These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern access to and use of the website darkpsychology.eu (“the site”) owned by Octavio Ortega Esteban. By accessing the site, you accept these Terms in full. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.
1. Site owner
- Owner: Octavio Ortega Esteban
- NIF: 03892442Z
- Address: Calle Concilios de Toledo 2, portal 7, 4B, Toledo, Spain
- Contact email: octavio@kerchak.com
2. Site purpose
darkpsychology.eu is an English-language popular-science blog dedicated to dark psychology, manipulation, cognitive biases, narcissism, psychopathy, persuasion, and related fields. Its purpose is informative and educational.
The site does not provide:
- Clinical or therapeutic psychological advice
- Medical or psychiatric advice
- Personal, legal, or financial advice
- Diagnoses for the reader or for third parties
- Substitutes for consultation with qualified professionals
3. User obligations
When using this site, you agree to:
- Not use the content for illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purposes
- Not attempt to access restricted areas or compromise site security
- Not perform actions that disrupt the proper functioning of the site (DDoS attacks, scraping, mass injection)
- Respect the intellectual property of the published content
- Behave respectfully in the comments, in accordance with the rules of this section
4. Comments
If the site allows comments on articles, the following rules apply:
4.1 Comments are moderated
All comments may be moderated before publication. We reserve the right to edit, reject, or delete, without prior notice, any comment that:
- Contains insults, hate speech, harassment, or threats
- Promotes violence, discrimination, or any form of intolerance
- Includes spam, advertising links, or commercial content
- Reveals personal data of third parties without consent
- Constitutes defamation, calumny, or attacks on the honour of identifiable persons
- Diagnoses or pathologises specific people (in line with the editorial spirit of the site)
- Violates intellectual property rights
- Is illegal under Spanish or EU law
4.2 Comment author’s responsibility
The author of a comment is solely responsible for its content. By publishing a comment, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to display it on the site as long as you have not requested its deletion.
4.3 Removing your comments
You may at any time write to octavio@kerchak.com to request the deletion of your comments. We will process the request within thirty (30) days.
5. Content disclaimer (informational nature)
The content of darkpsychology.eu is provided for informational purposes only. While we strive to ensure scientific rigour, accuracy, and citation of recognised sources:
- We do not guarantee that all information is current, complete, or applicable to your specific situation
- The content does not replace consultation with qualified mental health, medical, legal, or financial professionals
- The reader is responsible for the use they make of the information
If you are going through a personal mental health crisis, contact a qualified professional or the crisis services indicated at the foot of articles dealing with sensitive topics.
6. Intellectual property
All site content (texts, images, design, code) is protected by intellectual property law. See Legal Notice — section 4 for full details. The CC BY-NC 4.0 licence applies to original articles, except where another licence is indicated.
7. Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Octavio Ortega Esteban disclaims liability for:
- Damage arising from access to or use of the site
- Decisions made by the reader based on the published content
- Service interruptions, errors, or losses of available data
- Content of third-party websites linked from this site
- Damage caused by viruses, malware, or technical attacks beyond the owner’s reasonable control
This disclaimer does not affect mandatory consumer rights protected by Spanish or EU law.
8. Modifications
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. The current version will be available on this page with its publication date. Continued use of the site after publication of changes constitutes acceptance.
9. Suspension of access
We may suspend access to the site, in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently, for technical, editorial, or legal reasons, without prior notice and without compensation.
10. Applicable law and jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by Spanish law. For any dispute, the parties submit to the courts of the city of Toledo, Spain, except where mandatory provisions of consumer law applicable in the user’s country of residence establish otherwise (in particular, EU citizens may bring actions in the courts of their country of habitual residence under Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012).
11. Severability
If any clause of these Terms is declared null or unenforceable, the remaining clauses will remain in force.
12. Contact
Any question regarding these Terms can be sent to: octavio@kerchak.com
Last updated: 27 April, 20026