Terms and Privacy

Terms and Privacy

This website is operated by Naturally Recovering Autism, an “S” corporation, and functions under the following terms and conditions.

Testimonials: We post testimonials for informational purposes only; we do not claim that anyone will experience the same or similar results as mentioned in these writings. Nor do we claim that a significant number of consumers may obtain similar results. Another way to state this is that results experienced by any one individual who has written a testimonial or endorsement, is not necessarily what any given consumer should expect to experience. Consumers generally may not be expected to achieve the same or similar results as others who have used our services and who have subsequently written testimonials and endorsements.

No Warranties: We do not provide any express warranties or representations. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, we disclaim any and all implied warranties and representations, including, without limitation, any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. If you are dissatisfied or harmed by anything relating to this site, you may leave this site and this will be your sole and exclusive remedy. Any review or other matter that could be regarded as a testimonial or endorsement does not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of an individual’s matter. It does not offer medical advice or opinion and should not be relied upon as such.

Limitation of Liability: YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, FAILURE TO REALIZE EXPECTED SAVINGS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE; (iii) INVALID DESTINATIONS, TRANSMISSION ERRORS, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE; (v) YOUR FAILURE TO RECEIVE ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS REQUESTED THROUGH THE SITE OR (vi) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE. IN NO EVENT ARE WE LIABLE TO YOU FOR AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US FOR THE SERVICES IN QUESTION, IF ANY.

Errors & Corrections: We do not represent or warrant that the Site will be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected. We do not warrant or represent that the information available on or through the site will be correct, accurate, timely, or otherwise reliable. We may (but are not obligated to) make improvements and/or changes to its features, functionality or content of the site at any time. In no event shall we be liable for any such errors or defects.

Links: Website may contain hyperlinks to other sites owned and operated by parties other than us. Such hyperlinks are provided only for ready reference and ease of use. We do not control such websites and cannot be held responsible for their content or accuracy and do not endorse these sites unless we specifically so state. In the event this Website provides hyperlinks to other websites that are not owned, operated or maintained by us, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for and are not liable for the content, products, services or other materials on or available from such websites. We accept no liability for any information, products, advertisements, content, services or software accessible through these third party websites or for any action you may take as a result of linking to any such website. Any such websites are likely to set forth specific terms of use and privacy policies that you should review. We are under no obligation to maintain any link on this Website and may remove a link at any time in our sole discretion for any reason whatsoever. We are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or losses caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on such content, products, services or other materials available on or through any such website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any other websites.

Submitted Information: Please see our Privacy Policy regarding information you submit to us. In no event is any person obligated to contact you with regard to information you submit via this website. They may do so at their sole discretion. By accepting the submission of your information, we do not evaluate your legal or medical matters or needs and we do not offer any advice on whether you may have remedies under current law.

Intellectual Property: The Website contains copyright material, trade names and marks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos and graphics, and may in future include video, graphics, music and sound. The content is protected by copyright law, registered and unregistered trade marks, database rights and other intellectual property rights. You may download information from the Website for your own personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without our express permission or that of the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyright material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyright material.

Indemnity: You hereby indemnify us and hold us, and our employees, agents, affiliates, contractors, and third party advertising networks, harmless from all damages, losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, legal and medical expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of our legal advisers) incurred or suffered by us arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms of use or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms of use, your submission of any information to the site, the use of the site or any use connected to or arising out of your use the site.

Waiver; Severability. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Arbitration: Any disputes, breach or misuse arising out or related to use of this Site, this agreement and/or the relationship between you and us shall be submitted to arbitration in San Luis Obispo, California carried out in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and agree to the bounds of the laws of California.

Entire Agreement: This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us and governs your use of the site, superseding any prior agreements between you and us. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the website, located at https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com, and https://autismmomsmentor.com, and any mobile application connected or associated with these websites (collectively, “Website”), that is owned and operated by Karen Thomas (the “Company, “we,” or “us”).

Acceptance

You are bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of visitor information pursuant to all of the terms of this Privacy Policy. By using the Company’s service on the Website, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, you should not use our Website.

Personal Information

The publisher values the privacy of its clients and Web/blog site viewers. Any of the following personal information that may be made available to the publisher when browsing or navigating the site shall be kept confidential, unless requested or agreed to otherwise by you the client:

First and last name
Company, home, postal or other physical address
Other contact information, for example, telephone number, fax number, email address, and other similar information
Title or position in a company or an organization
Occupation
Industry
Personal interests
Any other information needed to provide a service you requested.
Examples of scenarios where our visitors provide their personal information include, but may not be limited, to:

Emailing, calling or communicating with any at the corporation, via the contact form on the website.
Posting a question or comment through the site.
Requesting literature.
Registering to attend a seminar or any event.
Participating in an online survey.
Requesting inclusion in an email or other mailing list.
Submitting an entry for a contest or other promotions.
Logging in to the site, thus requiring a user name and/or a password.
Any other business-related reason.
Karen Thomas and Naturally Recovering Autism provides you the opportunity to agree or decline to give your personal information via the Internet. We will inform you of the purpose for the collection and does not intend to transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion entitled “Information Sharing and Disclosure” below. If you would like to amend the information provided to us, then send us an email with your instructions, via the query box on this website.

Domain Information Collection

We may collect domain information to enable us to analyze how our visitors use this site. This data enables us to become more familiar with which people visit our site, how often they visit, and what parts of the site they visit most often. We use this information to improve its Web-based offerings. This information is collected automatically and requires no action on your part.

We do not access or store information that you have saved on your mobile device such as contacts and appointments. However, in order to provide our services, the Website may interact with some features on your mobile device, such as your GPS locator.

We use the Personal Information that you provide to respond to your questions, to provide you the services you select, to send you emails about the Website, and potentially to inform you of material changes to this Privacy Policy. We may also use Personal Information, to display information within the Website about products and services we feel may interest you and in order to send email newsletters, promotional material and other updates to our users. By using the Website, you accept these in-product messages. A user may, at any time, opt out of receiving email newsletters and promotional material, by following the opt-out procedures in such newsletter or promotional material.

We may use publicly available sources outside of the Company to verify or supplement the information you give us. For example, we may obtain address updates from the U.S. Postal Service or demographic information from direct marketing companies. We use this data to help us maintain accurate records and to improve the products and services that we deliver to you.

Select Company employees and independent contractors and technical operations contractors may have limited access to your Personal Information in the course of providing services to you, to troubleshoot problems or resolve complaints. These technical contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of the Website. Access to your Personal Information is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the employee or contractor to perform the function needed to resolve the issue or to improve the service.

Use of Cookies and Tracking User Traffic

Some pages on this site may use “cookies”-small files that the site places on your hard drive for identification purposes. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID to track the pages visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. These files are used for site registration and customization the next time you visit us.

Some parts of the site may also use cookies to track user traffic patterns. The lawyer or firm does this in order to determine the usefulness of our Web site information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. Please note that cookies cannot read data off of your hard drive. Your Web browser may allow you to be notified when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the choice to accept it or not. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our Web site, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser, By not accepting cookies, some pages may not fully function and you may not be able to access certain information on this site.

Do Not Track Signals

Our site is hosted by GoDaddy (see GoDaddy’s Privacy Policy with respect to cookies and tracking).

We do not track users, who do not interact with our sharing functionality across the web, and therefore we does not use “do not track” signals, even though various browsers offer a “do not track option.” We do not authorize the collection of Personal Information you for third-party use through advertising technologies, without a separate written consent from you for that purpose.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Your personal information is never shared outside us without your permission, except under conditions listed below:

Consenting to share your information to a third-party service provider working on our behalf to serve you.
Requiring us to provide you with a product or service.
The corporation will also disclose your personal information, if required to do so by law, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our sites. We store your information on a third-party customer relations management website, to which select Company employees and technical operations contractors may have limited access in the course of providing services to you, to troubleshoot problems or resolve complaints. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of the Website. Access to your Personal Information is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the employee or contractor to perform the function needed to resolve the issue or to improve the service.

Newsletter

By using our website you consent to our sending you our periodic newsletter; however, you can easily opt-out or unsubscribe if desired.

The email list may be managed by a third party, such information as is necessary will be provided for such third party to manage the email list. In addition, the information and offers in the email list may result from consultations with third parties or may be created by third parties. The information in the list may also be syndicated and provided in conjunction with other web sites. Except as otherwise provided, this will not result in the release of any personal information except as necessary to provide for the delivery of the email list to subscribers.

If you subscribed to our e-mail newsletter(s) but do not want to receive it in the future, please follow the “unsubscribe” instructions contained in the newsletter(s).

In our email messages to you which are distributed through this list, we may have information from third party providers for products and services which may be advertised or promoted within messages we send to you from this email list. No individual information is provided to any third-party without your consent, but if you enter transactions with a third party as a result of an offer – through our web site, email communication, or other means – those third-party provider sites govern the method by which they collect and use any information.

To report any abuse or violations, please contact us. Please copy and paste an unedited copy of the email message that you feel was sent to you in error or without your permission. Include all header information so that we can trace origin of the message. Also include any notes or other information that you feel are pertinent.

Internet Security

We strive to protect your personal information; however, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters.

We employ reasonable security measures consistent with standard industry practice to protect your Personal Information. We strive to store Personal Information collected by or through the Website in a reasonably secure environment. We strive to provide adequate security measures in our physical facilities to protect against the loss and misuse of the information we collect on the Website. Below are some of the physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that the Company uses to protect your privacy.

Confidentiality: We restrict access to Personal Information collected about you on the Website to select employees, licensees, consultants or others who need to know that information to provide services to you or in the course of conducting our normal business operations. We also advise them about their responsibility to protect Customer data and we provide them with appropriate guidelines for adhering to our company’s business ethics standards and confidentiality policies. If you are a former customer, we protect your information in the same manner that we treat information about our current customers.

Disclaimer: Despite our efforts to protect your Personal Information, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the Internet may be intercepted. Therefore, we make no representations or warranties with regard to the sufficiency of the above mentioned security measures. No data transmission over the Internet or through mobile devices can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us on the Website. Therefore, the Company is not responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with this Privacy Policy as a result of a security breach or technical malfunction.

Please do not send us, via the contact form, any information regarding your personal health, or any other information you believe raises confidentiality concerns when sent or stored over the Internet.

Protecting the Privacy of Children

Children under 13 years old are not the target audience for our Web site. To protect their privacy, we prohibit the solicitation of personal information from these children.

Links to Third Party Sites

This site may contain links to other sites. The lawyer or firm does not share your personal information with those Web sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

Visitors from Outside the U.S.

The Company is governed by the laws of the United States of America. By using the Website and submitting any Personal Information, visitors from outside the United States acknowledge that the Website is subject to U.S. law, consent to the transfer of Personal Information to the U.S., and waive any claims that may arise under their own jurisdiction.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change, modify or update this policy at any time without notice. Any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information will be posted on this site.

We also reserve the right to refuse service at any time at our own discretion and without refunds.

If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at, support@naturallyrecoveringautism.com or (805) 941-0122

Effective: June 2013 to present.