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Terms & Conditions
Last updated: 7 November 2026
1. About these terms
These terms apply to your use of dkvb.dev and to services provided by Daniel van Blerk, trading as dkvb.dev, a sole trader based in Queensland, Australia (“I”, “me”). By using the site or engaging my services, you agree to these terms. If you engage me, the written quote or agreement for your project also applies, and if it conflicts with these terms, the quote or agreement wins.
2. Using this website
- Content on this site is general information about my services. I try to keep it accurate and up to date, but it isn't an offer that binds me until we agree a written quote.
- Portfolio items are labelled by type. Some are live client projects, one is an app in active development, and some are UI/UX design concepts that haven't been built as working products.
- Please don't misuse the site, for example by attempting to gain unauthorised access, sending spam through the forms, or scraping it in a way that disrupts the service.
3. Intellectual property on this site
Unless stated otherwise, the site's text, design, code and my own project images are © dkvb.dev. Client work is shown with the client's permission and remains subject to their rights. Product names, logos and trade marks mentioned belong to their owners and are used only to describe the technologies I work with. Fonts are used under the SIL Open Font License.
4. Quotes and pricing
- Prices on the site are in Australian dollars and are indicative starting points, not fixed offers.
- Every project gets a written quote setting out the scope, deliverables, number of revision rounds, timeline, price and payment schedule. Quotes are valid for 30 days unless they say otherwise.
- Your quote states whether GST applies.
- Work outside the agreed scope is quoted separately and only goes ahead once you approve it in writing.
5. Payment
Payment terms, including any deposit and milestone payments, are set out in your quote. Invoices are due on the date shown on the invoice. If an invoice is overdue, I may pause work until it's paid, after first telling you in writing.
6. What I need from you
- Timely feedback, content, approvals and any access needed to do the work (for example hosting, domain, app store or Firebase accounts).
- You confirm that you have the right to use any text, images, logos or other materials you supply. You're responsible for those materials and for any legal requirements specific to your business, such as your own privacy policy or industry rules.
- Delays in feedback or materials may move the timeline. That isn't a breach by either of us.
7. Ownership of the work
- Once you have paid in full, you own the final deliverables created specifically for you, including designs, source code and content.
- I keep ownership of my pre-existing tools, code libraries and know-how, and give you a permanent licence to use them as part of your project. Open-source components remain under their own licences.
- I may show completed work in my portfolio unless you ask me not to, in writing, before or after the project. I'll never show confidential information.
8. Third-party services
Projects often rely on third-party services such as hosting, domains, Firebase, payment processors (for example Square or Stripe), email services and app stores. Those services are governed by their providers' terms and fees, which are usually paid by you directly. I'm not responsible for outages, price changes or policy decisions by those providers, but I'll help you deal with them.
9. Support and retainers
Monthly support, maintenance and retainer plans run month to month. You can cancel at any time by email, and cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid month. What each plan covers is set out in your quote.
10. Your consumer rights
My services come with guarantees that can't be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law, including that they'll be provided with due care and skill, be reasonably fit for any purpose you've told me about, and be delivered within a reasonable time. Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies those rights. See the Refund Policy for how I handle problems.
If something I've delivered doesn't work as agreed, tell me within 30 days of delivery and I'll fix it at no charge. This doesn't limit your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
11. Limits on liability
To the extent the law allows, and apart from the guarantees above:
- the website is provided “as is”, and I'm not liable for loss arising from reliance on its general content;
- my total liability for a project is limited to the amount you paid me for that project; and
- I'm not liable for indirect or consequential loss, such as lost profits or data, caused by third-party services or by changes made to the work by someone else after delivery.
Where the law allows liability for a failure to comply with a consumer guarantee to be limited, it is limited to supplying the services again or paying the cost of having them supplied again.
12. Confidentiality and privacy
I keep your business information confidential and use it only to do your work. Personal information is handled under the Privacy Policy.
13. Ending a project
Either of us can end a project by written notice if the other seriously breaches these terms or the quote and doesn't fix it within 14 days. You can also cancel a project for any reason. In either case, you pay for work done up to the cancellation date, and I refund anything you've prepaid for work not yet done, as set out in the Refund Policy.
14. Disputes and governing law
If something goes wrong, please contact me first. Most problems can be sorted out with a conversation. These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia, and the courts of Queensland have jurisdiction.
15. Changes
I may update these terms from time to time. Changes don't affect a project already under a signed quote unless we both agree. Questions: dkvb.dev@gmail.com.