Terms of Service for The Stork Name Drop

Effective Date: 28 April 2025

Last Updated: 28 April 2025

Welcome to The Stork Name Drop! These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of our website, thestorknamedrop.com (the "Service"), operated by The Stork Name Drop ("we," "us," or "our").

Please read these Terms carefully before accessing or using our Service. By accessing or using any part of the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using the Service, you confirm that you accept these Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our Service.

2. Use of the Service

The Stork Name Drop provides a baby name generation tool and related content for informational and entertainment purposes only. You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict, or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of the Service.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service strictly in accordance with these Terms.

Prohibited behavior includes, but is not limited to: attempting to interfere with the site's operation, scraping data, using the Service for any illegal purpose, or attempting to reverse engineer any part of the Service.

3. Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding content provided by users, if any, and publicly sourced name data), features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of The Stork Name Drop and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of Germany and foreign countries.

Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of The Stork Name Drop.

The names generated by the tool are sourced from publicly available data and databases (see our Data Sources page). We do not claim ownership over individual names themselves.

4. Analytics and Usage Data

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how users interact with our Service. This service helps us understand website traffic and usage patterns to improve our Service.

Google Analytics may collect information such as your IP address (often anonymized by Google), browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This data is typically aggregated and does not personally identify you.

Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

By using our Service, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the Service or the information, content, or materials included therein. You expressly agree that your use of the Service is at your sole risk.

We do not warrant that the Service, its servers, or email sent from us are free of viruses or other harmful components. We will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this Service.

Specifically, we do not guarantee the accuracy, suitability, or availability of any names generated or information provided.

6. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall The Stork Name Drop, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, u