Introduction
InspiredByStanley.com is a website devoted to sharing an intimate look at the life of a boy who was born and lived a short, but cherished, life with full Trisomy 18. As such, the perspectives shared here will be very personal in nature. The terms of service (TOS) below are intended to ensure a consistent, sensitive, and unified overall message throughout the website which reflects some of the many ways in which Stanley inspired us and how we hope to inspire others. Therefore, the terms of service describe the agreements which describe your rights and responsibilities on this website.
Identification
I, We, Us, Our, and similar references to names and/or usernames of site administrators, editors, or contributors refer to InspiredByStanley.com (the Website). You, your, and similar references refer to visitors and/or users of InspiredByStanley.com. If you are accessing the site as an representative of another entity, you assert and guarantee that you have the authority to bind the entity by the InspiredByStanley.com policies.
Who may use this site
Anyone over 13 years old may use this site. By accessing this site, you assert and warrant that you are over the age of 13. If you are younger than 13 years of age, you must discontinue accessing this site.
Acceptance
Any access of, use of, and participation in InspiredByStanley.com and any of its posts, pages, comment sections, subdomains, photos, text, videos, and/or any other content on the Website indicates your acceptance to be bound by all terms of service and other site policies. From time to time we may update policies without notice. Any terms which are superseded by law will leave all other terms in effect. If you do not agree with the terms and policies of the Website, you may not access or use this site.
Disclaimer
This site is a public version of Stanley’s story. While we strive to be sensitive and accurate in all content, we must include and you must agree to the following disclaimer to use this site. InspiredByStanley.com owners and staff are not medical or legal professionals and our opinions do not constitute professional opinions or advice of any kind. While we may seek content from licensed medical experts or refer to published medical findings, all content on this site is provided for informational purposes only. The Website shall not responsible or liable for accuracy, correctness, completeness, usability, applicability to you or others, errors, omissions, appropriateness, political correctness, or availability of this content. In other words, if you take offense based upon, experience any reaction based upon, rely upon, make decisions upon, act upon, and/or fail to act based upon the information contained in the Website and/or something undesirable happens to you or others you influence or others to whom you communicate the content on the Website (whether emotionally, medically, physically, spiritually, financially, psychologically, and/or in any other respect), you agree that you shall hold yourself or others fully responsible, and will hold InspiredByStanley.com, all its owners, staff, all contributors, and all other users forever completely harmless.
Intellectual Property
While we are telling Stanley’s story in public, we want to do our best to ensure it is not misused. All content including, but not limited to, text, photos, videos, site structure, membership lists, email lists, contributor information, etc., belongs exclusively to the owners of InspiredByStanley.com. All copyrights are retained; therefore content may only be used with written permission. For permission to use the Website content, you may submit requests through our contact form.
Affiliate Disclosure
From time to time, we may recommend and/or link to materials we think may be helpful to you or which have been helpful to us. Quite often, the links may send you to Amazon.com or another vendor for which we are considered an affiliate. You will not be charged more if you decide to make a purchase, but we will receive a modest referral commission which we will use to continue our efforts. If choose to follow a link to an outside website, you must abide by the policies of that website. We make no guarantees about the accuracy, reliability, or quality of the materials or items we link to and/or recommend, nor are we responsible for any aspect thereof. However, any links will be made in good faith. If you experience any issues with any of our recommendations, please contact us on our contact form.
Data and Privacy
Since at this time we do not have plans to offer products or services directly through InspiredByStanley.com, we do not collect credit card information or other sensitive financial information on this site. We may collect information from comment or membership registration forms (for example, name, IP address, and email), which you shall assert and warrant is true and correct. Those data will be maintained according to our Privacy Policy.
Comment Policy
We view the Website as more of a memorial and inspirational site than a business. Thus, comments will be considered as part of the historical record of what occurred, along with ongoing thoughts, communications, and reactions, as we spend the upcoming years processing what Stanley meant to us.
By submitting a comment, you agree that your personal information (name, IP address, email, message) will ordinarily be maintained in perpetuity indefinitely as part of our legitimate interest in maintaining continuity. This policy especially helps to ensure replies to comments are intelligibly displayed and ensure moderation is efficient and effective. Comments may be moderated and offensive content, mean-spirited messages, and/or spam will not be published. Submissions will be approved to be included, displayed, hidden, or removed on a case-by-case basis. Users who become abusive may be blocked from accessing the Website.
Cookie Policy
We use analytics services to help us better understand traffic to our website. As such, a cookie may be placed in your browser by Google Analytics and/or Semper Plugins. Through the use of cookies, we will gain insights as to visitors’ country of origin, browser, pages viewed, pages per session, links clicked, duration of visit, and more. However, these data will be delivered in an aggregate (as-a-group) and anonymous form so individual session data will not be displayed to us or retained by us. If you wish to opt-out of analytics, activate the “Do Not Track” or Privacy setting of your browser.