Continuity

You can export any time, without asking

• Everything your school has published in OurNews can be exported at any time, in an open format, without asking us and without charge.
• Every story is stored as a plaintext markdown file: openable in any text editor, not locked to OurNews.

If OurNews is unavailable

• We’re an early product. During the pilot, we can’t make a formal uptime commitment. There may be short periods of downtime.
• We expect to introduce a formal service level commitment when OurNews moves to general availability.

Backups

• Backups cover both the database and stored media, held in your school’s region.
• A deleted or taken-down item is removed from the live system immediately and purged from backups within 7 days.

If your school leaves

• You have 30 days after your account ends to pull a final export.
• After that, School Content is removed and backup copies purge within 7 days.

If OurNews winds down before its public launch

If we ever decide not to take OurNews past the pilot, we will:

• tell every school in writing by 31 December 2026
• keep the service running for at least three more months from that notice
• help every school export its content