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Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Cookies, Credits and Licensing This document details the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use of my website and personal projects. It is written in a clear way so it's easy to read and understand.

Terms of use

By participating in this website, you are responsible for anything you write or upload. Xavi Esteve is not responsible for comments or information submitted by other users, nor for links to external sites.

I reserve the right to use, modify, or delete any comments or submitted data that I consider false, inaccurate, illegal, distasteful, spammy, offensive, off-topic, or intentionally disruptive.

Disclaimer

Although all information and tools on this website are reviewed and tested at the time of publication, I cannot guarantee they remain accurate over time. I assume no responsibility for outdated content or any damage resulting from its use. Please use the website, its tools, and any information provided with your own judgement, common sense, and at your own risk.

Nothing on my websites constitutes legal, medical, financial, or professional advice unless explicitly stated, we sign a contract, and you pay me for it.

Also, please don’t be a dick if something free on the internet doesn’t work perfectly. We’re all busy humans, ask nicely and you’ll get better results.

All opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the views of my employer.

Disclosure

I usually write about my own experiences. When I mention a product I like, I may review it and occasionally include a referral link from which I might earn a small commission or perk. I also run some ads. These do not make me rich, they barely offset server costs and the occasional coffee. In reality the ROI is laughably low (I’d make more flipping burgers at McDonald’s). Sharing knowledge and contributing to Open Source is my way of giving back.

Privacy Policy

This site and its apps comply with the European GDPR and the Spanish LOPD at the time of publication and to the best of my knowledge. All data transmitted through these websites and apps is securely stored on private servers located in the European Union.

By using this site or its apps, you agree that any posted or submitted information may be stored on secure servers in Europe or the United States.

When you leave a comment, your name and email are stored, as well as any other information you choose to share. I will only contact you if you ask a private question or in exceptional cases (e.g., security issues, service termination). If the answer can be public, I prefer posting it as a comment so that future readers benefit from it. If you want your personal information removed, contact me and I’ll delete it ASAP, your privacy matters to me as much as mine.

Log Files

Like almost every website, I collect anonymous log file data such as IP address, ISP, browser, visit time, and pages viewed. This data is not personally identifiable. For example, I might know that someone in France with a new MacBook reads my PHP articles, but not their name or email.

This information helps me improve the site by understanding what readers are interested in, and enhance security.

Online tools

I provide several free online tools. These collect only non-identifiable data unless otherwise stated or voluntarily provided. Some tools may require an account or email to send notifications.

Some Online Tools have their own Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which take precedence over these ones.

I fund these tools personally to keep them free. Use them responsibly and without automated abuse. I reserve the right to block users who misuse them or to retire these tools at any time without notice. Heavy users: please consider donating or at least letting me know, so I can ensure the traffic isn’t mistaken as a DoS attack and allocate more resources if needed.

I am not responsible for any damage or consequences of using these tools. I’ve built them for free, host them for free, and ask for nothing, so again, please don’t be a dick.

Android and iOS Apps

Some Android and iOS Apps that have Push Notification features may use OneSignal to do so, in that case, here’s OneSignal’s Privacy Policy.

Cookie Law and Web Beacons

I use cookies to store information and improve your overall user experience, that’s great for you. For example, if you submit a comment, the next time you want to comment your name will already be typed in. Some tools may use your browser’s LocalStorage instead of Cookies, this is so the information is kept more private and not sent on every request, also saving you data.

I also use third party advertisements to support the site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on the site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.  This is generally used for geo targeting purposes (showing London music concert ads to someone in London, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

You can chose to disable, selectively turn off or delete the cookies, third-party cookies and local storage in your browser settings. This may affect how you are able to interact with my site and other websites. Some problems might be: inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Third party cookies I use are:

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to my website. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on their visit to my site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the advertising opt-out page. (Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page).

Cookies sound scary but they are not, there’s few harm in them and if a website was to use them illicitly Google and antivirus softwares would ban them quickly. If, however, you are super paranoid about it, I recommend you use Mozilla Firefox and install the Ghostery extension with all filters on, it works great.

Trust

This website and those on Projects are made by me, a passionate individual on his free time, not by a business or corporation. What do I mean by this? While at first it may seem like “oh, there’s no company behind any of this! It’s just this random dude on the Internet, mah data is not safe!“. That’s not what you should be thinking. Putting it simply: I have no economical interest but pure passion, I have been maintaining this website and a hundred others since 2006 (think about how many online businesses have been running for that long?) and will continue to do so for a long long time. So be at ease, my websites are not going down due to company bankruptcy, or being sold to someone else for a sum of cash. Which sadly is pretty common nowadays with tons of websites selling out to some bigger Goliath that then just shuts it down.

Also, I have no motivation to sell your data to someone dodgy. I have my own job and my income comes from other sources, so there’s no motivation for me to screw you or sell you out. I have a reputation to keep, and my face is on the line, my clients have trusted me and continue to do so, for two decades, with their most critical projects. Again, it’s myself on the line and not some company that can shut down and start fresh without any consequences as if nothing happened.

Licensing of the site

All the content including images, resources, scripts and tools in this website are owned by Xavi Esteve unless specified otherwise. The work in my portfolio is licensed under Copyright by Xavi Esteve or their respective companies/owners unless specified otherwise. Blog articles and images (not web designs) authored by myself are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike-NonCommercial license unless specified otherwise. Other licensing terms can be considered, please get in touch.

Credits and attribution

Flat Miniset used in Project icons made by iconShock.

Other credit and attribution is provided in the specific pages where it is displayed. Where there’s no credit it either means the work is produced by Xavi Esteve (myself), there’s no way I could find the source, or it has been released under a Public Domain license.

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