Acceptable use
Acceptable Use Policy
The limited set of things you may and may not do with StoriesDL.
A note on translations. Our legal documents are provided in English so that every visitor reads the same terms. Translations of the interface are for convenience only; the English legal text controls.
1. Scope
This Acceptable Use Policy applies to everyone who accesses the Service. It supplements our Terms of Service. If there is a conflict, the Terms control.
2. Permitted use
- Saving your own public posts for backup or personal use.
- Saving public content where the creator has given permission.
- Saving public content under a valid legal exception, such as fair use or fair dealing, where that exception applies.
- Testing, research, or journalism that respects copyright, privacy, and the law.
3. Prohibited use
- Accessing private accounts, private posts, stories, highlights, live streams, direct messages, or any content protected by an access control.
- Bypassing login walls, paywalls, regional restrictions, or technical protection measures.
- Downloading, requesting, or distributing child sexual abuse material, or any content that sexually exploits a minor.
- Harassing, stalking, doxxing, threatening, or defaming any person.
- Infringing copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
- Using the Service to build a competing database, resell downloads, or provide a paid downloader without a written agreement.
- Scraping the Service, automating requests in a way that evades rate limits, or using multiple accounts or proxies to do so.
- Probing, scanning, or attacking the Service, its infrastructure, or other users.
- Uploading malware, exploiting a vulnerability, or interfering with the Service's operation.
- Misrepresenting an affiliation with us or with Instagram or Meta.
4. Your responsibility
You are responsible for the links you submit, the files you save, and the way you use them. Public availability does not equal permission to republish or commercialize someone else's work. When in doubt, ask the creator.
5. Enforcement
We may block a post code, username, network, or request pattern; rate-limit access; or suspend access to the Service if we believe this policy has been violated or that continued access creates legal, security, or operational risk. We may act without prior notice where necessary.
6. Reporting abuse
Report abuse, harassment, unlawful content, or copyright issues to [email protected]. Include relevant URLs and enough detail for us to investigate.
7. Changes
We may update this policy as the Service evolves. The revised version will appear on this page with a new date.