TERMS OF USE
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
Terms Of Use Are Below
*Additional Practitioner Terms Of Use Are Found Further Down The Page
By using this site, you signify your assent to the Terms of Use contained in this Agreement.
If you do not agree to all of the terms contained herein, do not use this site.
“Affordable Therapy Network” is business entity owned and operated by ATN Therapy Network Inc. These Terms of Use are a contract between you and ATN Therapy Network Inc., also known as “Affordable Therapy Network”, found at AffordableTherapyNetwork.com.
The terms “AffordableTherapyNetwork”, “AffordableTherapyNetwork.com”, “The Directory”, “ATN”, “We”, “Us”, “Site”, “Website”, as well as other reasonably implied abbreviations and terms, fall under the business entity owned by ATN Therapy Network Inc.
Affordable Therapy Network reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use from time to time at the sole discretion of Affordable Therapy Network, without notice to you. You will always be able to view the most current version by clicking on a link at the bottom of any page on our site. By continuing to access the Site or use our Directory Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the User Terms of Use as revised.
1. AUTHORIZED USE.
Subject to these Terms of Use, Affordable Therapy Network.com grants you the right to access and use this site. In regards to public use of this site, unless otherwise specified, or agreed-upon by us, this site is for your personal use only.
2. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.
The information provided on this site is for informational purposes only and should not be treated as medical or behavioral health care advice. The information is not intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment or as a substitute for consultation with a qualified health care provider. Please consult your health care provider if you have any questions or concerns about your health.
ANY AND ALL HEALTH CARE, THERAPY RELATED SERVICES, OR ADVERTISING SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH AFFORDABLE THERAPY NETWORK SHALL BE OBTAINED AT THE USER’S OWN RISK.
The Affordable Therapy Network online therapist directory and it’s content is offered solely as a courtesy to visitors and users of our site. Affordable Therapy Network does not warrant the competence of any mental health professional or treatment facility listed in the directory. Use of the directory to locate a mental health professional or facility is wholly voluntary and will not result in any liability against ATN Therapy Network Inc.
While Affordable Therapy Network takes reasonable measures to monitor and screen it’s content, we do not guarantee the authenticity or accuracy of any information provided on the website including information regarding the qualifications of Mental Healthcare Providers, their degrees, licenses, certifications, credentials, or background. We do not recommend or endorse any Mental Healthcare Professional, nor do we make any representation or warranty with respect to the quality of the services they may provide.
Affordable Therapy Network recommends that you check the certification and/or licensing of any mental health professional or other health care provider with the applicable licensing Board, Regulatory Body, or authorities. We also recommend that you verify that the professional or treatment facility has current malpractice insurance coverage. Affordable Therapy Network is not intended as a tool for verifying the credentials, qualifications, or abilities of any practitioners it lists.
Each User hereby agrees to assume any risk inherent in utilizing the website and/or deciding to actually engage and use the services of any Mental Healthcare Professional listed in our Website. In no event shall ATN Therapy Network Inc. be liable for damages to any user of the directory for the voluntary selection of any professional or facility, for the services provided by any professional or facility listed therein, or for any other damages which may occur. ATN Therapy Network Inc. cannot and does not provide any warranties related to the information contained in or resulting services from a professional or facility listed in the directory.
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS LISTED ON THE SITE ARE WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR LISTING. The opinions, claims, and statements expressed by Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners listed on the site are their own and are not those of Affordable Therapy Network or endorsed by ATN Therapy Network Inc. Mental health practitioners or other health care providers listed on Affordable Therapy Network are wholly responsible for maintaining the truthfulness, accuracy and representation of their credentials, competencies, services offered, and any other claims or statements made on their listing.
ATN Therapy Network Inc does not promise that this site will be error-free, uninterrupted, nor that this site will provide specific results from your use of any content, search or link on it. We do not warrant or represent that files you download from this site will be free of viruses or other harmful features.
THIS SITE AND ALL CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN IT ARE DELIVERED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. ATN THERAPY NETWORK INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ATN THERAPY NETWORK INC MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS, ADEQUACY, COMPLETENESS OR SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES OR CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS SITE.
3. ADVERTISEMENTS AND LINKS.
The Site contains advertisements and other types of links to third party web sites (e.g., links, links to services, reference links in Content). These third party Web sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for any linked third party Web sites or for the content, products and/or services they provide. YOUR USE OF LINKED THIRD PARTY WEB SITES IS AT YOUR RISK AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR SUCH SITES. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE THE CONTENT, PARTICULAR PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR WEB SITES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES OR MAKE ANY DETERMINATION WHETHER ANY SUCH CONTENT, PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR WEB SITE MAY BE ACCURATE, NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOU OR FOR YOUR USE IN RENDERING CARE TO PATIENTS.
However, if you experience a problem with a third party site, please let us and we will investigate the link and take appropriate action.
4. NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.
As a condition of your use of this Web site, you warrant to ATN Therapy Network Inc that you will not use this site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You agree not to use this site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair this site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of this site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through this site.
5. COPYRIGHTS.
You agree not to duplicate, publish, modify, or otherwise distribute the material on this site for purposes other than information and resource sharing.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT OR NEGLIGENCE, WILL ATN THERAPY NETWORK INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT ARISE OUT OF OR ARE RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE.
7. ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
You represent, warrant, and covenant that (a) you have the power and authority to enter into this Agreement; and (b) you will only use this Web site in accordance with these Terms of Use.
8. INDEMNITY.
You agree to indemnify and hold ATN Therapy Network Inc. and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees harmless from any liability to third parties, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from or related to your breach of this Agreement, or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
9. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND GOVERNING LAW.
These terms of use are governed by the laws of Ontario and Canada, where applicable. In the event of a dispute between us, you agree to not
engage in any conduct or communications, whether in public or in private including but not limited to on social media, either directly or
indirectly, designed to disparage us and instead consent to attend mediation before commencing a claim or publicly disparaging us.
Terms for Therapist & Practitioner Use (those who list on ATN)
By signing up and listing on Affordable Therapy Network, a business entity operated by ATN Therapy Network Inc., you agree to all the public use terms listed above. Additionally, you agree and attest to the following terms of use.
We reserve the right to remove your profile at any time if we believe that you are in breach of any of these terms.
1. RESPONSIBILITIES.
You attest that all information you have provided and will provide in the future in order to become and stay listed on Affordable Therapy Network is accurate and truthful. Should any information used to qualify you for eligibility to list on ATN change, including your credentials, your registration status, your insurance status, your supervision status, conditions placed on your practice, or any other details that might affect your eligibility, you will inform us promptly.
If you receive or have ever received a professional complaint that might impact your ability to practice, or have anything on your professional record including but not limited to; disciplinary notices, limitations, or any other conditions, please disclose this to us either at the time it occurs or prior to setting up a listing with us. At the sole discretion of ATN Therapy Network INC. we may need to refuse or remove practitioners based on this information.
You are responsible for keeping all content you’ve posted on your profile up to date and for maintaining the truth and accuracy of this information. This includes, but is not limited to, credentials, biography, qualifications, rates, links, and all and any other information you have voluntarily provided. You can communicate with ATN via email (admin@affordabletherapynetwork.com) at any time if you have issues, difficulty, or need assistance maintaining or updating your profile.
Supervisors or clinics who create and/or pay for listings on behalf of another therapist are responsible for maintaining the content of that listing and ensuring the content is accurate and up to date. If the working relationship between the listed therapist and the supervisor/clinic who listed them ends for any reason, the supervisor/clinic is responsible for letting us know promptly and that profile will need to be removed or reallocated in accordance with our Individual Listing Policy (see “7. Content Standards” below).
2. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.
We take great measures to ensure our site is live and functioning optimally at all times, however we do not promise completely uninterrupted service. It’s rare that we need to shut the site down for repairs, however it’s a normal part of maintaining web based technology and might happen from time to time. By listing with us, you accept that reasonable and occasional downtime is part of the service we provide and will not hold us liable for any interruptions in site use.
3. PERMISSIONS.
By signing up with ATN you give us permission to publicly display and share information you’ve provided to Affordable Therapy Network including details such as your credentials, supervisor, biography, rates, qualifications, areas of practice, photos, and any other claims or statements made either on your profile or that you provided us for verification purposes. This includes information change requests you’ve made to us via email instructing us to make updates or changes to your profile on your behalf. This information may be displayed publicly for advertising purposes on AffordableTherapyNetwork.com as well as on our Instagram, Facebook, and other social media pages connected to ATN.
4. DISCLAIMER.
As a public facing directory, we have no control over who is able to access your information. By signing up for Affordable Therapy Network you assume all risks involved with the public display of your information and you will not hold us liable for any direct or indirect harm or consequential damages that arise out of or are related to your use of this site.
5. INDEMNITY.
You agree to indemnify and hold ATN Therapy Network Inc. and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees harmless from any liability to third parties, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from or related to your breach of this Agreement, or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
6. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
ATN Therapy Network Inc. may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of ATN Therapy Network Inc.
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
7. CONTENT STANDARDS
These content standards apply to all information and content publicly posted or uploaded by a User or Health Care Professional to the Website (collectively, “Content”), All such content must fully comply with all applicable federal, provincial, municipal and international laws and regulations. Additionally, without limiting the foregoing, such content must not:
- Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable
- Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age
- Be likely to deceive any person
- Cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person
- Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization
Individual Listing Policy:
We only list individual practitioners (those who will be providing the service) and do not list clinics or clinic representatives advertising on behalf of their clinic as a whole.
Individual therapists may be listed (initiated and/or paid for) by clinics or supervisors so long as that listing adheres to our Individual Listing Policy and Standards. Explicit and ongoing permission of the listed therapist must be obtained by the listing clinic or supervisor prior to, and for the duration of the listing. If we have reason to believe that the ongoing permission of any therapist listed by a clinic or supervisor no longer exists, has been revoked, or otherwise doesn’t exist, that profile will be cancelled and removed. In most cases we will send a courtesy email letting you know that the profile has been removed, however we reserve the right to remove, with or without notice, any profiles that do not meet the policies laid out in our terms and conditions.
Based on user feedback, we’ve created this policy to provide full transparency to our users, give site users the chance to learn about their potential practitioner during their search with us, and ensure that clients connect with the individual practitioner that they have specifically chosen. Further, this policy fosters equitable opportunity and visibility for all individual practitioners listed on the Affordable Therapy Network.
Individual Listing Standards:
- All listings and listing content must represent the advertised practitioner
- Any and all services and fees mentioned are made with the intention that those services will be provided by the advertised practitioner
- If we have reason to believe this policy is not being adhered to your profile may need to be removed
- You may include external links that direct to your own website, blog, hosting clinic, and/or booking page
- Other external or affiliate links are not permissible on your profile page
- Reasonable exceptions and exclusions to this policy may be made at the discretion of ATN
8. TERMINATION
ATN Therapy Network Inc. may suspend or terminate your access to the services at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you to be in violation of any part of these Terms or if for any other reason we deem that you are no longer a good fit for the website. After any suspension or termination, you may or may not be granted permission to access the website or services, or to re-establish a profile. You agree that ATN Therapy Network Inc. shall not be liable to you for any termination of your access to the website or the services and you waive the right to claim damages based on the termination or suspension of your listing with ATN.
You may cancel your profile at any time by sending an email to admin@affordabletherapynetwork.com or by doing so through our payment provider. Please note that if your profile is cancelled, your information may be saved on the site unless otherwise requested.
- We cannot provide refunds for your initial payment period, regardless of whether the full term is used
- Pro-rated refunds (by month) for renewals of 3 months or more can be provided – a 10% processing fee of the full payment amount applies
- All payments are subscription based and you will be charged on a recurring basis until cancellation
CONTACT:
If you have any questions about these terms of service or wish to report a breach of these terms, please contact us: admin@affordabletherapynetwork.com
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