At GadsdenThrive, images and media play an important role in helping visitors understand local businesses, services, and organizations. These guidelines exist to ensure accuracy, trust, and fairness across the directory and all editorial content.
All images submitted to or used by GadsdenThrive should accurately represent the business or subject being shown and should not mislead readers or visitors.
These guidelines are designed to:
The following types of images are generally acceptable:
Images should reflect the actual business, location, services, and staff as they exist in reality.
Photos of business owners, employees, or teams are allowed and encouraged when they accurately represent the people who work at the business.
The following are acceptable:
Staff photos do not need to be professionally staged, but they should be authentic and truthful. Stock models or actors should not be presented as actual employees.
Stock photography may be used only as illustrative or decorative imagery and must not be presented as real staff, real customers, real jobs, or real locations.
Examples of acceptable stock usage include:
Stock images must not be used in a way that materially misrepresents a business or its services.
The following types of images are not permitted:
Images must not materially mislead readers about the nature, quality, or scope of a business’s services. Visual exaggeration, deception, or misrepresentation is not permitted.
GadsdenThrive reserves the right to remove or replace images that do not meet these standards.
By uploading or submitting images to GadsdenThrive, the uploader affirms that they own the rights to the image or have permission to use it. This includes permission from identifiable individuals shown in the image where applicable.
GadsdenThrive assumes no responsibility for unauthorized image use and may remove images at its discretion.
By uploading or submitting images to GadsdenThrive, the business or contributor grants GadsdenThrive permission to use those images in connection with the business’s directory listing and in related editorial content, including articles, guides, features, and promotional materials associated with the site.
This permission is limited to uses that accurately represent the business and does not transfer ownership of the images to GadsdenThrive.
Images will not be used in a misleading manner or to imply endorsements beyond the context of the original business listing or editorial coverage.
GadsdenThrive reserves the right to review, approve, reject, remove, or update images at any time to maintain editorial standards, accuracy, and trust.
These guidelines may be updated periodically to reflect evolving editorial practices.
Some content on GadsdenThrive may be assisted by AI-generated tools, but all published material is reviewed and approved by a human editor prior to publication.