Legal

Consolidated legal documents for NameByName by Illusio LLC.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and Illusio LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) governing your access to and use of the NameByName website, web application, content, functionality, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

IMPORTANT: THESE TERMS INCLUDE A BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, A CLASS ACTION WAIVER, AND A JURY TRIAL WAIVER THAT AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ SECTION 18 CAREFULLY.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Service, by submitting content, by clicking to accept these Terms, or by otherwise manifesting assent, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree, do not access or use the Service.

If you are using the Service on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to bind that entity, and “you” includes that entity.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.

The Service is not directed to children under 13.

3. Changes to the Service or Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms will be effective when posted, unless a later effective date is stated. Your continued use of the Service after updated Terms become effective constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

We may modify, suspend, discontinue, restrict, or remove any feature, content, functionality, or part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, and without liability.

4. Privacy

Your use of the Service is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

5. License and Permitted Use

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Company grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use.

You may not use the Service except as expressly permitted in these Terms.

6. User Sessions, Access, and Security

The Service may use session-based functionality or other user-specific mechanisms to personalize your experience, restore gameplay state, maintain favorites, or support other features.

You are responsible for all activity occurring through your device, browser, session, credentials, or account, if any. You must maintain the security of your access methods and notify us promptly at legal@namebyna.me if you believe your access has been compromised.

7. Acceptable Use Restrictions

You agree not to, and not to permit any third party to:
- violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right;
- use the Service for any fraudulent, deceptive, defamatory, harassing, abusive, hateful, obscene, or unlawful purpose;
- submit false, misleading, infringing, or unauthorized content;
- impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation;
- upload or transmit viruses, malware, malicious code, or harmful material;
- interfere with or disrupt the Service, servers, or networks;
- circumvent security measures, rate limits, access controls, or restrictions;
- scrape, spider, crawl, harvest, extract, copy, index, mirror, or monitor the Service or its content by automated means without our prior written consent;
- use the Service, its content, or outputs to build, benchmark, train, or improve a competing product, dataset, model, or service without our prior written consent;
- reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive source code or underlying ideas from the Service except to the extent prohibited by law;
- use the Service to make or support decisions in areas that could affect a person’s legal rights, opportunities, or access to credit, employment, housing, insurance, education, healthcare, or government benefits;
- use the Service in a way that infringes intellectual property, publicity, privacy, or other rights;
- submit spam, chain letters, junk content, or commercial solicitations;
- probe, test, or scan the vulnerability of the Service or any related system without authorization.

We may investigate violations and may suspend, restrict, or terminate access, remove content, preserve evidence, or cooperate with law enforcement or other third parties as we deem appropriate.

8. User Submissions

The Service may permit you to submit content, including without limitation names, descriptions, categories, meanings, origins, cultural references, URLs, comments, feedback, suggestions, or other information (“User Submissions”).

You retain any rights you may have in your User Submissions, subject to the rights you grant us below.

By submitting User Submissions, you represent and warrant that:
- you own or control all rights necessary to submit the content and grant the rights in these Terms;
- your User Submissions are accurate to the best of your knowledge and not intentionally misleading;
- your User Submissions do not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third-party right, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or contract rights;
- your User Submissions do not violate any law;
- your User Submissions are not defamatory, unlawful, abusive, hateful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

9. License to User Submissions

By submitting any User Submission, you grant Company and its affiliates, service providers, successors, and assigns a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, cache, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, format, publish, display, perform, distribute, create derivative works from, analyze, use, and otherwise exploit that User Submission for any lawful purpose related to operating, improving, promoting, training, supporting, securing, testing, or providing the Service.

To the extent allowed by law, you also waive or agree not to assert any moral rights or similar rights you may have in your User Submissions against Company or its authorized users, successors, licensees, or assigns.

You understand that User Submissions may be used in connection with rankings, internal analytics, deduplication, moderation, model or rules improvements, and other service-related functions.

10. Moderation and Removal Rights

We have no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, verify, or edit User Submissions, but we may do so at any time in our sole discretion.

We may remove, refuse, edit, reclassify, suppress, anonymize, or disable any User Submission or related content, and may suspend or terminate any user, session, or account, at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, and without liability.

11. Feedback

If you provide ideas, suggestions, proposals, comments, or feedback about the Service (“Feedback”), you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up right and license to use, disclose, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose without restriction or compensation to you.

12. Company Intellectual Property

The Service and all content and materials made available by Company through the Service, excluding User Submissions to the extent owned by users, are and will remain the property of Company or its licensors.

Except for the limited license expressly granted in these Terms, no right, title, or interest in or to the Service or any content is transferred to you.

13. Third-Party Content, Links, and Ads

The Service may contain or reference third-party content, links, or resources, including source URLs provided by users or third parties. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, websites, policies, products, or services.

Your use of third-party sites or services is at your own risk and subject to the applicable third party’s terms and policies.

If we display ads, sponsorships, or promotional content, that does not constitute an endorsement unless expressly stated.

14. Informational Use Only; No Reliance

The Service is provided for general informational and entertainment purposes only. Content available through the Service may include rankings, community metrics, inferred or predicted information, meanings, origins, cultural references, historical references, or other descriptive content that may be incomplete, disputed, approximate, outdated, subjective, or inaccurate.

You are solely responsible for evaluating the Service and for any decisions, interpretations, selections, or actions you take based on the Service or any content made available through it. You agree not to rely on the Service as an authoritative source of etymology, cultural attribution, historical fact, lineage, popularity, suitability, or any other matter.

15. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS.” COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND PARTNERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY NAME DATA, MEANING, ORIGIN, CULTURAL INFORMATION, SUBMISSION, RANKING, LEADERBOARD, PREDICTION, OR OTHER CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, AUTHORITATIVE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

16. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUCCESSORS, OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, USE, BUSINESS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100); OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO COMPANY, IF ANY, FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY AND EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO PARTS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

17. Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Company and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, licensors, service providers, successors, and assigns from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, damages, judgments, awards, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to:
- your access to or use of the Service;
- your User Submissions or Feedback;
- your violation of these Terms;
- your violation of any law or third-party right; or
- any fraud, misconduct, negligence, or willful misconduct by you or anyone using your access credentials, device, browser, or session.

18. Dispute Resolution; Binding Individual Arbitration

Please read this section carefully. It affects your rights.

18.1 Agreement to Arbitrate

Except for the limited exceptions below, you and Company agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Service, or any aspect of the relationship between you and Company, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration, rather than in court.

This arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

18.2 Informal Dispute Resolution First

Before starting arbitration, the claiming party must send the other party a written notice of dispute describing the claim and requested relief. You must send your notice to: legal@namebyna.me.

If the parties do not resolve the dispute within sixty (60) days after the notice is received, either party may commence arbitration.

18.3 Arbitration Rules and Forum

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its applicable Consumer Arbitration Rules in effect at the time the claim is filed, except as modified by these Terms.

If AAA is unavailable or unwilling to administer the arbitration, the parties will select another nationally recognized arbitration provider, and if they cannot agree, a court of competent jurisdiction may appoint one.

18.4 Arbitration Location and Manner

Arbitration may be conducted based on documents, by telephone, by video conference, or in person in the county where you reside or another mutually agreed location, as permitted by the applicable rules.

18.5 Exceptions

Nothing in this section prevents either party from:
- bringing an individual action in small claims court if it qualifies;
- seeking temporary, preliminary, or injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual property, confidential information, or security interests; or
- bringing issues regarding arbitrability, enforcement, or confirmation or vacatur of an award in a court of competent jurisdiction.

18.6 Individual Proceedings Only; Class Action Waiver

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF, CLASS MEMBER, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, COORDINATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

Unless both parties agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.

18.7 Jury Trial Waiver

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND COMPANY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL FOR ANY DISPUTE THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION.

18.8 Mass Arbitration / Batch Filing

If twenty-five (25) or more substantially similar claims are asserted against Company by the same or coordinated counsel or are otherwise coordinated, consistent with applicable law and the arbitration provider’s rules, the parties agree those claims may be administered in batches or by other staged procedures designed to improve efficiency, reduce burden, and promote consistent resolution. If any court or arbitrator determines this provision is unenforceable as to a particular set of claims, those claims may proceed only in court and not in arbitration.

18.9 Opt-Out Right

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to legal@namebyna.me within thirty (30) days after you first agree to these Terms. Your notice must include your name, contact information, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out of arbitration does not affect any other part of these Terms.

18.10 Severability

If any portion of this Section 18 is found unenforceable, that portion will be severed and the remaining portions will remain in force, except that if the class action waiver is found unenforceable for a claim or request for relief, then that claim or request for relief will proceed in court, not arbitration.

19. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute between you and Company will be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, except to the extent preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act or otherwise required by applicable law.

For disputes not subject to arbitration, you and Company consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum, except as prohibited by law.

20. Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason, including if we believe you have violated these Terms or created risk, liability, or potential legal exposure.

Upon termination, the rights granted to you under these Terms will immediately cease. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including without limitation provisions concerning intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnity, dispute resolution, and governing law.

21. Electronic Communications

You agree that we may provide notices and communications to you electronically, including by posting them on the Service or, if applicable, by email or other contact information associated with your use of the Service.

22. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations under them without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or operation of law.

23. Severability; Waiver; Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Company regarding the Service.

24. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms, contact:

Illusio LLC
Illusio LLC's Missouri Registered Agent
legal@namebyna.me

This Privacy Policy describes how Illusio LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes information in connection with the NameByName website, application, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you access or use the Service, communicate with us, submit content through the Service, or otherwise interact with us in connection with the Service.

2. Information We Collect
A. Information you provide directly
We may collect information you provide to us, including:
- content you submit through the Service, such as names, categories, meanings, origins, cultural information, source or reference URLs, comments, feedback, and similar materials;
- communications you send to us;
- any preferences or settings you choose to save through the Service.

B. Session, usage, and activity information
We may collect or generate information relating to your use of the Service, including:
- session identifiers and similar internal user or session identifiers;
- gameplay state and preferences;
- favorites, hearts, slots, history, timestamps, and related interaction data;
- aggregate or derived engagement metrics, such as wins, losses, exposures, suggestion statistics, and similar product-usage analytics;
- submission-related metadata, such as timestamps and internal user or session associations.

C. Cookies and similar technologies
We use first-party cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the Service, remember session state, restore gameplay, preserve preferences, and support core functionality.

At present, our Service uses a first-party session cookie identified as nby_session (or a functionally similar cookie name if changed over time), which may be used to maintain session continuity and related functionality.

D. Automatically collected technical information
When you access the Service, we and our infrastructure providers may automatically collect certain technical and device information, such as:
- IP address;
- browser type and version;
- device type, operating system, and basic configuration data;
- referring URLs and pages viewed;
- request timestamps and related log information.

We collect this type of information for security, debugging, fraud prevention, performance monitoring, service administration, and related operational purposes.

3. How We Use Information
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Service;
- to restore sessions and support user-specific gameplay behavior;
- to personalize or tailor your experience;
- to process favorites, leaderboard functions, submissions, duplicate detection, moderation, and related functionality;
- to generate rankings, insights, recommendations, or similar product outputs;
- to maintain internal aggregate metrics and product analytics;
- to secure the Service, enforce our Terms, prevent abuse, detect fraud, and investigate incidents;
- to communicate with you;
- to comply with legal obligations and protect rights, safety, and property;
- to test, troubleshoot, debug, and develop the Service and related systems.

4. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies for operational, security, and session-management purposes.

Current analytics posture. Based on the current Service design, we do not use third-party analytics SDKs in the app runtime flow. We may, however, maintain internal product metrics and aggregate usage statistics as part of operating and improving the Service.

If we later introduce analytics, advertising technologies, or other tracking tools that materially change our practices, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any disclosures or choices required by applicable law.

5. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose information as follows:
- Service providers and vendors.
- Within the Service.
- Legal compliance and protection.
- Business transactions.
- With your direction or consent.
- De-identified or aggregated information.

No sale / no cross-context advertising share (current posture). Based on our current Service design, we do not sell personal information and do not share personal information for third-party cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms may be defined under applicable U.S. state privacy laws. If that changes, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any rights or choices required by law.

6. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide the Service, maintain product integrity, prevent abuse, comply with law, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

7. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information. However, no system or method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Your Choices and Rights
A. Cookies and browser controls
Most browsers let you control cookies through their settings. If you disable cookies, some features of the Service may not function properly.

B. Access, correction, deletion, and similar rights
Depending on where you live, you may have legal rights regarding your personal information. To submit a privacy request, contact legal@namebyna.me.

C. U.S. state privacy rights
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable law.

9. Children’s Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without legally sufficient authorization.

10. International Users
The Service is operated from the United States and is intended primarily for U.S. users.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a revised Effective Date.

12. Contact Us
Illusio LLC
Illusio LLC's Missouri Registered Agent
legal@namebyna.me

The NameByName service is provided for general informational and entertainment purposes only.

1. No Guarantee of Accuracy
Content made available through the service may include user-submitted information, community rankings, gameplay outcomes, hearts, wins, exposure statistics, suggested or predicted metadata, meanings, origins, cultural references, historical references, and other descriptive material. Such content may be incomplete, approximate, disputed, subjective, delayed, moderated, inaccurate, or outdated.

We do not guarantee that any content is correct, complete, current, authoritative, reliable, or suitable for your purposes.

2. Predicted / Inferred Information
Some information presented through the service may be predicted, inferred, estimated, or generated from available patterns or incomplete source data. Predicted or inferred information should be treated as exploratory only and not as authoritative etymology, historical fact, cultural attribution, or verified source material.

3. Community and Leaderboard Information
Leaderboards, hearts, wins, rankings, and similar metrics reflect platform activity and methodology choices, not objective quality, correctness, popularity in the world at large, or suitability for any person or use.

4. No Advice; No Reliance
The service does not provide legal, medical, mental health, genealogical, linguistic, historical, cultural, naming, or other professional advice. You are solely responsible for any decisions you make based on the service.

You should independently verify any information before relying on it.

5. User-Submitted and Third-Party Content
The service may display content submitted by users or may reference third-party sources or URLs. We do not endorse, verify, or assume responsibility for user-submitted or third-party content. Accessing third-party links is at your own risk.

6. Availability and Technical Operation
We do not guarantee that the service will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of bugs, data loss, delays, or harmful components.

7. Use at Your Own Risk
Your use of the service is at your sole risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the service is provided “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” and “WITH ALL FAULTS,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory.

8. Limitation
Nothing in this Disclaimer limits any rights that cannot be waived under applicable law. Additional limitations, warranty disclaimers, arbitration terms, and liability caps may appear in our Terms of Use.

Copyright © 2026 Illusio LLC. All rights reserved.

The NameByName website, application, and related content and materials (collectively, the “Service”), including without limitation the software, source and object code, functionality, interface design, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audiovisual content, compilations, selections, coordination, arrangement, gameplay systems, rankings, statistics displays, databases to the extent protectable, and all other content made available by Illusio LLC through the Service, are owned by or licensed to Illusio LLC and are protected by United States and international intellectual property laws.

Except as expressly permitted in writing by Illusio LLC, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, display, perform, transmit, create derivative works from, modify, reverse engineer, scrape, extract, frame, mirror, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any part of the Service or its content for commercial or non-personal purposes.

Nothing in this notice claims ownership of individual names, words, short phrases, or other material that is not protectable by copyright standing alone. However, the compilation, selection, coordination, arrangement, presentation, and other protectable elements of the Service and its content are reserved.

All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and branding appearing on the Service are the property of Illusio LLC or their respective owners. Use of any such marks without prior written permission is prohibited.

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to:

DMCA Agent: Illusio LLC
Company: Illusio LLC
Address: Illusio LLC's Missouri Registered Agent
Email: legal@namebyna.me

Your notice should include:
1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
3. identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location on the Service;
4. your contact information;
5. a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized; and
6. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Illusio LLC may remove or disable access to allegedly infringing material and may terminate repeat infringers where appropriate.