Welcome to bell0bytes

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of the bell0bytes website.

bell0bytes is located at:
Duerfstrooss 30
5430 Lenneng
Lëtzebuerg

The following Terms and Conditions ("Terms", "Terms and Conditions") govern your relationship with the https://bell0bytes.eu website (the "Service") operated by bell0bytes ("us", "we", or "our").

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using the Service.

Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you may not access the Service.

Cookies

We use cookies for website analytics and the comment function. Those cookies are never used to collect data about you, nor to track you.

Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content, features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of bell0bytes and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of Luxembourg and foreign countries. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of bell0bytes.

GNU General Public License v3.0 --- GNU GPLv3

User Comments

  1. This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.
  2. Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material and data ('Comments') in areas of the website. bell0bytes does not screen, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their appearance on the website and Comments do not reflect the views or opinions of bell0bytes, its agents or affiliates. Comments reflect the view and opinion of the person who posts such view or opinion. To the extent permitted by applicable laws bell0bytes shall not be responsible or liable for the Comments or for any loss cost, liability, damages or expenses caused and or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.
  3. bell0bytes reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which it considers in its absolute discretion to be inappropriate, offensive or otherwise in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
  4. You hereby grant to bell0bytes a non-exclusive royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.
  5. You warrant and represent that:
    1. You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
    2. The Comments do not infringe any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party;
    3. The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material or material which is an invasion of privacy
    4. The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

Hyperlinking to our Content

Everyone may link to the bell0bytes website without prior written approval, so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

Iframes

Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our Web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Web site.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Web site or any linked web site objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by bell0bytes.

bell0bytes has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that bell0bytes shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that you visit.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We use Fathom Analytics for website analytics. Fathom Analytics provides simple, useful website statistics without tracking or storing personal data. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://usefathom.com/privacy/.

Blog

News and tutorials are published using Ghost, a fully open source, adaptable platform for building and running a modern online publication. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://ghost.org/privacy/.

Cloud

The bell0bytes cloud service is powered by NextCloud and hosted on our own servers in Lenningen, Luxembourg. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://nextcloud.com/privacy/.

Comments

To allow visitors to write comments, bell0bytes uses Commento, a fast, privacy-focused commenting platform. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://commento.io/privacy.

Font Awesome

To use Font Awesome, bell0bytes uses BootstrapCDN. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://www.bootstrapcdn.com/privacy-policy/.

MathJax

To provide LaTeX support, bell0bytes uses MathJax provided by CloudFare. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

Media System

The bell0bytes media system is powered by Jellyfin, the Free Software Media System with no strings attached and no hidden agendas. Jellyfin has no built-in tracking and no central servers collecting data.

Metrics

To keep an eye on servers located in Lenningen, Luxembourg, bell0bytes uses Netdata, a lightweight monitoring system. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://docs.netdata.cloud/docs/privacy-policy/.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

Prism

To provide source-code highlighting, bell0bytes uses Prism delivered by CloudFare. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

Search Engine

As search engine, bell0bytes provides access to SearX, a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than seventy search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearX can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

Webhost

The bell0bytes website is hosted by Digital Ocean, the developer cloud, on a server in the Netherlands. Their Privacy Policy can be read at https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy/.

Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.

Limitation Of Liability

In no event shall bell0bytes, nor its directors, shareholders, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

Disclaimer

Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.

bell0bytes, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that (a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; (b) any errors or defects will be corrected; (c) the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or (d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Luxembourg, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have between us regarding the Service.

Changes

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the Service.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.