This ABA Ethics Hotline website and domain (including all webpages, subdomains, subparts, and content of such website and domain) (collectively, this “Site”) and various related services and ethical advice provided through this Site (collectively, the “Services”) is subject to these Terms of Service (these “Terms”). By using this Site and/or the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms, then you must refrain from using this Site and the Services.
This Site and the Services are being provided to you free-of-charge. The purpose of this Site and the Services is to provide you with helpful ethical advice and opinions related to the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. Since the persons operating this Site and providing the Services to you (collectively, the “Site Owners”) are doing so without compensation, and are generously donating their energy and time to help you, you are being required to agree to these Terms to limit the liability of the Site Owners and to protect their intellectual property.
Accordingly, you hereby acknowledge and agree as follows:
This Site and the Services provide ethical advice, but not legal advice. Ethical advice involves providing information and opinions regarding good behavior and conduct. In contrast, legal advice involves providing information and legal analysis regarding applicable laws and regulations. Examples of legal advice that will not be provided as part of this Site and the Services is advice regarding your compliance with a non-compete restriction, tax advice, handling employer/employee disputes, and the handling of potential criminal matters. The Site Owners are not attorneys. For legal advice, you need to engage an attorney.
All intellectual property rights to this Site and the Services are held by the Site Owners and are protected by copyright, trade secret, and/or other intellectual property laws. You are only granted the non-exclusive and limited right to use this Site and the Services for your personal ethical issues in full compliance with these Terms during the time that the Site Owners elect to make this Site and the Services available to you. You may not reproduce, distribute, transmit, and/or copy any of this Site and/or the Services without the Site Owners’ express written permission, which permission may be denied in their sole and absolute discretion.
The Site Owners may cease to operate this Site, and may cease providing the Services, at any time in their sole and absolute discretion without any liability to you. You will not use this Site and the Services in a manner that violates any applicable law, rule, regulation, and/or these Terms.
The Site Owners may change these Terms from time to time and the changes will be effective immediately when posted on this Site. Please review these Terms periodically for changes.
Your use of this Site and the Services is entirely at your risk. The Site Owners make no representation or warranty to you that this Site and/or the Services will result in the provision of information that is complete, true, and/or accurate and not misleading. The Services may include the provision of advice and opinions by the Site Owners, but you remain solely responsible for your actions and should not rely only on such advice and opinions. This Site and the Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations and/or warranties of any kind and the Site Owners hereby disclaim all representations and warranties, express or implied.
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