Terms of Service

Welcome to DCYFR Labs. These Terms of Service govern your use of our website and services. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these terms.

Last Updated: January 16, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using the DCYFR Labs website (dcyfr.ai), you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our website.

Agreement to Terms

You must be at least 13 years old to use this website
You agree to use the website in compliance with all applicable laws
You understand that we may modify these terms at any time
Continued use after modifications constitutes acceptance of new terms

2. Use License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use our website for personal, non-commercial purposes.

Permitted Uses

Browsing: Reading blog posts, articles, and portfolio content
Learning: Using our content for educational purposes with proper attribution
Sharing: Sharing links to our content on social media and other platforms
Contact: Using our contact form for legitimate inquiries
Personal Use: Saving bookmarks and likes (stored locally in your browser)

Prohibited Uses

You may not:

Scrape or Copy: Use automated tools to scrape, copy, or download content in bulk
Republish: Republish our content without explicit written permission
Modify: Modify, adapt, or create derivative works without permission
Commercial Use: Use our content for commercial purposes without a license
Abuse: Spam our contact forms, attempt denial of service attacks, or abuse our systems
Circumvent: Bypass security measures, rate limits, or access controls
Impersonate: Impersonate DCYFR Labs or any team member
Illegal Activity: Use the website for any unlawful purpose

3. Intellectual Property

All content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, code, and design, is owned by DCYFR Labs or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

Content Ownership

Original Content: Blog posts, articles, and portfolio projects are owned by DCYFR Labs
Code Samples: Code snippets in blog posts may be used with attribution unless otherwise specified
Third-Party Content: Some content may be sourced from third parties with proper attribution
Open Source: Our website code is open source on GitHub under the MIT License

Attribution Requirements

When sharing or referencing our content:

Provide clear attribution to DCYFR Labs
Link back to the original article or page
Do not present our content as your own
Respect any specific license terms noted on individual content

4. User Content

When you submit content through our contact form or interact with our website, you grant us certain rights to use that content.

Contact Form Submissions

Ownership: You retain ownership of any content you submit
License: You grant us a non-exclusive license to use your submission to respond to your inquiry
Privacy: We handle your data according to our Privacy Policy
No Permanent Storage: Contact form data is processed transiently and not permanently stored

Client-Side Data (Bookmarks, Likes)

Stored locally in your browser (localStorage)
Not shared with our servers unless you authenticate
You can clear this data at any time via browser settings

5. Third-Party Services

Our website uses third-party services for hosting, analytics, and functionality. Your use of these services is subject to their own terms:

6. Service Availability

We strive to keep our website available 24/7, but we make no guarantees about uptime or availability.

Maintenance: We may perform scheduled or emergency maintenance that temporarily interrupts service
Modifications: We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature at any time
No Warranty: The website is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind
Best Effort: We use industry-standard hosting (Vercel) and monitoring to maximize uptime

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

THIS WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

Warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose
Warranties that the website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free
Warranties regarding the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of content
Warranties that defects will be corrected

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DCYFR LABS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:

Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the website
Any conduct or content of any third party on the website
Any content obtained from the website
Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content

IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless DCYFR Labs, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, arising out of or in any way connected with:

Your access to or use of the website
Your violation of these Terms of Service
Your violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights
Any content you submit through our contact form

10. Governing Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Dispute Resolution

Informal Resolution: We encourage you to contact us first to resolve any disputes informally
Jurisdiction: Any legal action arising out of these terms shall be filed in the courts of California
Arbitration: We may require binding arbitration for certain disputes
Class Action Waiver: You agree to resolve disputes on an individual basis, not as part of a class action

11. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the remaining terms will remain in full force and effect.

12. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time. When we do:

We will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page
For significant changes, we will provide prominent notice on our website
Your continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms
We encourage you to review this page periodically

13. Contact Information

If you have questions, concerns, or disputes regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us. We aim to respond within 48 hours.

For legal notices, please include "LEGAL NOTICE" in the subject line.

14. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and DCYFR Labs regarding your use of the website and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.