Terms of Service

Last updated: November 4, 2025

Agreement to Terms

By accessing and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.

Description of Service

Jennings Liu's personal website is a blog and portfolio platform that provides:

  • Technical articles and tutorials on DevOps, programming, and cloud infrastructure
  • Personal learning journals and experiences
  • Professional portfolio and project showcases
  • Educational content related to technology and software development

User Conduct

You agree not to use this website to:

  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations
  • Transmit or distribute harmful, offensive, or inappropriate content
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or networks
  • Interfere with or disrupt the website or servers connected to the website
  • Use the website for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose
  • Harass, abuse, or harm other users or the website operators
  • Upload viruses, malware, or other malicious code
  • Spam or send unsolicited communications

Intellectual Property Rights

Content Ownership

All content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and software, is the property of Jennings Liu or his content suppliers and is protected by international copyright laws.

Permitted Use

You may:

  • Read and view content for personal, non-commercial use
  • Share links to our content on social media platforms
  • Quote short excerpts (up to 90 words) with proper attribution and a link back to the original content

Prohibited Use

You may not:

  • Reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without explicit written permission
  • Use our content for commercial purposes without permission
  • Remove copyright notices or other proprietary markings
  • Frame or mirror any portion of the website
  • Use automated systems to access or extract content without permission

User-Generated Content

Comments and Submissions

If you submit comments, questions, or other content to this website, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, and distribute such content.

Content Responsibility

You are solely responsible for any content you submit. We reserve the right to remove any content that we deem inappropriate, offensive, or in violation of these terms.

Website Availability

Service Availability

We strive to maintain the website's availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. The website may be temporarily unavailable due to technical issues, maintenance, or factors beyond our control.

No Warranty

This website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the website or the information, content, materials, or products included on this website.

Limitation of Liability

Disclaimer of Damages

In no event shall Jennings Liu, our affiliates, or our respective directors, officers, employees, or agents 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:

  • Your use or inability to use the website
  • Any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any personal information stored therein
  • Any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through our website by any third party
  • Any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the website

Maximum Liability

Our total liability to you for all causes of action shall not exceed the amount you paid to us, if any, for accessing the website during the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Jennings Liu, his affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees).

Third-Party Links and Services

External Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Jennings Liu. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

Google AdSense

This website participates in the Google AdSense program. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of Google's ads policies and privacy policy.

Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of this website, to understand our practices.

Modifications to Terms

Right to Modify

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website.

Notification of Changes

It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Termination

Termination Rights

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

Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your right to use the website will cease immediately. All provisions of the Terms of Service which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which Jennings Liu operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Dispute Resolution

Informal Resolution

If you have any concerns or disputes about the website, please contact us first to attempt to resolve the issue informally.

Formal Dispute Resolution

If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, any dispute relating to these Terms of Service or your use of the website shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the relevant arbitration association.

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 of Service will otherwise remain in full force and effect and remain enforceable.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between you and Jennings Liu regarding your use of this website, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the website.

Waiver

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:

Last updated: November 4, 2025