Terms of Use

Last updated: 8th September 2025

Scope and Definitions

These terms of use (the Terms) only cover content hosted under the Internet domain name paulhefford.com (this Website, the Website) and published by Paul Hefford (the Site Owner, me). If the Internet domain name www.paulhefford.com is not shown in your browser's address bar, it is likely you are not browsing the original Website. Entering the Website address into your browser directly should eliminate uncertainty around the exact website being visited.

Your Agreement to the Terms

By visiting this Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree to the Terms, or cannot legally be bound by them, you must refrain from visiting the Website.

Changes to the Terms

The Terms may change as per the Site Owners discretion. The changed Terms will be published in the same location and replace the previous Terms. Visiting the Website after the Terms have changed indicates you have read, understood, and agreed to the changed Terms.

Copyright and Licensing

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the Website text and images (Content) is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and the source code (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3).

Non-original Website content remains the property of their respective owner and their use is bound by the original licenses.

Noto Sans font provided via Google Fonts and self-hosted.

Icons are provided by Google's Material Symbols icon set and self-hosted.

Any reuse of Content must be abide by the terms of the license associated with it.

Any infringement of copyright or other license terms will be rectified promptly upon timely notification to the Site Owner.

Prohibited Conduct

Using the Website to assist or perform activities which are illegal, harmful, disruptive or otherwise unauthorised is forbidden.

Using contact details published on this Website in accordance with legal notice requirements for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising, marketing or other information is forbidden.

The Site Owner reserves the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited information being sent, for example in the form of spam emails, or if other Terms are breached.

Legal Disclaimer

The Website Content has been created with the greatest care, however no liability can be assumed for accuracy and completeness. The Site Owner is responsible for original Content and corrections or removals will be performed promptly upon timely notification to the Site Owner.

The Website contains links to third party websites, the content of which the Site Owner has no influence over and therefore cannot assume any liability for. The respective provider or operator of the linked Website is responsible for the linked content. Linked websites were checked for possible violations of the law at the time of linking and no cause for concern was found at this time. If correction or removal of linked content is required, this will be performed promptly upon timely notification to the Site Owner.

Data Protection and Privacy

Please refer to the full Privacy Policy.

Contact

If you have questions about the Terms, you may contact me via:

My PGP key can be used if a secure communication mechanism is required.