Disclaimers and Privacy Policy

Website / Blog Disclaimer

This website was published as a part of Smarter Speech. Smarter Speech provides in-home and online speech therapy for toddlers, preschools, and kids / elementary school children in and around Mountain View, CA, and Los Gatos, CA.

Smarter Speech has placed the information on this website as a service to the general public. Use of this website or any of its pages does not in any manner constitute an SLP -client relationship between Smarter Speech and the user. While the information on this site is about speech-language pathology and learning, it is not intended as SLP advice or as a substitute for the particularized advice of your own SLP. Anyone seeking specific speech, language, or learning advice or assistance should seek guidance from a qualified SLP.

The materials on this website do not constitute speech and language treatment or advice, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Smarter Speech or any of its employees, and are not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or up‐to‐date.

The articles and information on this website are provided as is without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non‐infringement.

Each individual document published by Smarter Speech on this website may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information relating to that specific document.

Smarter Speech hereby authorizes you to view, store, print, reproduce, copy, and distribute any pages within this website (NOT including products that are purchased) for non‐commercial use only. In consideration of this authorization, you agree that (a) any copy of these documents which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein and (b) this page is included with any distribution.

All content is provided as is, and all warranties are disclaimed. Smarter Speech LLC has no liability for your use of our website and content. You use and download all the materials on this website at your own risk, and are solely responsible for any damages that may result.

Graphics Disclaimer

All graphics images fonts used on this site, and on worksheets, books, and other materials, are used according to their commercial license. Further information is available in the products themselves, once downloaded, or upon further request Credit for the logo, seen on the worksheets and books page of this website, goes to Ashley Hughes Graphics for border, Hello Fonts for text, and Creative Clips for clipart over at Teachers Pay Teachers. Thank you!

Course Purchase Disclaimer

All courses and their videos, tracking sheets, quizzes, and other related content are produced by Smarter Speech. When you purchase our courses, you agree to this Terms of Use and Liability Waiver.

All sales are final for our courses. There are no refunds after a sale. Toys and games used for tips are not included in the price of the course. Smarter Speech has the right to determine whether to sell a course to any individual, and may reject a purchase with or without explanation.

By purchasing any of the courses, you have a license to use the materials in the course, only for ONE personal and non-commercial use. All courses are protected under United States copyright laws. Copying or publishing any of the content in the course is prohibited. Any breach in the terms of this agreement may result in a loss of access to the course materials, and liability for losses caused to Smarter Speech LLC.

When you purchase this course, you will create a username and password to access the content. You agree to maintain keep this information confidential, and are responsible for all liability and damages from failure to maintain this confidentiality.

All the information provided in our course is solely for educational purposes, and not intended to provide a diagnosis of any kind, or be used instead of medical advice, or advice from a speech-language pathologist. All courses are meant to help parents/ caregivers become more involved in their child's speech and language development. However, we give no guarantee or warranty that this course is appropriate for you and your child, or will improve speech and language progress. Any mention of diagnoses or conditions or disorders is not an attempt to diagnose, and is only used for educational purposes.

Before following the course, please be sure to speak to and get clearance from your child's doctor / speech-language pathologist, especially if there are any conditions which are cause for concern. By purchasing the course and practicing the tips, you are assuming a risk that the tips might not be appropriate for you and your child, and may cause a different reaction than anticipated. It takes time for a caregiver and a child to get used to a new tip and recommendation, and some discomfort or resistance is normal. However, if a child feels unhappy or resistant after you follow the tips in the course, it is best to stop following the tips and seek advice from a doctor or speech therapist.
The course also may contain references to games, toys, books, and strategies. These references do not imply ensdorsement or affiliation. We are not responsible for these other materials, and we do not have any liability for harm / damages related to the those products or services.

All courses are intended for parents / caregivers who are at least 18 years old. When you purchase this course, you claim you are at least 18 years old, and will abide by all the terms and conditions in the agreement.

All content is provided as is, and all warranties are disclaimed. Smarter Speech LLC has no liability for your use of our website and content. You use and download all the materials on this website at your own risk, and you are solely responsible for any damages that may result.

The materials and information in our courses are provided as is without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non‐infringement.

Links Disclaimer

Some links within the Smarter Speech website may lead to other sites that we believe may be useful or informative. The Smarter Speech website does not incorporate any materials appearing in such linked sites by reference. These links to third party sites or information are not intended as, and should not be interpreted by you as, constituting or implying our endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of the third party information, products, or services found there. We do not maintain or control these sites and accordingly make no guarantee concerning the accuracy, reliability, or currency of the information found there.

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for smarterspeechslp.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

See what data we have about you, if any.
Change/correct any data we have about you.
Have us delete any data we have about you.
Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately.

Registration

In order to gain access to some resources, a user may need to fill out a form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address and child’s age). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

Orders

We request information from you on our order form. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you.

Sharing

We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Please also be sure to read the disclaimers / references specifically for our products and services, accessible on their appropriate pages within this site.