Terms of Service

Last updated: August 12, 2026

These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of thatsean.com. By using the website, you agree to these terms. Do not use the website if you do not agree.

Informational content

The website publishes personal essays, notes, opinions, and other general information. The content does not provide legal, financial, medical, tax, investment, engineering, security, or other professional advice. You are responsible for how you use the information and for obtaining qualified advice when needed.

Content may contain errors, become outdated, or change without notice. ThatSean does not promise that any content is complete, accurate, current, or suitable for a particular purpose.

Intellectual property

Unless a page states otherwise, ThatSean and its licensors own the website and its original text, design, graphics, code, organization, and other content. Copyright and other intellectual-property laws protect this material.

You may:

Access and read the website for personal or internal reference.
Link to public pages.
Quote limited portions with clear attribution and a link to the source, as permitted by law.
Reference, summarize, or cite the material without reproducing or substantially duplicating it.

You may not, without written permission:

Republish, mirror, sell, license, or distribute substantial portions of the website.
Present the content as your own.
Remove copyright, attribution, or proprietary notices.
Use automated systems to copy substantial content, build a substitute publication, or create a substantially duplicative dataset.
Use the content to train or fine-tune a model when that use requires copying beyond permission granted by law.

Rights granted by applicable law, including fair use, remain unaffected.

Acceptable use

You may not:

Break or attempt to bypass security, access controls, rate limits, or abuse-prevention systems.
Interfere with the website or place an unreasonable load on its infrastructure.
Introduce malware or use the website to attack another system.
Scrape personal information or use the website for spam, fraud, harassment, or unlawful activity.
Misrepresent your identity or affiliation when submitting information.
Use the website in a way that violates another person’s rights.

Access may be limited or blocked when necessary to protect the website or enforce these terms.

Submissions and messages

You retain ownership of information you submit. You grant ThatSean a nonexclusive right to use, store, reproduce, and process a submission as needed to operate the website, respond to you, prevent abuse, enforce these terms, and comply with law.

You represent that you have the right to submit the information and that the submission does not violate law or another person’s rights. Do not submit confidential, privileged, or sensitive material through the contact form.

Third-party services and links

The website may use or link to third-party services. ThatSean does not control their availability, content, security, or practices. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider’s terms.

Website changes

ThatSean may add, change, suspend, or remove content or features at any time. The website may be unavailable because of maintenance, provider failures, security events, or other causes.

Disclaimer of warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website is provided “as is” and “as available.” ThatSean disclaims all express and implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, accuracy, availability, and security.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ThatSean and its owner, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunities arising from the website or these terms.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, total liability for any claim arising from the website or these terms will not exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you paid to use the website during the 12 months before the claim. The website is currently provided without charge.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations. In those jurisdictions, the exclusions and limitations apply only to the extent permitted by law.

Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ThatSean and its owner from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses arising from your unlawful use of the website, your submissions, or your violation of these terms or another person’s rights.

Governing law

California law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be brought in a state or federal court with jurisdiction in San Francisco, California. You consent to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts.