01. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User", "Visitor", or "Client") and SK Sahinur Islam (professionally recognized as Genious Sonu, "I", "me", or "my"), operating the digital portfolio, technical blog, and software consulting portal located at https://genioussonu.me("Website").
By accessing, browsing, interacting with, or submitting data to this Website, you signify your full, unconditional agreement to these Terms. If you do not agree to every provision stated herein, you must immediately terminate use of this Website.
02.Intellectual Property & Patent Disclosure
Unless explicitly attributed to third parties or open-source software, all materials on this Website—including but not limited to source code, user interface designs, custom GSAP animations, graphics, 3D assets, architectural schematics, blog writings, and visual identity—are the exclusive intellectual property of SK Sahinur Islam and are protected under Indian and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property statutes.
Indian Patent No. 544062:The real-time telemetry, sensor data streaming, and hardware-software orchestration mechanisms described in the "IoT Real-Time Vaccine Storage Monitoring System" are protected under statutory letters patent issued by the Indian Patent Office (IPO). Unauthorized commercialization, reproduction, fabrication, or reverse-engineering of this patented methodology constitutes statutory infringement subject to immediate injunctive relief and damages.
03.Code Showcases & Repository Licenses
This Website demonstrates software engineering projects, code snippets, and architecture samples. The licensing terms are segregated as follows:
- Open-Source Repositories: Code explicitly hosted in public GitHub repositories (e.g., under github.com/GeniousSonu) is governed by the specific open-source license file (such as MIT, Apache 2.0, or GPL) situated in that repository.
- Proprietary Portfolio Implementation: The compiled styling, bespoke Next.js layout, custom brand assets, and proprietary components comprising this portfolio domain remain All Rights Reserved. You may not clone, redistribute, or commercially re-sell this portfolio template without express written consent.
04.Freelance & Engineering Consulting
Inquiries initiated via the contact form, direct email, or social profiles (LinkedIn, Upwork, WhatsApp, Telegram) do not establish an employer-employee or client-contractor relationship until:
A formalized mutual agreement or Statement of Work defining project scope, deliverables, timeline, milestones, and technical requirements is countersigned.
For projects conducted through freelance platforms (such as Upwork), engagements are strictly bound by the platform's Escrow Terms of Service and agreed hourly/fixed-price milestones.
Full transfer of intellectual property rights for custom code commissioned by clients occurs strictly upon receipt of full, final payment as stipulated in the client contract.
05.Acceptable Use & Cybersecurity Policy
As a full-stack engineer and cybersecurity practitioner, I uphold strict zero-tolerance policies regarding malicious network activity. You agree not to:
- Conduct unauthorized vulnerability scanning, port scanning, or penetration testing against genioussonu.me or its associated serverless edge workers without prior written permission.
- Launch Denial of Service (DoS), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), or volumetric traffic floods against this domain.
- Execute automated scraping, headless harvesting, or extraction of email addresses and phone handles for unsolicited commercial marketing (spam).
- Submit malicious payloads, cross-site scripting (XSS) vectors, SQL injection queries, or malicious scripts via the direct message field or API endpoints.
Hostile intrusion attempts, automated spamming, or abuse of the contact API will result in permanent IP firewall blocking, reporting to your upstream internet service provider (ISP), and potential prosecution under the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000(Sections 43 & 66) and international computer fraud regulations.
06.Interactive AI & Bot Usage Conditions
The interactive conversational assistant ("Genious Bot") is supplied solely to assist visitors with rapid navigation, technical inquiries, and project consultation. When interacting with the bot:
- You agree not to attempt adversarial prompt injection, jailbreaking, or automated prompt extraction attacks.
- You acknowledge that while the bot utilizes advanced LLM backends (Groq and Google Gemini), its outputs are informational and do not represent binding legal, architectural, or price quotations until confirmed in writing by Sahinur personally.
- Bot privacy and conversational data policies are governed under the dedicated Bot Privacy Policy.
07.Affiliate Links & Store Recommendations
In compliance with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising and international consumer transparency norms:
The /store section contains hand-picked developer hardware, books, peripherals, and SaaS tools personally tested or recommended by Sahinur. Certain links are affiliate links. If you click through and purchase qualifying items, I may earn an affiliate commission at zero additional cost to you.
Product pricing, warranty fulfillment, delivery, and customer service are the sole responsibility of the third-party merchant (such as Amazon, publisher, or vendor). I disclaim all liability regarding product defects or fulfillment disputes.
08.Third-Party Links & Platforms
This Website contains links to external platforms including LinkedIn, GitHub, Upwork, TryHackMe, Telegram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and client project URLs. These third-party sites operate under their own independent terms and privacy protocols. I exercise no editorial control over external domains and accept no responsibility for their content, availability, or operational security.
09. Disclaimer of Warranties
THIS WEBSITE, ITS CODE SHOWCASES, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANTS, AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, STATUTORY, OR IMPLIED.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SK SAHINUR ISLAM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND UNINTERRUPTED ERROR-FREE OPERATION.
10. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SK SAHINUR ISLAM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES—INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, CLIENTS, SYSTEM DOWNTIME, OR GOODWILL—ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CODE EXAMPLES.
11. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SK Sahinur Islam against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, and legal costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your breach of these Terms, unauthorized security probing, or violation of any third-party rights.
12.Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms and any disputes arising out of or related to this Website shall be governed exclusively by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.
You irrevocably agree that the courts situated in Kolkata, West Bengal, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms.
13.Modifications & Inquiries
I reserve the right to revise, modernize, or amend these Terms at any time to reflect infrastructural, legal, or service changes. Updated Terms will be posted directly with a refreshed "Effective Date". Your continued use of the Website subsequent to any modification confirms your acceptance.
For inquiries regarding these Terms, patent licensing, or custom client contracts, please reach out directly:
SK Sahinur Islam (Genious Sonu)
Senior Web Application Developer & IT Engineer
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Email: sahinurislamm2002@gmail.com
Direct Inquiry: genioussonu.me/#contact