Terms of Service

Last updated: August 4, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using this website (ncm.im), 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.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of our website operated by Kino (“us”, “we”, or “our”).

2. Description of Service

This website serves as a professional portfolio showcasing cybersecurity expertise, projects, and professional experience. The service includes:

  • Portfolio display of professional work and achievements
  • Contact form for professional inquiries
  • Information about cybersecurity services
  • Educational content and resources
  • Professional networking opportunities

3. User Responsibilities

By using this website, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate and truthful information when contacting us
  • Use the website only for lawful purposes
  • Not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the website
  • Not transmit any malicious code, viruses, or harmful content
  • Respect intellectual property rights
  • Not engage in any activity that could harm or disrupt the website
  • Comply with all applicable laws and regulations

4. Prohibited Uses

You may not use our website:

  • For any unlawful purpose or to solicit others to perform unlawful acts
  • To violate any international, federal, provincial, or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances
  • To infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others
  • To harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate
  • To submit false or misleading information
  • To upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code
  • To spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape
  • For any obscene or immoral purpose
  • To interfere with or circumvent the security features of the website

5. Intellectual Property Rights

The content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, logos, code, and software, is the property of Kino and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

You may not:

  • Reproduce, distribute, or display any content without written permission
  • Use any content for commercial purposes without authorization
  • Modify, adapt, or create derivative works from our content
  • Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices

6. Privacy and Data Protection

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the website, to understand our practices regarding the collection and use of your personal information.

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with our Privacy Policyand Cookie Policy.

Your Data Rights

You have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@ncm.im.

We will respond to your request within 30 days and may require identity verification to protect your privacy.

7. User-Generated Content

When you submit content through our contact form or other means, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use, modify, and display such content for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and improving our services.

You represent and warrant that:

  • You own or have the necessary rights to the content you submit
  • Your content does not violate any third-party rights
  • Your content is accurate and not misleading
  • Your content does not contain harmful or malicious code

8. Disclaimers

The information on this website is provided on an “as is” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude:

  • All representations, warranties, and conditions relating to this website and its contents
  • All liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage
  • Any warranty that the website will be available, error-free, or secure
  • Any warranty regarding the accuracy or completeness of information

9. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Kino, nor its directors, 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 your use of the website.

Our total liability to you for all claims arising from or relating to the website shall not exceed $100 USD.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Kino and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees).

11. Security and Compliance

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect our website and your data:

  • SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmission
  • Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing
  • Compliance with applicable data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA)
  • Secure coding practices and regular security updates
  • Incident response procedures for security breaches

If you discover any security vulnerabilities, please report them to security@ncm.im following responsible disclosure practices.

12. Termination

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.

Upon termination, your right to use the website will cease immediately.

13. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the Philippines, 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.

14. Changes to Terms

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 website after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.

15. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

16. Contact Information

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

Email: legal@ncm.im

Website: ncm.im

Subject: Terms of Service Inquiry

17. Effective Date

These Terms of Service are effective as of the date listed at the top of this document and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.