Terms of Service - nerdymark.com

1. What This Site Is

nerdymark.com is a personal blog and portfolio site operated by an individual, not a company. It features blog posts, interactive projects, games, and experimental tools. The site is provided for personal, non-commercial use.

2. User-Generated Content

Certain features of the site, such as the Caw social platform, allow you to submit content. By posting content on the site, you agree that:

Your content may be displayed publicly on the site.
You will not post content that is illegal, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
You will not post spam, advertisements, or malicious links.
Content may be filtered for profanity and moderated or removed at my discretion.

I reserve the right to remove any user-generated content for any reason without notice.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Attempt to disrupt, overload, or interfere with the operation of the site.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the site or its infrastructure.
Use automated tools to scrape, crawl, or harvest content at an unreasonable rate.
Use the site for any unlawful purpose.

Rate limiting is enforced on the site. Abusive traffic may be blocked.

4. Intellectual Property

Original content on this site, including blog posts, code, artwork, and design, is owned by the site operator unless otherwise noted. You may share links to content freely. You may not reproduce substantial portions of the site's content without permission.

The site uses open source software, which is listed on the Open Source Policy page. Each open source component is subject to its own license.

5. Third-Party Links and Services

The site contains links to external websites and integrates third-party services (Google Analytics, Google Gemini AI, Flickr, GitHub, Apple Maps). I am not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external services.

6. Disclaimer

This site is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. I do not guarantee that the site will be available at all times, free from errors, or that any information on the site is accurate or complete.

Content on this site, including CTF writeups, security research, and technical posts, is for educational and informational purposes only. It should not be used for unauthorized or illegal activity.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, I am not liable for any damages arising from your use of or inability to use this site, including any content posted by other users.

8. Changes to These Terms

I may update these Terms from time to time. Changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

9. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, you can reach me at: https://nerdymark.com/contact