Introduction
These Terms of Use (the "Terms") form an agreement between you and Thomas Barden concerning your access to and use of thomasbarden.com and its pages, content, and features (collectively, the "Website").
The Website is a personal professional portfolio. It presents information about skills, learning, projects, experience, and professional interests. It includes a contact form but does not provide paid services, user accounts, or facilities for visitors to upload public content.
Agreement to these Terms
By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not use the Website.
Informational purpose
The Website and its content are provided for general information and portfolio presentation only. Nothing on the Website constitutes professional, legal, financial, security, employment, or technical advice. You should not rely on the Website as a substitute for advice appropriate to your particular circumstances.
Ownership and intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its original content, design, branding, graphics, images, project descriptions, and other materials are owned by Thomas Barden or used with permission. These materials are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may access the Website and share links to its publicly available pages for personal or professional reference. No other licence is granted. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, republish, distribute, sell, commercially exploit, or misrepresent Website content without prior permission, except where applicable law expressly permits it.
Product names, technologies, logos, and trademarks belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on the Website does not imply sponsorship or endorsement.
Acceptable use
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with another person's use of it. Without limiting that obligation, you must not:
- use the Website in breach of any applicable law or regulation;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website or its infrastructure;
- introduce malware, malicious code, automated abuse, or disruptive traffic;
- probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system without authorisation;
- scrape or reuse content in a way that infringes rights or misrepresents its source; or
- circumvent measures used to protect the Website or its users.
Third-party websites and services
The Website may contain links to third-party websites and services, including GitHub and LinkedIn. Those services are operated independently and are governed by their own terms, policies, and practices. Links are provided for convenience and do not make Thomas Barden responsible for third-party content, availability, security, or privacy practices.
Privacy and data protection
The Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be handled when you visit the Website or communicate using an email address associated with thomasbarden.com. The Privacy Policy forms part of the information governing your use of the Website.
Availability and changes to the Website
Reasonable efforts are made to keep the Website available, secure, and accurate. However, the Website is provided on an "as available" basis. Content may be incomplete, become outdated, or contain errors, and uninterrupted or error-free access is not guaranteed.
The Website, its content, or any feature may be updated, restricted, suspended, or withdrawn at any time without notice.
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, no representation or warranty is made that the Website will be accurate, complete, secure, available, or suitable for a particular purpose. Your use of the Website and reliance on its content are at your own risk.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Thomas Barden will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar loss arising from or connected with your use of, inability to use, or reliance on the Website.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, or affects any mandatory rights available to you under applicable law.
Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms and any non-contractual obligations or disputes arising from or relating to them or the Website are governed by the laws of Ireland. The courts of Ireland will have jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory right you may have under applicable law to bring proceedings in another jurisdiction.
Severability and waiver
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will continue in effect. A failure or delay in enforcing a provision does not waive the right to enforce that or any other provision later.
Changes to these Terms
These Terms may be revised from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, its operation, or applicable requirements. Updated Terms will be posted on this page and the "Last updated" date will be revised. Your continued use of the Website after an update means the revised Terms apply to that use.
Contact
Questions about these Terms or the Website may be sent to hi@thomasbarden.com.