Our Privacy Policy / HIPAA:
Privacy Policy: Every Child Achieves, Inc. strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party. Period.”
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate, and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, Every Child Achieves, Inc. also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your username and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your username and password, and we may not be able to customize the site’s features according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on Every Child Achieves, Inc. to communicate with you about your registration and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy; services and products offered by Every Child Achieves, Inc. and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally, Identifiable Information collected by Every Child Achieves, Inc. may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Children
Every Child Achieves, Inc. does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe Every Child Achieves, Inc. has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can be reached by contacting:
Every Child Achieves, Inc.
6400 Laurel Canyon Blvd., #550
North Hollywood, CA 91606
Changes to this Policy
Every Child Achieves, Inc. reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by California law. If a dispute arises under this Policy, we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: Los Angeles, Ca. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: Los Angeles, Ca, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
HIPAA Policy:
Every Child Achieves, Inc. (ECA) is a company that provides early intervention therapeutic services to young children in Southern California. ECA employs Speech Therapists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Child Development Specialists / Infant Development Specialists. We provide these services under the federal and state funded Early Intervention program. When we provide these services, we collect personal and health information about your child and your family, such as your child’s age, your family’s street, and email addresses. The information we collect about your child and family, whether verbal or recorded in some form, is private. This information is known as “protected health information,” or PHI.
ECA does not use or disclose protected health information unless permitted or required by law. ECA must follow laws protecting the privacy of your PHI. These laws are known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules. ECA also complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
This notice describes your rights on behalf of your child, how ECA may use or disclose your child’s PHI, with
whom this information may be shared, and the
safeguards we have in place to protect it.
Our Responsibilities:
ECA is required to:
• Maintain the privacy of your child’s health
information
• Provide you with this notice of our responsibilities and privacy practices related to the use and
disclosure of your child’s information
• Abide by the terms of this notice
• Communicate any changes to this notice to you
• Appropriately sanction ECA personnel for breach of your child’s privacy
Your Health Information Rights:
• You have the right to know how your child’s therapy service records will be used, and with whom the information will be shared.
• You have the right to give informed consent before providers can use or share your child’s therapy information, even for routine purposes such as treatment. Therapists may require that treatment and participation in services be based upon obtaining your consent.
• You have the right to refuse consent to share your child’s therapy information. If you do give consent, you have the right to
restrict information if it is to be used for non-routine purposes, such as marketing.
• You have the right to ask for restrictions or limits on release of your child’s information (such as requesting that information not be shared with a particular individual). This request should be documented in writing. We may not be able to agree to your
request. In fact, in some situations, we are not permitted to restrict the use or disclosure of the information. If we cannot comply with your request, we will tell you why.
• You have the right to ask that communications from those requesting information be made in a certain way. For example, you may ask us to contact you only by mail. Your request will be honored unless it is unreasonable and creates too great a burden for ECA.
• You have the right to see and copy your child’s therapy information and to be provided documentation on who has been able to see this information. You may not be able to see their records if it would endanger the life or physical safety of your child.
• You have the right to ask for a change to your child’s record if you believe it contains incorrect or unnecessary information. Your request must be in writing. ECA will decide whether your request can be honored and will notify you in writing if your
request is denied.
Use And Disclosures Of Protected Health Information:
Your child’s information may be disclosed to your therapist(s), ECA office staff and others outside our office who are involved in your child’s care and treatment and for whom we have received a signed consent to do so by you.
When we do use or disclose your child’s PHI, we will make every reasonable effort to limit its use or disclosure to the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose.
ECA has established business practices to protect the privacy of your child’s therapy records. These include employee training, naming a “privacy officer” to assist with complaints, and establishing business guidelines for privacy with others who have
contracts with ECA. ECA will share your child’s health information in response to a subpoena, court order, or warrant, without your additional consent. You will be notified in writing should such a request be received.
Other uses and disclosures of your child’s therapy information will only be made with your explicit written authorization.
