By awarding or assigning a project or contract to me, you are hereby agreeing to these policies. These policies may be updated at any time without notice, so it will be your responsibility to come here often to see any changes. If you violate these policies, all work performed by me and any deliverables will be deleted immediately and legal action may be taken by me at my discretion.

Cancellation or Termination of Project or Contract

All work performed by me and any deliverables will immediately be deleted or destroyed. Failure to do so or any attempt to prevent me from doing so, will result in legal action taken against you. You will receive a refund according to the refund policy described below.

Link To My Site

For websites: I will automatically place an invisible link to my site that will appear on all pages which are affected by my work. The link will not be viewable by the public, nor will it affect the design or layout of the pages I affected by my work. Although the link will not be viewable by human visitors to your site, it will be viewable to search engines and other "bots". Therefore, the purpose of the link is for search engines and other bots to find it and make their way to my site. If someone else (including yourself) works on your site after I am finished with my work and they (or you) remove, alter, or otherwise obscure the link, you will be in violation of these policies and may face legal action taken by me.

For software which displays output not displayed in a web browser: I will place a link to my site on any screens, windows, or other forms of output affected by my work. Every effort will be made to keep the link unobtrusive and out of the way of the main portions of the screens, windows, or other forms of output. If the link is ever removed, altered, or otherwise obscured, you will be in violation of these policies and may face legal action taken by me.

Refunds

You will be entitled to a refund of negotiated fee(s) if you cancel or terminate the contract before completion of the project or if you are not 100% satisfied with the deliverables after the end of the project, pursuant to the following:

For Flat-Rate Projects: I will retain 25% of the negotiated fee for work already performed.

For Hourly Projects: I will retain a minimum of 8 hours payment for work already completed. Any remainder shall be refunded to you.

In the event you request a refund under this policy, all work performed by me shall be deleted or destroyed. Any attempt to prevent the destruction of work performed by me shall be considered a violation of these policies and you will be billed for the full negotiated amount or full number of hours worked and you may face legal action taken by me. All requests for a refund must be made within 30 days of the end of the project or within 30 days of cancellation or termination of the project.

Nothing Is Secure

There is no such thing as a completely secure website or software. Although I will vigilantly follow the latest practices for writing secure code, I make no claims or representations concerning the strength of the security. The previous statement is especially true for code I didn't write (in cases of using open-source code).