.

Overview Concerning Editorial Services

The Terms & Conditions apply to any work done on behalve of you, the Client, and me, Iris Marsh. After the editorial services are agreed upon in writing (through a signed contract), I will provide the Client with editorial services for compensation.

The Client is under no obligation to offer me work, neither am I under any obligation to accept the work offered by the Client.The work will be carried out unsupervised at such times and places as determined by me, using my own equipment. The work will be carried out by me; I will not subcontract the editorial projects to thrid parties.

I am self-employed, responsible for my own income taks and will not claim benefits granted to the Client’s employees. I am registered with the Chamber of Commerce as a freelance business.

Project Terms

Prior to commencement of the editing work, the Client and I will agree on the terms of the project:

The medium used for the service (Word or PDF), as detailed in the project description on the website.
How the material will be annotated: Track Changes in Word, marking and comments in PDF.
The length of time required to complete the project.
A fee for the project, based on a quotation supplied by me in writing, following my evaluation of the material to be edited and the time frame required for the job.
The date by which the material will be delivered by the Client to me.
The latest date by which the completed project will be returned.

Please note that if, on receipt of the project to be worked on, it becomes appartent that significantly more work is required than had been anticipated from the sample supplied, I may renegotiate the deadline or decline to carry out the work.

Quotation and fees

A quotation for the work will be provided by me to the Client following my evaluation of a representative sample of the materials to be worked on. Once the Client and I have agreed on the full fee, it is nonnegotiable unless the Client extends the word count of the job or requests additional services. In this case, a revised quotation and job-completion date will be negotiated.

The Client will pay me a fee per hour OR an agreed flat fee for the project, as agreed in writing. For the fee per hour, in the event that I need less time to complete the job, the final fee will be adjusted to reflect a lower fee than was originally quoted.

Unless otherwise agreed, I will supply the Client with an invoice immediately upon completion of the editing project. Payment should be received within 15 days. For booking fees within 3 days.

The fee quoted is for two passes of a manuscript. The editorial description on the website stipulates the maximum number of revised words included within the second pass. If the number of revised words exceeds this, an additional fee will be negotiated.

If the Client prefers, the following payment plans are available:

3-month payment plan.
6-month payment plan.
12-month payment plan.

There are no additional costs for the payment plan. However, if the Client fails to pay an installment, I reserve the right to add a late fee of 5% of the total amount left that will accrue for every month late.

For example, if the full fee is $1800 (after the booking fee is paid), and the Client desires the 6-month payment plan, a payment of $300 is required each month for 6 months. If the Client pays the first 2 months, but then fails to pay the third month, the final amount due becomes $1260, or $315 spread over 4 months.

Booking Fee

When the Client has signed the contract, I will issue the invoice for the booking fee/first deposit. Unless otherwise agreed, this fee is 50% of the quotation. This booking fee is nonrefundable unless under the following circumstances:

I terminate the contract without supplying the Client with the promised edit. The Client will then receive a full refund.
If the Client wishes to cancel the project prior to the commencement of the project they will receive:
- A full refund of the booking fee with at least 6 month’s notice.
- A 50% refund of the booking fee with at least 3 month’s notice.
- A 25% refund of the booking fee with at least 1 month’s notice
- No refund of the booking fee with less than 1 month’s notice.
If the Client is touched by extraordinary or difficult circumstances that cause cancellation or delay (e.g., a family crisis, illness, or bereavement), the Client should contact me to discuss the terms. I am to be fair and helpful at all times. In this event, the Client could receive a full refund of the booking fee or we would try to reschedule the project.

The booking fee will be deducted from the final invoice issued when the editing work is complete. The booking is considered confirmed once it has been paid by the Client and received by me. The fee should be paid within 3 days of sending the invoice to secure the slot in my schedule.

Mandatory Arbitration and Governing Law

You expressly waive your right to bring any legal claims, now or in the future arising out of or related to the website and our products/services. In the event of any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to your use of this website, the terms and conditions shall be construed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Netherlands and the United States.

You agree to consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the Netherlands without regard to the principles of conflict of law or where the parties are located at the time a dispute arises.

You agree to resolve any disputes or claims first through mandatory arbitration in the Netherlands and shall bear the full cost of arbitration as permitted by law. Your good faith participation in arbitration is a condition precedent to pursuing any other legal or equitable remedies available such as litigation or any other legal procedure. You also agree that in the event a legal claim is initiated after the required arbitration, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs associated with the legal action.

Confidentiality

The nature and content of the work will be kept confidential and not made known to anyone other than the Client and me without prior written permission. I will not, under any circumstances, upload the Client’s files to external websites or distribute them to third parties unless specifically authorized to do so, in writing, by the Client. I do use OneDrive as a cloud storage system.

I will not upload the Client’s files or any section of the files in an AI client, including but not limited to ChatGPT or Claude. I do use ProWritingAid as an aid during my editing as well as Word’s built-in Editor. I do not use CoPilot. These programs do not train on your data, however, which makes them safe to use.

Copyright

All content delivered to me by the Client for the editing project is owned by the Client. In this respect, the Client agrees to hold me harmless from and against all claims, liabilites, and expenses arising out of any potential or actual copyright or trademark misappropriation or infringement claimed against them. Following payment of my invoice, any content created by me as part of the editing process will become the copyright of the Client unless otherwise agreed.

Use of My Paid and Free Products (Other Than Editing)

I may offer free products for you to download and also sell paid courses and physical or digital products and any other related materials (collectively, “products”) on this website. All my products, including all content, are protected by copyright pursuant to the Dutch and international copyright laws. You are granted a limited revocable license to print or download Content from my digital products for your own personal, noncommercial, nontransferrable, informational, and educational use only while ensuring it’s not in violation of any copyright, trademark, and intellectual property or proprietary rights. Copying or storing my content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without my prior written consent.

You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to share, modify, sell, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, enhance, or in any exploit our products. You cannot sell or redistribute any of my products, whether free or paid ones, without my express written consent. You agree to abide by the copyright, trademark laws and intellectual property rights and shall be solely responsible for any violations of these terms and conditions.

Refunds Digital Products (Excluding Editorial Services)

All sales of digital products on this website are final. No refunds will be issued on digital products. In terms of our services, terms apply as stated in the signed contract between us, the editor and the Client. See the above section on Fees and Quotation for more information.

Contact

For any questions, please contact us at info@irismarsh.com.

Last edited: 8 October 2025