Website Terms of Use

Last Modified: May 23, 2023

Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These terms of use are entered into by and between You and Stellar Business Consulting Inc (“Stellar“, “Company,” “we,” or “us“). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, “Terms of Use“), govern your access to and use of adrianbray.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through adrianbray.com (the “Website“), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Accessing the Website and Account Security

We strive to provide access to all persons, including persons with disabilities pursuant to our Website Accessibility Policy. We do, however, reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for both:

Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.
Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as follows:

Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication or distribution.

If we provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.

If we provide Social Media with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

You must not:

Modify copies of any materials from this site.
Delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.

If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out in this section, please address your request to: hello@adrianbray.com

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Trademarks

The Company name, the terms ADRIAN BRAY, ADRIANBRAY, STELLAR, STELLAR BUSINESS CONSULTING, the Company logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:

In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation.
To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing).
To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.
Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

User Contributions

The Website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services“) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post“) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions“) on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

Any User Contribution you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that:

You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns.
All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.
You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have fully responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.

We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for the Company.
Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

However, we do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:

Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.

Be likely to deceive any person.

Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.

Cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.

Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.

Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter or advertising.

Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please see our Your Comments and Concerns section for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. It is the policy of the Company to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Changes to the Website

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Linking to the Website and Social Media Features

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part

This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website.
Send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website.
Cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.

You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, solely with respect to the content they are displayed with, and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.
Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage.

Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the State of California in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website’s content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of California, in each case located in the City of San Francisco and County of San Francisco. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Limitation on Time to File Claims

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver of by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

The Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and Website Accessibility Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Stellar Business Consulting Inc. with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.

Your Comments and Concerns

This website is operated by Stellar Business Consulting Inc, 2150 Portola Avenue, Ste D 115, Livermore, California 94551.

All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent either to the address above or contact us at hello@adrianbray.com

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to hello@adrianbray.com

Cookie Notice

Cookie Categories

Like many websites, we use “cookie” technology and similar online tools, such as web beacons and web pixels. “Cookies” are small files that a website stores on a user’s computer or device and through which personal information may be collected. We and authorized third parties use these cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze certain kinds of technical information, such as IP address, device type and operating system, browser type and language, number of clicks and amount of time spent on a web page, pages viewed and the order of those pages.

We use “session” cookies, meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive after you close your browser at the end of your session. We also use “persistent” cookies, which remain on your computer or device unless deleted by you (or by your browser settings). Some cookies are first-party cookies – meaning our cookies. We also use third-party cookies – meaning cookies from a domain different than ours – for our advertising and marketing efforts. We use cookies and other tracking technologies for different purposes as explained below. If you would like to see a list of all cookies that we use on the Site, please click here.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you of these cookies, in which case some parts of the Site will not load or work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages, for instance such as our email communications providers or video functions. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site and Services. They tell us which pages are the most viewed as well as how visitors navigate the Site. These cookies collect aggregated information, which is anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not be able to monitor the Site’s performance.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through Site by our marketing partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. They work by uniquely identifying your browser and internet device in order to enable cross-marketing. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted marketing.

Your Choices

You can learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org, which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browsers or mobile devices.

Some web and mobile device browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that or to notify you each time a cookie is set. Other browsers automatically block certain tracking cookies. Most browser manufacturers provide comprehensive help relating to cookie management in their products. Please see your web browser provider’s settings for more information. Please note, however, that by blocking or deleting all cookies used on the Site, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Site.

Generally speaking, you can visit https://youradchoices.com/ to limit targeting cookies used for marketing and advertising when you use the internet.

More information about your choices with respect to Analytics is provided in the .

Web Accessibility Policy

Edited as of May 23, 2023

I. Overview

The World Health Organization estimates that over 1 billion people (roughly 15% of the world’s population) live with disabilities. Many of these disabilities affect a person’s access to information technologies, and the same individuals who run into barriers blocking their access to such technologies are the same people who could benefit the most from using them. Given the relative importance of the Internet, accessibility to the world wide web is critically important to people with disabilities around the world, including people with auditory, cognitive, physical, and visual disabilities. Stellar Business Consulting Inc and its affiliates and business units (collectively, “Adrian Bray”, “Stellar,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) are committed to the concept of website accessibility for all people, including persons with disabilities.

We strive to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (“WCAG”) 2.0 (Level AA), which are prepared by the World Wide Web Consortium (“WC3”), a consortium of private and non-profit entities that works to promulgate international standards for web content accessibility, as we continue to develop our website. In addition, content provided via our website by third-party developers is also intended to meet WCAG 2.0 (Level AA) in future versions.

In support of our commitment, we have developed this web accessibility policy (“Policy”) to be transparent about our mission to be compliant with the digital accessibility requirements under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the considerations we value in pursuit of this goal. If you have any questions relating to this Policy or our websites, please contact our Accessibility Coordinator (as noted below).

II. WCAG Compliance

The WCAG 2.0 sets forth four pillars of accessible design, and we have designed our websites around these principles:

Websites must be perceivable, meaning users must be able to perceive all the information being presented (i.e., the information cannot be invisible to all of their senses);
Websites must be operable, meaning users must be able to operate the interface (i.e., the interface cannot require interaction that users are unable to perform);
Websites must be understandable, meaning that users must be able to understand the information on the website, as well as the operation of the interface (i.e., the content or operation of the website cannot be beyond their understanding); and
Websites must be robust, meaning users must be able to access the content as technologies advance (i.e., as technologies and users evolve, the content should still remain accessible).

The WC3 has created three levels of conformance with respect to WCAG 2.0: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA (in increasing order of conformity). As mentioned above, Stellar seeks to build its websites in compliance with Level AA.

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In order to reach its goal of Level AA conformance, Stellar Business Consulting Inc must first meet the minimum requirements for Level A. As such, website design:

Provides text alternatives to all non-text content. Text alternatives are translated by software assisting disabled individuals to properly navigate our website. Controls and input fields also have a name describing their purpose;
Provides equivalent information for time-based media. Prerecorded video and audio content are provided as alternatives to video-only and audio-only content and captions are provided for all prerecorded audio content;
Creates content that may be presented in various ways without losing information. Our website content, structure, and logic flow are presented in a manner that makes it accessible to a wide variety of users, including those that may use assistive technologies;
Does not use color as the sole means of conveying visual information, distinguishing visual components, indicating actions, or prompting responses from users;
Allows for independent control of audio on webpages where audio plays automatically for three or more seconds;
Allows users to fully operate the website through a keyboard interface;
Creates the option for a user to turn off, adjust, or extend any time limit set by the content on the website, except when the time limit is part of a real-time event and there is no alternative for the limit;
Provides users with the option of pausing, stopping, or hiding any unessential moving, blinking, or scrolling information that commences automatically;
Avoids designing its website content in a manner that is likely to cause seizures;
Provides options to bypass repeating blocks of content on multiple web pages;
Ensures that website navigation is done sequentially and in a manner allowing for easy movement between web pages;
Ensures that the purpose of each link can be determined by the text of the link by itself, unless the purpose is ambiguous to all users;
Designs our website so that the language of our web pages can be determined or processed by assistive technologies;
Ensures that the functionality of our website and content is not disrupted when users input information and the changes are applied to any setting;
Provides text information when there is an error specifying the item in error and the error itself; and
Provides labels, guidance, and instructions on where user input may be required.

In addition to the requirements of Level A above, Stellar seeks to achieve Level AA conformance by designing our website in such a way that:

Provides captions for all live audio content and audio descriptions for all prerecorded video content;
Ensures text content and images of text have a contract ratio of 4.5:1 (large-scale text and images of large-scale text instead have a contract ratio of 3:1);
Provides users with the ability to resize text up to 200% without using assistive technology or losing content or functionality;
Uses text to convey information instead of images where possible;
Provides multiple ways to locate web pages;
Uses headings and labels to describe topics and purposes of web page components;
Ensures that the web page navigation and menus that appear on multiple web pages occur in the same order each time they appear;
Consistently identifies components with the same functionality;
Provides users with correctional suggestions for known or common input errors; and
Ensures that all users can check and confirm sensitive, inputted legal and financial data before submission.]

III. Compliance Team

At Stellar, we treat web accessibility as being everyone’s responsibility. We periodically conduct accessibility audits to check our website’s performance in view of this Policy and review comparable industry “best practices” with respect to web accessibility. We have also identified certain key Accessibility Team roles to support being on track to meet our compliance objectives.

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Accessibility Coordinator

Consolidates periodic status reports from various departments responsible for web content, our website, or our applications for presentations to senior management at annual review meetings.
Prepares and provides training and guidance programs relating to web accessibility.
Promotes web accessibility awareness internally.
Responds to user inquiries to Stellar related to web accessibility.
Organizes ongoing assessments of the accessibility of our website, content, services, and applications that are within the scope of this Policy.
Reviews this Policy at least once a year with other members of Compliance Team.

Website Manager

Oversees and monitors compliance with this policy.
Prepares project accessibility reports at key project implementation stages: analysis, design, development, and quality assurance.
Ensures that user feedback mechanisms are included as part of project deliverables.
Ensures that all staff members receive appropriate and regular awareness training relating to web accessibility.
Ensures that all submitted content complies with this Policy.

IT Manager

Implements tools that conform to this Policy.
Provides tools to support automated accessibility checking.
Remedies identified accessibility barriers or difficulties.]

IV. Archived Web Content

It is important for you to know that web content that has been previously posted on our website, downloaded, or archived is not subject to the standards set forth in this Policy. If Stellar receives a specific request for access to archived content by any person with a disability, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to make that content available in a suitable format within thirty (30) business days. If we are unable to make that content available within that timeframe, we will use reasonable efforts to identify and provide a suitable alternative within our capabilities.

V. Other Applications

This Policy is intended to also apply to web content developed by or on behalf of Stellar. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to include this Policy within contracts for services, statements of work, or purchase orders applicable to the development of web content, our website, or other applications relating to Stellar, in order to ensure that our third-party service providers are made aware of our web accessibility objectives.

VI. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy, or would like to provide feedback as to the accessibility of our website, please contact Stellar’s Accessibility Coordinator, who can be reached at hello@adrianbray.com