NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLCY
YOUR INFORMATION
This notice describes how information you share on this Site may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review this notice carefully. Protecting your private information is our priority.
PLEASE REVIEW OUR TERMS OF USE ALONG WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITE. BY ACCESSING THE SITE OR USING ANY OF THE SERVICES YOU ARE AGREEING TO, AND WILL, BE LEGALLY BOUND BY ANY AND ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES APPLICABLE TO THE SITE AND SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR NOTICES, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE ACCESSING THE SITE AND SERVICES.
Creating an account on the Site requires the entry of limited personal information, including name, email address, billing address, and, in some cases, practice address. Additional information which enables Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™, a division of Griffin Speech, Chartered (“Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™”) to use its algorithm or other matching process to match you with other Services participants and information related to your licensing/certification and practice is also required. You will need to create an account if you would like to participate in the Services.
Your account information WILL NOT BE PUBLIC. However, you will be asked to provide contact information which you authorize Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ to provide on your behalf to applicable Service participants to facilitate your participation in the Services.
This privacy notice explains how we collect your information and the measures we take to protect, secure, and safeguard your data.
This notice applies to Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ and expandyourscope.com (along with any and all web pages, subdomains, and associated web and mobile applications of expandyourscope.com used in association with the services provided through or associated with expandyourscope.com (the “Services”) (collectively referred to as Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™, the “Site,” “us,” or “we.”)
Our Uses and Disclosures
How do we typically use or share your information?
We typically use or share your information in the following ways. To:
Operate the Site and deliver your Services
Information You Enter:
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ may collect, store, and use your personal information to operate its Site and deliver the Services you have requested.
Example1: You establish a profile to engage in the Services. Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ may use your information to match you with other Service participants and may deliver certain information to the other Service participant to facilitate communication between the two of you. If you choose to close your account, Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ will permanently delete all of the information you have entered or stored on the Site. In such case, you and Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ will no longer have access to any of your previously entered or stored data. You may cancel or close your profile or account at any time by contacting us at info@griffinspeech.com. If you are a shadowing program participant, please note that Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ has no access to, authority regarding, or ability to affect records, or lack thereof, of your matches. If important to your own records, please track your own participation in all programs, along with all relevant data.
Example2: Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ may use or share your information with affiliates in order to conduct, provide, or engage in research, security, data analysis, website hosting services, updates, maintenance, improvements, adding or removing features, or legal and accounting processes. In each case, information is only used or shared as necessary to perform specific functions. All Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ affiliates must comply with Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™’s privacy policy, and must utilize corresponding security controls.
Hardware and Software Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ Site.
WebSite and Webpage Information
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ in order to improve its websites and services.
Cookies
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.’s Site may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ Services or websites you visit.
A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. If you choose to allow cookies, the purpose of cookies is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ pages, or register with an Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ Site or for Services, a cookie helps Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing address and so on. When you return to the same Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ Site or pages, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ features you customized.
Run our organization
If you create an account on the Site, we can use and disclose your information to run our organization, contact you when necessary, and respond to your inquiries, operate our Site, and deliver your Services.
Comply with the law
We will share information about you if State or Federal laws require it, including with the any governmental department or agency if it wants to see that we’re complying with Federal or State privacy law.
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
We can share information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.
We Do Not Do These Things
In these cases we never share your information:
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3rd party email lists
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3rd party telephone lists
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Spam lists
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ does not sell, rent, or lease its user lists or its users’ protectable information to third parties. We never sell your information for any purposes whatsoever.
Your Rights
Opt Out & Unsubscribe
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We respect your privacy. You may opt out or unsubscribe at any time from receiving any or all communications from Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ You may always cancel or close your profile or account. To opt out or unsubscribe, or to cancel or close your profile/account, please contact us at info@griffinspeech.com. Please do not use the Site or Services if you do not agree with the terms of this Notice of Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Changes to the Terms of this Notice
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. Any new notice will be available upon request, on our Site, and we will email a copy to you at the email address you have provided us.
Other Important Information
Children Under Eighteen
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this Site. If we discover use of the Site without consent from a parent or guardian by a child under the age of eighteen (18), we will close the account and delete all associated data. If you are a parent or guardian and need help closing such an account, please contact us at info@griffinspeech.com.
United States Service
This Site is operated within the United States, and all information submitted will be transferred to, and used within, the United States. By accessing the Site or services, you consent to this use and transfer. If you are using this Site or services from outside the United States, additional laws may apply. Please ensure your use of this Site or services is appropriate in your jurisdiction. You may not use this Site or services in any jurisdiction in which such use would be illegal or unlawful.
Third Party Sites
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites to which you may choose to link from Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ is not responsible for the privacy policies, practices, statements, or other content on websites outside of the Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ Site.
Data Security and Your Rights
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ takes the security of your data very seriously, and makes every effort to protect and safeguard your information. Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ uses commercially available tools, firewalls, antivirals, encryption, authentication, and anti-theft measures. All communications on the Site are encrypted with private keys. All Site access requires unique authenticating credentials or passwords. All data is encrypted between Site and server, and all stored server data is encrypted. All backup data is encrypted. All Site accesses are tracked. Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ also uses physical and technical safeguards to enhance the safety and security of your data. All security measures are designed to comply with NIST standards and requirements. Ultimately, however, there may be situations Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ cannot predict or control. As such, Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ cannot guarantee the security of the information you provide. Please recognize that with respect to such circumstances, you provide information at your own risk. As swiftly as possible in the event of any loss, theft, damage, or breach of your data, Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™ will notify you electronically. If you would like to receive a paper copy of such notice, please contact us at info@griffinspeech.com
This Notice is Effective as of May 25, 2018.
You and your privacy are important to us. Please contact us with any questions.
Sincerely,
Expand Your S.C.O.P.E.™