SOMEONE LIKE YOU TERMS OF USE (THE “TERMS OF USE”)
September 1, 2025
SLYLLC is an application (SLYLLC App) offered by Someone Like You LLC (“SLYLLC”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) available through our website found at https://www.someonelikeyoustories.com and as a downloadable mobile application, if developed by SYLLC. We refer to SLYLLC, our related websites and mobile applications, and all products and services delivered by us, the “SLYLLC App”.
The SYLLC APP is an inspirational resource with blog posts and videos about founders of nonprofits and their faith. We also provide free small group curriculum which includes videos viewable on our site and downloadable pdf files, also viewable on our site. The purpose of SYLLC APP is to inspire people to serve in their communities and found ministries.
SLYLLC will provide the SLYLLC App and support, assistance and information for its use, to you (“you”, “your”, “user”) according to these Terms of Use. By registering to use the SLYLLC App, accessing its content and using its functions you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.
The SLYLLC App is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using the SLYLLC App, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, or if you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, do not access or use any part of the SLYLLC App. SLYLLC reserves the right, to make changes to these Terms of Use by notice posted to our website(s) and mobile application, at SLYLLC’s sole discretion. Continued use of any part of the SLYLLC App constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
Chapter 1 General Terms of Use
1. The SLYLLC App contains materials (including all software, designs, texts, photographs, illustrations, audio and video materials, artwork and other graphic materials, and names, logos and trademarks) which are protected under intellectual property rights owned by us, our affiliates and/or our licensors. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws, as well as any additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in the SLYLLC App. SLYLLC may assert its intellectual property rights without further notice. SLYLLC grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to use the SLYLLC App in accordance with these Terms of Use and other applicable license agreements.
2. To the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) The responsibility for content posted by you in the SLYLLC App and all consequences flowing from such content lies with you; and (b) SLYLLC does not assume any responsibility for the publication of any content, including but not limited to ideas, the expression of ideas, information and advice, that is posted, sent or authored by any user of the SLYLLC App.
3. SLYLLC or its affiliates or agents may store information or content input or posted by you in the SLYLLC App, but you own any such content input or posted by you (other than feedback or information that is publicly available) and represent and warrant to SLYLLC that you have the ownership rights or you have obtained all necessary licenses or permissions from relevant parties, to use and input or post that content. You are solely responsible for deleting or anonymizing personal information that is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. You grant to SLYLLC a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free license to access, use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, publish, transmit, modify, create derivative works, host, and display the information and content provided by you for the following limited purposes: (i) to maintain, provide and improve the SLYLLC App; (ii) to prevent or address technical or security issues including to meet regulatory obligations concerning the investigation and reporting of data breaches, and to resolve support requests; (iii) to investigate when we have received a complaint alleging, that such content is in violation of applicable law and/or these Terms of Use; (iv) to comply with a legal subpoena, request or other lawful process; (v) deidentify or aggregate the content such that it cannot be linked back to you; (v) to develop new technologies and services; and (vi) as expressly permitted in writing by the user. You confirm and agree that you have obtained a license in respect of any information and content that you have provided which is not your own, from the owner of that information and content, on these same terms and for these same purposes. If you provide us feedback or other suggestions about the SLYLLC App or any of our other products and services, you agree we may use the feedback and suggestions without restriction or obligation to compensate you, and that we are under no obligation to keep the information you provide confidential except for any information that may reasonably identify you or be linked back to you.
4. You will at all times indemnify and hold SLYLLC, its affiliates, designees, licensors, service providers and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (the “SLYLLC Parties”) harmless from and against any loss (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) or liability arising from any claim, demand, suit, action or proceeding by any person against any of those indemnified where such loss or liability arises out of, in connection with or in respect of any use of the SLYLLC App or any breach of these Terms of Use by you.
5. SLYLLC AND THE SLYLLC PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS REVENUE, USE, GOODWILL, OR DATA, PAIN AND SUFFERING, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY) THAT MAY ARISE FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SLYLLC APP, WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. SLYLLC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY USER OF THE SLYLLC APP INCLUDING ANY MISUSE OF THE SLYLLC APP BY ANY USER. IN NO EVENT WILL SLYLLC OR THE SLYLLC PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR:
(A) ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT OR OTHER INFORMATION OR MATERIAL FOUND ON THE SLYLLC APP; OR (B) ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, OR LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM ANY TECHNICAL FAILURES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR MALFUNCTIONS IN THE SLYLLC APP.
WHERE SLYLLC AND/OR THE SLYLLC PARTIES ARE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY THAT LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED IN AGGREGATE $100 (ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS).
6. SLYLLC may, in its sole discretion, temporarily or permanently exclude any user from accessing or otherwise using the SLYLLC App. If you breach these Terms of Use we may do this without notice.
7. Acceptable Use. All users must comply with the following rules regarding use of the SLYLLC App.
You may not: (a). probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network of or relating to the SLYLLC App or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measure; (b). access or search the SLYLLC App by any means other than SLYLLC’s publicly supported interfaces (for example, “scraping”); (c). attempt to disrupt or overwhelm our infrastructure by intentionally imposing unreasonable requests or burdens on our resources (e.g. using “bots” or other automated systems to send requests to our servers at a rate beyond what could be sent by a human user during the same period of time); and (d). interfere with or disrupt the access of any user, including, without limitation, by sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the SLYLLC App, or by scripting the creation of content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the SLYLLC App.
You may not use the SLYLLC App to carry out, promote or support: (i). any unlawful or fraudulent activities; (ii) the impersonation of another person or entity or the misrepresentation of an affiliation with a person or entity in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others; (iii) activities that are defamatory, discriminatory, libelous or threatening, constitute hate speech, harassment, or stalking;
(iv). the publishing or posting of other people’s private or personal information without their express permission; (v). the sending of unsolicited communications, promotions advertisements or spam; or (vi). the publishing of or linking to (x) Prohibited User Data (as defined below) or (Y) malicious content intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser or computer or other device.
You may not post or process any data on or through the SLYLLC App that: (A). violates any applicable law or contractual confidentiality obligation, any third party’s intellectual property rights or privacy rights; (B). is deceptive, misleading, fraudulent, illegal, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, libelous or threatening, constitutes hate speech, harassment, or stalking; (C). contains any sensitive personal information, such as social security numbers, or patient health information, or (D). contains viruses, bots, worms, or similar harmful materials.
8. In addition to any other remedies that may be available to us, we reserve the right to take any remedial action we deem necessary, including immediately suspending or terminating your user account or your access to the SLYLLC App without any liability for us, should you fail to abide by the rules in these Terms of Use or if, in our sole discretion, such action is necessary to prevent disruption of the SLYLLC App for other users. SLYLLC may moderate, pre-screen, verify, monitor or edit all content posted by you or other users for this or any other reason reasonably necessary to protect its business interests and may investigate any suspected violation of these terms of use and take appropriate action including, in its sole discretion, removing content or excluding you from accessing the SLYLLC App or disabling your username and password.
9. The SLYLLC App may allow you to access, use, or interact with third-party websites, apps, content and other products and services (“Third-Party Services”). Third-Party Services are not moderated by SLYLLC and are not under SLYLLC’s control, responsibility or endorsement. Access to any Third Party Service is at your own risk. You should be aware that these Third-Pary Services may contain terms and privacy policies that are different from those of SLYLLC. If you decide to use Third-Party Services, you are responsible for reviewing and understanding any such terms. You authorize SLYLLC to use and disclose your information, including personal information, for the purpose of making the Third-Party Services you choose available to you.
10. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the SLYLLC App. You may choose to terminate your account at any time. If your account is terminated or deleted (whether by us or you), you will no longer be able access your account or the SLYLLC App and all data associated with or stored in your account and the SLYLLC App may be permanently deleted by SLYLLC. SLYLLC gives no warranties or guarantees that the SLYLLC App is fit for any particular purpose or will meet particular levels of availability or functionality or that your data entered or stored in the SLYLLC App will not be lost, deleted, or corrupted. You must routinely backup all data and information stored in the SLYLLC App outside of the SLYLLC App to ensure your continued access to such data upon any interruption of services, account termination or in an event of data loss, deletion, or corruption. Your choice to access and use the SLYLLC App is entirely voluntary and at your own risk. We provide the SLYLLC App on an “AS IS” basis without any express or implied warranties, statutory, or otherwise, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability, title, non-infringement, fitness for particular purpose. SLYLLC does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained on the SLYLLC App, or in any content posted by a user of the SLYLLC App. SLYLLC excludes all liability of any kind, however arising, for any errors or inaccuracies on the SLYLLC App or in any content posted by a user of the SLYLLC App. We are not responsible for and are not obligated to control the actions or information (including content) of our users or other third parties. If you are a United States resident, you waive any rights you may have under California Civil Code §1542, or any other similar applicable statute or law of any other jurisdiction, which says that: a general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, and that if known by him or her would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
11. In the future, you to use the SLYLLC App, you may need to register an account with a username and password. You agree to keep your password secure and confidential and not to share it with any other person. You are responsible for all use and access to your SLYLLC account and any breach of these Terms of Use. You must notify us immediately if you believe the security of your username and password has been compromised.
12. Content and all data stored in the SLYLLC App will be saved on an external server. See our SLYLLC Privacy Policy for more information about how your personal information is handled.
13. SLYLLC will monitor the use of the SLYLLC App. SLYLLC may collect and store data that is generated through use of the SLYLLC App by users, including but not limited to data about your interests, knowledge, device activity, location and usage. When you use the SLYLLC app you agree that SLYLLC may collect, store, review, deidentify, aggregate and use data obtained through your use of the SLYLLC App for product development, and marketing and promotional purposes including to understand the purchasing behavior, preferences and needs of SLYLLC App users and overall trends in the market. You are free to withdraw the consent referred to this section or by emailing SLYLLC at contact at someonelikeyoustories dot com at any later time. You may also request that your data and details (unless deidentified or aggregated) are deleted from SLYLLC’s records by emailing SLYLLC at contact at someonelikeyoustories dot com.
14. SLYLLC will collect and process your personal information for the purposes disclosed in these Terms of Use and in accordance with its SLYLLC Privacy Policy as each may be amended from time to time.
15. Except for your profile information, all other personal identifiable information that you may choose to process by using our SLYLLC App, such as personal data (“Personal Data”), is processed under your sole responsibility. You are in control of and are responsible for the Personal Data that you choose to process in the SLYLLC App. For this processing of Personal Data, you are the Data Controller and SLYLLC is the Data Processor (as defined in the GDPR). Chapter 2 of these Terms of Use contain data processing terms that apply to our processing of Personal Data as a Data Processor. By using the SLYLLC App in any way, you agree to these Terms of Use, including the Standard clauses on data processing as set out in Chapter 2 below. If you are located in Australia or New Zealand you agree to obtain the consent of any third party individual whose personal information you provide to us through the SLYLLC App or any other means, to ensure the individual is aware that the information may be stored processed and used outside of these countries and that such usage may not be subject to the same protections as would apply in the individual’s own country.
16. These Terms of Use are governed by and must be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota (a state of the United States), except for that state’s conflict of laws’ provisions. We make no claims that the Services are accessible or appropriate for use outside of the United States. Access to the Services may not be legal by certain people or in certain countries. Those who choose to access this Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. These Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy (which is incorporated by reference) constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and SLYLLC regarding the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Services. You may not assign or transfer this Terms of Use (or any right or obligation herein) without our written consent. If any part of these Terms of Use is held to be unenforceable or invalid in any jurisdiction, then it will be interpreted as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be enforceable or valid. If any part of these Terms of Use cannot be interpreted as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be enforceable or valid, then the part must be severed from these Terms and the remaining provisions of these Terms are valid and enforceable. All terms and conditions which by their nature are intended to survive any termination or expiration of these Terms of Use shall survive including but not limited to the these provisions: Sectio 1, Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, Section 21, Section 22, and Section 23.
17. You can contact us through the contact details set out on our website if you have any questions, complaints or disputes regarding (any part of) the SLYLLC App. All controversies, disputes, demands, claims or causes of action between you and us arising out of, under, or related to (your use of) the SLYLLC App and these Terms of Use, shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
18. Special Copyright Provisions for U.S. Copyrights. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and require that the people who use the SLYLLC App do the same. It is our policy to respond promptly to claims of intellectual property misuse. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the SLYLLC App in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent with the following information in writing: (a) the electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf; (b) identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, including, if applicable the full URL; (d) your name, address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
Our designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is:
David Kaplan
Avisen Legal
901 Marquette Avenue South
Suite 1675
Minneapolis, MN 55402
dkaplan@avisenlegal.com
Chapter 2 Standard clauses on data processing
Any personal information submitted by you is subject to, and will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Your use of SLYLLC App is also subject to our Privacy Policy.
The provisions in this Chapter 2 Standard clauses on data processing’ apply, in addition to these Terms of Use, to all SLYLLC’s processing of Personal Data in the SLYLLC App as a Data Processor to the extent such data processing is covered by the GDPR or laws governing the collection, use and storage of information about an individual in another country where the user resides, including but not limited to Australia, New Zealand and the United States (“Other Privacy Laws”). These ‘Standard clauses on data processing’ form a processing agreement as meant in article 28, paragraph 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
19. General
19.1. SLYLLC processes the Personal Data on the user’s behalf and in accordance with the instructions agreed on by SLYLLC and the user.
19.2. User is the controller in the sense of the GDPR, has control over the processing of Personal Data and has established the purpose of and the means for the Personal Data processing.
19.3. To the extent SLYLLC is the Data Processor in the sense of the GDPR, it has no control over the purpose of and the means for the Personal Data processing and, therefore, does not take any decisions on, amongst other things, the use of the Personal Data.
19.4. SLYLLC implements the GDPR as laid down in this section ‘Standard clauses on data processing’. The user is responsible for assessing, on the basis of this information, whether SLYLLC offers adequate guarantees with respect to applying appropriate technical and organizational measures for the processing to meet the requirements posed by the GDPR and to adequately safeguard the protection of the data subjects’ rights.
19.5. The user guarantees vis-à-vis SLYLLC that it acts in compliance with the GDPR and/or Other Privacy Laws, where relevant, that its systems and infrastructure are at any time appropriately secured and that the content, the use and/or the processing of Personal Data by means of the SLYLLC App are not unlawful and do not breach any third party rights. This includes the user’s compliance with any and all requirements under the GDPR and/or Other Privacy Laws to obtain consent for the processing of Personal Data. The user acknowledges and agrees that any failure to obtain legally required consent may affect the use of (certain features of) the SLYLLC App, including, without limitation, sending SMS-notifications via the SLYLLC App.
19.6. The user is not entitled to seek recovery from SLYLLC of an administrative fine imposed on the user by the supervisory authority, on whatever legal ground. In the present chapter (Chapter 2) ‘supervisory authority’ is understood to mean the supervisory authority referred to in the GDPR and/or Other Privacy Laws where relevant.
20. Security
20.1. SLYLLC takes appropriate technical and organizational security measures. When implementing these technical and organizational measures, SLYLLC has taken into account the state of the art, the costs involved in implementing the security measures, the nature, scope and context of the processing, the nature of its products and services, the processing risks and the varying risks, in terms of likelihood and severity, posed to the rights and freedoms of the data subjects that SLYLLC could expect in view of the use intended to be made of its products and services, in particular the SLYLLC App.
20.2. Unless explicitly agreed otherwise, SLYLLC’s SLYLLC App is not intended for processing special categories of Personal Data or data relating to convictions under criminal law or criminal offences.
20.3. SLYLLC takes reasonable steps to ensure that the security measures taken to protect personal information stored on the SLYLLC app are appropriate for the use of the SLYLLC App intended by SLYLLC.
20.4. The security measures described offer a security level, in the user’s opinion and taking the factors referred to in section 20.1 into account, appropriate to the risk involved in processing Personal Data used or provided by the user.
20.5. SLYLLC may adjust the security measures implemented if this should be required, in SLYLLC’s opinion, to continue to offer an appropriate security level. SLYLLC keeps a record of important adjustments and informs the user of these adjustments where relevant.
21. Personal data breaches
21.1. SLYLLC does not guarantee that the security measures are effective in all circumstances. If SLYLLC discovers a personal data breach, SLYLLC informs the user of this without undue delay. If no specific arrangements have been agreed on, SLYLLC will contact the user via the contact information provided in the SLYLLC App user’s profile.
21.2. It is up to the controller – i.e. the user– to assess whether the personal data breach reported by SLYLLC must be reported to the supervisory authority or the data subject. Reporting personal data breaches is, at any time, the user’s responsibility. SLYLLC is not obliged to report personal data breaches to the supervisory authority and/or the data subject.
21.3. Where required, SLYLLC provides further information on the personal data breach and renders assistance in providing the information to the user that the user needs to report a breach to the supervisory authority or the data subject.
21.4. To the extent permitted by law, SLYLLC may charge the user for the reasonable costs involved in this context, within reason and as against applicable rates.
22. Confidentiality
22.1. SLYLLC ensures that the obligation to observe confidentiality is imposed on any person processing Personal Data under SLYLLC’s responsibility.
22.2. SLYLLC is entitled to provide Personal Data to third parties if and insofar as this should be required pursuant to a judicial decision or a statutory requirement, on the basis of an authorized order by a public authority or in the context of the proper performance of the agreement.
23. Obligations following termination
23.1. In the event the processing agreement ends, SLYLLC deletes, within the period of time agreed on in the agreement, all Personal Data received from the user that it has in its possession in such a way that they can no longer be used and are rendered inaccessible, or, if agreed on, returns these data to the user in a machine readable format.
23.2. SLYLLC may charge the user for any reasonable costs possibly and reasonably incurred in the context of the stipulation in the previous paragraph. Further arrangements on this may be separately agreed upon.
23.3. The provisions of section 23.1 do not apply if statutory provisions should prohibit SLYLLC to delete the Personal Data or return these, in part or in full. In such event SLYLLC only continues to process the Personal Data insofar as required under its statutory obligations. The provisions of article 23.1 do not apply either if SLYLLC is a controller in the sense of the GDPR with respect to the Personal Data.
24. Data subjects’ rights, Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and audit rights
24.1. Where possible, SLYLLC renders assistance in reasonable requests by the user that are related to data subjects exercising their rights against the user. If SLYLLC is directly contacted by a data subject, SLYLLC refers this data subject, whenever possible, to the user.
24.2. If the user should be obliged under the GDPR to carry out a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) or a prior consultation following this, SLYLLC renders assistance, at the user’s reasonable request, in this DPIA or prior consultation.
24.3. At the user’s reasonable request, if the user should have reasons to assume that the Personal Data are not processed in accordance with these standard clauses on data processing, the user may commission an audit, no more than once per year and at the user’s expense, by an independent, certified external expert who has demonstrable experience in the type of data processing that is carried out under these standard clauses on data processing. The audit is limited to verifying compliance with the arrangements on personal data processing as laid down in these standard clauses on data processing. The expert is obliged to observe confidentiality with respect to his findings and only reports issues to the user which result in a failure by SLYLLC to meet its obligations under these standard clauses on data processing. The expert provides SLYLLC with a copy of his report. SLYLLC may refuse an expert, an audit or an instruction by the expert if this should be, in SLYLLC’s opinion, in violation of the GDPR or other laws and regulations or if this should be an unacceptable breach of the security measures implemented by SLYLLC.
24.4. Parties will consult on the findings of the report as soon as possible. Parties comply with the improvement measures proposed and laid down in the report insofar as this can be reasonably expected from them. SLYLLC implements the proposed measures insofar as these are appropriate in SLYLLC’s opinion, taking into account the processing risks associated with SLYLLC’s SLYLLC App, the state of the art, the implementation costs, the market in which SLYLLC operates and the intended use of the SLYLLC App.
24.5. SLYLLC is entitled to charge the user for the costs it has incurred in the context of the provisions laid down in this section 24.
25. Subprocessors
25.1. The user grants SLYLLC permission to contract other subprocessors in the performance of SLYLLC’s obligations under these standard clauses on data processing.
25.2. SLYLLC informs the user about possible changes with respect to the third parties it contracts. The user is entitled to object to said change by SLYLLC.