Privacy Policy

I. Nature of the website

The Website is provided solely for informational purposes and the purposes of enabling communication between you and Early Autism Services. The information provided is intended to be general in nature and does not necessarily address all terms, exclusions, and conditions applicable to our products and services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Website is an online source of information about health conditions, health care procedures, health care providers, and other topics.

Information provided through the Website is not intended to be a substitute for the advice and professional judgment of a physician or other professional medical personnel. You acknowledge and agree that you should never delay treatment or make a treatment decision based solely upon information provided through the Website. You further acknowledge and agree that the Website is not intended to diagnose a condition, prescribe treatment, or perform any other tasks that constitute or may constitute the practice of medicine or of other professional or academic disciplines.

We work diligently to provide information that is current, timely, and useful. However, EAS cannot and does not warrant that any of this information is always accurate and complete. Any reliance you place on such Website information is strictly at your own risk. EAS disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such content by you or any other visitor to our Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Any information you provide or that is collected by EAS through the Website shall be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

II. Use of the website

EAS grants you a non-exclusive right to access and use the Website and the data, material, content or information herein (collectively, the “Content”) solely for your personal use. You may use the Website only for non-commercial (not for profit) uses in accordance with these Terms unless you are otherwise expressly authorized by EAS to use the Website for commercial purposes. You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes, comply with all rules governing any transactions on and through the Website and comply with all applicable laws. EAS reserves the right to make changes to, update or withdraw the Website at any time and without notice. Your access to and use of the Website is completely at the discretion of EAS, and your access to and use of all or part of the Website may be blocked, suspended, or terminated should your use violate these Terms. You may link a website or webpage to the Website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or imply EAS’s endorsement of any such use.

III. Intellectual property

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 EAS, its licensors, or other providers of such material and may be protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. You must not use such marks without the prior express written consent of EAS. All other names, logos, products and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks or property of their respective owners. Except as otherwise permitted by these Terms, you may not download, modify, make derivative works of, store or transmit any material on the Website, or any portion of the Website, except with express written consent of EAS. You may view, print, copy, and download portions of information, documentation, and other content of the Website solely in connection with your use of the Website, and solely for your own personal, non-commercial (not for profit) use or personal records. 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 EAS. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, contract and other laws.

IV. Medical information

A key function of our Website is to help individuals find autism therapy services that will meet the specific needs of a family or individual. Therefore, when using the Website for this and similar functions, you may choose to disclose information related to medical services sought by or the diagnosis and treatment of an individual (“Medical Information”). State and federal laws, as well as ethical and licensure requirements, may impose obligations with respect to patient confidentiality that may limit your ability to receive, disclose, or make use of Medical Information, including transmitting Medical Information to others. You warrant that you will comply with all laws that may directly or indirectly govern your retrieval, use, transmission, processing, receipt, reporting, disclosure, or storage of Medical Information. You are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining any patient consents, if applicable, and all other consents or permissions required by law or advisable with respect to your retrieval, use, transmission, processing, receipt, reporting, disclosure or storage of Medical Information. You shall be solely responsible for your retrieval, use or misuse, transmission, processing, receipt, reporting, disclosure or storage of Medical Information. Your use of the Website does not create a patient relationship between you and EAS, or between you and any health care professional employed by or associated with EAS. Any information you provide through the Website will not be considered part of a medical record.

V. Third party information; links to other sites

The Website may contain windows or hyperlinks which provide access to other third party websites not affiliated with the Website or with EAS, or to informational content provided by such third party websites (“Linked Sites”). Any Linked Sites are for your convenience only and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by EAS of the site or any association with its operators. Linked Sites are not under the control of EAS and EAS is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained on a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. EAS is not responsible if the Linked Site is not working correctly or for any viruses, malware, or other harms resulting from your use of a Linked Site. Your use of such Linked Sites is subject to and governed by any terms of use and privacy policy posted on any such third party website. EAS is not liable for and does not endorse nor make any representations or warranties concerning any information, content, products, services, software, or other materials available on such third-party websites, even if a page or pages of the third party website is framed within a page of this Website.

VI. Third party applications

You acknowledge that your access and use of any third-party applications or software on our Website (the “Third-party Applications”) is at your discretion and risk, and EAS has no liability to you arising from your use of the Third-party Applications. EAS hereby disclaims any representation, warranty, or guaranty regarding the Third-party Applications, whether expressed, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and any representation, warranty, or guaranty regarding the availability, quality, reliability, features, appropriateness, accuracy, completeness, or legality of the Third-party Applications, and you agree to indemnify and hold EAS harmless for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, arising out of or in any way connected with your use or performance of the Third-party Applications.

VII. Disclaimer of warranties & limitation of liability

You understand the use of the Website is at your own risk. 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.

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 EAS NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH EAS MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER EAS NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH EAS 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.

EAS 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.

IN NO EVENT WILL EAS, 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 , EVEN IF EAS OR ITS THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE SUBJECT TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE WAIVING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS THAT ARE AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN OR UNSUSPECTED. SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. WHEN THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EXCLUDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY, THEY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SHORTEST DURATION PERMITTED BY LAW. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. IN ANY CASE, EAS’S AND ITS LICENSORS’ ENTIRE LIABILITY UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THESE TERMS WILL BE LIMITED TO TEN DOLLARS ($10.00).

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

VIII. General

A. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE. The laws of the State of Illinois shall govern these Terms. All matters relating to the Website and these Terms 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 Illinois without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction). Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Illinois.. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

B. ARBITRATION. At EAS’s sole discretion, EAS may require you to submit any disputes arising from the use of these Terms or the Website, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying Illinois law. By using the Website, you hereby consent to submission of any dispute to be final and binding arbitration.

C. LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE CLAIMS. Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms 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.

D. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless EAS, 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 or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to any submissions you make, any use of the Website’s content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms or your use of any information obtained from the Website

E. U.S. USE ONLY. EAS, as the owner of the Website, is based in the state of Illinois in the United States. 

F. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about these Terms, the Website, or your dealings with EAS please email your questions to Email Compliance at eascompliance@earlyautismservices.com

G. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and EAS as a result of these Terms or use of the Website. You may not assign these Terms without the prior written consent of EAS in all instances. EAS  may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, at any time. EAS’s performance of these Terms is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms is in derogation of EAS’s right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Website or information provided to or gathered by EAS with respect to such use.

H. If any part of these Terms are determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of these Terms shall continue in effect.

I. These Terms, including the Privacy Policy and all other documents expressly incorporated herein by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and EAS with respect to the Website, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and EAS. A printed version of these Terms and of any notices given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

IX. Changes to the terms of use

EAS reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to change the Terms from time to time as required by evolving business needs. All changes to the Terms are effective from the date posted. The current revision date will always be designated within the Terms. Check this page periodically if you would like to monitor changes. Your continued use of the Website after any such change is communicated shall constitute your consent to such change(s). 

This Terms of Use was last revised on: July 12,