Terms of Use | Phuong Tran

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of thunderphong.com (the "Site"), operated by Phuong Tran ("I", "me", "my").

By using the Site you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

1. The Site

The Site is a personal/professional portfolio. It presents my work, writing, and ways to get in touch. It is provided free of charge for informational purposes. There are no user accounts and no paid services on the Site.

These Terms apply only to the public landing site at thunderphong.com (the root domain). Subdomains such as console.thunderphong.com or any other product/service operated under a subdomain are governed by their own separate terms.

2. Intellectual property

2.1 My content

All content on the Site — including text, articles, blog posts, code samples, design, layout, illustrations, photographs, and the underlying source code that produces the public-facing pages — is owned by me unless otherwise credited, and is protected by Vietnamese and international copyright law.

2.2 What you may do without asking

Read, view, and share links to any page.
Quote short excerpts of articles for commentary, review, or educational purposes, provided you credit me with my name and link to the original page.
Reference code snippets for learning, with attribution.

2.3 What requires permission

Republishing full articles, translations, or substantial excerpts on another site or in print.
Using my writing, images, code, or design in commercial products, training datasets, or AI model fine-tuning.
Framing the Site or substantial portions of it inside another site.

For permissions, email [email protected].

2.4 Third-party content

Where I quote, embed, or reference third-party material (logos, screenshots, references), the original rights remain with the respective owners. I use such material under fair use, fair dealing, or with permission as applicable.

3. Acceptable use

When using the Site or the contact form, you agree not to:

Submit unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, harassing, or discriminatory content.
Send spam, mass commercial solicitation, or content promoting fraud.
Attempt to disrupt, probe, or gain unauthorized access to the Site or its infrastructure (including scanning, brute-forcing, scraping at abusive rates, or attempting to bypass security measures).
Use automated tools to harvest content for AI training, dataset construction, or competitive scraping without explicit permission.
Misrepresent your identity or affiliation when contacting me.

I reserve the right to block IPs or refuse service to anyone who violates these rules.

4. Contact form

If and when a contact form is provided, you confirm that the information you submit is true and that you have the right to share it. I will use your submission only to respond to your inquiry, in line with the Privacy Policy.

5. Links to other sites

The Site may link to third-party websites. I do not endorse, control, or accept responsibility for their content, terms, or privacy practices. Visiting them is at your own risk.

6. No warranty

The Site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, I make no warranties — express or implied — including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, availability, or non-infringement.

Information on the Site, including blog posts and code samples, reflects my opinion at the time of writing and may become outdated. It is not professional advice. You are responsible for verifying anything you rely on.

7. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, I will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of or inability to use the Site, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law (for example, liability for fraud or gross negligence).

8. Privacy

Your use of the Site is also governed by the Privacy Policy, which explains what data is collected and how it is used.

9. Changes to the Site and the Terms

I may change, suspend, or discontinue the Site, or any part of it, at any time without notice. I may also update these Terms; the "Last updated" date reflects the latest revision. Continued use of the Site after changes means you accept the updated Terms.

10. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Any dispute arising from or related to the Site or these Terms will be submitted to the competent courts of Vietnam, unless mandatory consumer protection law in your country of residence grants you the right to bring the dispute before another court.

11. Indemnification

You agree to defend and hold me harmless from any third-party claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

your breach of these Terms,
your misuse of the Site, or
content you submit through the contact form (including infringement of third-party rights).

I will notify you promptly of any such claim and you may participate in its defense at your own cost.

12. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by a competent court, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable while preserving its original intent.

13. Contact

Email:[email protected]