Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Probably, as the site grows. When they do, the date at the top changes too. If you keep using the site after that, you're agreeing to the new version.

You're welcome to look, link to it and share it with credit. Everything else needs asking first. The writing, design, code, photos and images on the site are mine and protected by copyright unless they say otherwise, so please don't copy, resell, republish, scrape or use them to train AI models without my written permission.

Some of the work was made for clients. Their names, logos, products and trademarks belong to them. They're shown here only to describe the part I played, not to suggest that any client endorses me or this site, and nothing here speaks for them.

Most of it, not all of it. Some pieces are concepts, competition entries, student projects or personal explorations, and a few of those use real brands. Those are unofficial: they weren't commissioned or approved by the brands in them.

Mine. Anything I write here, from case studies to posts, is my own view and not that of any employer, client, school or organisation I'm part of now or have been. Mentioning a company doesn't mean it agrees with me.

I try to keep things accurate, but the site is provided as it is, without promises that it's complete, current or always up. Case studies are my own account of my role. Figures such as users, funding or results were reported by the client or were public when I wrote them; they may have changed since, and they aren't statements by those companies. Nothing here is professional, financial or legal advice, and visiting the site doesn't create a working relationship between us.

If you're a client and want a project changed or taken down, if you're in a photo and would rather not be, or if you think something here uses your work without permission, email hello@roydenso.com with the page and what's wrong. I'll look at it promptly and fix or remove it where it's fair to.

The site links to places I don't run, like LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Are.na and Cal.com. They have their own terms and privacy policies, and I'm not responsible for what happens there.

Templates, support and anything else I sell are checked out through Lemon Squeezy. Each purchase comes with its own licence and terms at checkout, and those are what apply to it. The affiliate programme runs on Lemon Squeezy's terms too.

As far as the law allows, I'm not liable for any loss or damage that comes from using the site or relying on what's on it. If you've got a problem with the site, tell me at hello@roydenso.com and I'll do my best to fix it.

If any part of these terms turns out not to hold up, the rest still applies.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, where I study and work.

Very little. Like every website, the server that hosts this one (Vercel) keeps standard logs of requests, such as your IP address, browser and the pages you asked for, so it can run and protect the site. I don't use those logs to identify anyone. The other things are the visit counts, the rock, paper, scissors game on the About page and the pen in the footer, all below.

Yes, two kinds. Vercel Web Analytics counts visits without cookies: it sees the page, where you came from, your country and the kind of device, and it doesn't store your IP address or recognise you from one day to the next.

Google Analytics does the same job in more detail. It sets cookies (named _ga) to tell a returning visitor from a new one, and Google handles that data under its own privacy policy. I only ever see totals, like how many people opened a case study, never who you are. To opt out, block cookies for this site or install Google's Analytics opt-out add-on; the site works just the same.

When you play, the site saves your move, the time and a random ID your browser makes up so the game can tell when you've played yourself. It's kept with Upstash, a database service. Only the latest play is kept: the next person to play sees its move and roughly when it was, and it's replaced as soon as they play. Your IP address, your name and your location are never saved.

Every click on a pen adds one to that pen's shared tally, so everyone sees the same numbers. Only the totals are kept, with Upstash, nothing about who clicked. To stop one person running a number up, clicks are counted against a scrambled code made from your IP address, today's date and a secret, which can't be turned back into your address. It's only used for those limits and is deleted within a day.

A few small things, saved on your own device: which pen you picked in the footer, whether its sound is on, which shelf photo you chose, how you like the Index laid out, which case studies you've opened, and the game's random ID. Apart from that ID, which goes along with each play, none of it is sent to me. The site also runs a quick check of how smoothly your device plays its animations, which is forgotten when you close the tab. You can clear all of it from your browser's settings at any time.

Some images on the Index come straight from Are.na, so your browser asks their servers for them. Booking a call happens on Cal.com, and following a social link takes you to that platform. Each of those has its own privacy policy.

I use your email and what you send to reply and, if we work together, to run the project. I don't sell it, share it for marketing or add you to a list. Ask me to delete our conversation and I will, unless I have to keep something for legal or tax reasons.

The site is for a general audience and doesn't knowingly collect anything from children under 13. If you think a child has sent me personal information, write to hello@roydenso.com and I'll delete it.

You can ask what I have about you (usually just our emails), ask me to correct it, or ask me to delete it, under whichever privacy law applies to you, such as Hong Kong's Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance or, in Europe, the GDPR. Write to hello@roydenso.com and I'll answer within 30 days.