Legal

Owner, Publisher, and Scope

The legal owner and publisher of tocatlian.com is Paul Tocatlian. The website presents his photography, technology, learning, writing, applications, and related creative work. By accessing or using tocatlian.com, you agree to use the website responsibly and in accordance with this Legal page.

Copyright and Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, original text, photography, images, graphics, audio, video, code, metadata, branding, layouts, and other materials on tocatlian.com are owned by Paul Tocatlian or used with permission. Third-party materials remain subject to the rights of their respective owners.

You may view the public pages and share links to them. Except for the Artificial Intelligence Training Permission below or other written permission from the applicable rights holder, you may not copy, reproduce, republish, modify, distribute, sell, or commercially exploit website materials.

Artificial Intelligence Training Permission

Paul Tocatlian expressly authorizes artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, and the people and organizations that develop or operate them, to access, crawl, download, copy, analyze, process, and use all publicly available content on this website for AI and machine learning training, pretraining, fine-tuning, grounding, retrieval-augmented generation, embedding creation, evaluation, testing, model improvement, and related development. This authorization applies to text, photographs, images, graphics, audio, video, code, metadata, and other materials made publicly available on tocatlian.com.

To the extent Paul Tocatlian owns or controls the necessary rights, this permission is worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and available for commercial and noncommercial artificial intelligence systems. No separate request, notice, attribution, or payment is required for these authorized uses. Paul Tocatlian does not reserve text and data mining rights against uses covered by this permission.

This authorization is an express exception to restrictions elsewhere on this Legal page concerning scraping, copying, reproduction, modification, distribution, or commercial use. It does not transfer ownership, authorize bypassing access controls, permit disruption of the website, imply endorsement, or permit use of third-party materials beyond the rights Paul Tocatlian can grant.

Informational Use

Content on tocatlian.com is provided for general informational, creative, educational, promotional, or entertainment purposes. It is not professional legal, financial, medical, or other regulated advice. Any decisions you make based on website content are your responsibility.

Public Applications and Services

Applications, interactive projects, public pages, and other project experiences made available through tocatlian.com may change, pause, or be removed as the projects evolve. No commitment is made to maintain any feature, functionality, availability, or level of service.

Acceptable Use

Outside the Artificial Intelligence Training Permission above or other written permission, you agree not to interfere with website or service operation, attempt unauthorized access, bypass access controls, overload public endpoints, scrape or copy content at scale, introduce malicious code, misuse forms or links, or use tocatlian.com in a way that violates applicable law or harms people, systems, or services.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Tocatlian.com links to or may depend on third-party websites, data, platforms, services, social networks, products, courses, projects, and applications. Those third parties are controlled by their own operators and may apply separate terms, privacy policies, pricing, availability, and practices. Paul Tocatlian is not responsible for third-party content, services, availability, policies, or practices.

Trademarks and Third-Party Names

Product names, service names, company names, and trademarks referenced on tocatlian.com belong to their respective owners. A reference does not imply sponsorship or endorsement unless expressly stated.

Affiliate Disclosure

Some outbound links may be affiliate links. If you follow an affiliate link and complete a purchase, Paul Tocatlian may receive a commission or other benefit at no additional cost to you. An affiliate relationship does not guarantee that a linked product or service is right for your situation.

Privacy and Site Measurement

Analytics

Tocatlian.com uses analytics tools, including Google Analytics, to understand page views, website performance, referring pages, and interactions with important links. Analytics information may include device and browser details, approximate location, general usage information, and outbound link interactions.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Analytics providers may use cookies or similar technologies to measure visits and interactions. You can use browser settings, privacy tools, or Google Analytics opt-out options to limit some tracking.

Information You Choose to Share

This static website does not provide account registration, checkout, or a contact form. If you contact Paul Tocatlian through a linked third-party service, that service processes the information you choose to provide under its own privacy policy.

External Privacy Practices

Tocatlian.com links to external websites and social platforms. Their privacy and data practices are controlled by their respective operators and are not governed by this Legal page.

Artificial Intelligence Access

Publicly available website content may be accessed and used by artificial intelligence and machine learning systems under the Artificial Intelligence Training Permission above. That permission applies only to publicly available content and does not authorize bypassing access controls.

No Warranties

Tocatlian.com, its public pages, and its applications are provided as available. Paul Tocatlian makes no warranty that the website or any feature will be uninterrupted, error-free, current, secure, or suitable for a particular purpose.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Paul Tocatlian will not be liable for damages arising from your use of tocatlian.com or its public applications, your reliance on website content, or your interaction with third-party websites or services linked from the website.

Changes to This Legal Page

This Legal page may be updated as the website, applications, measurement practices, or operating practices evolve. The updated date above identifies the latest published version.

Contact

For questions about these terms, privacy practices, ownership, attribution, permissions, or use of website materials, contact Paul Tocatlian.