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PREFACE:
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) respects every
individual’s right to privacy and concerns one may have with regard to
privacy and security of personal information of its clients as well as
general users of this website.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
A visitor can access and browse the
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) website at any
time without having to provide any personal or identifying information.
We do not intentionally collect information that would personally
identify you unless you choose to provide it.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) does not share any
personally identifiable information of any individual with any third
party unrelated to NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C.
(NICA) except in situations where we must provide information for
personal and/or public safety, legal purposes or legal investigations or
if so directed by the client through a proper, written authorization, or
to process payments for services rendered.
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FORMS:
The NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) website may contain forms through which
users provide personal and identifying information to register or
purchase services, materials, products and/or other information from,
or through, the affiliates of our website, as well as, to inquire about
or to request specific information or supply feedback to us. In some
cases, telephone numbers, email addresses or return addresses are
requested or required so that we can supply information to you, and in
other cases, correct names and addresses are required to process credit
card payments and other modes of payment.
After you fill out a form, we may contact
you with follow-up information. We do not knowingly provide any
information supplied on our web forms to any outside organization for
any reason (other than where we may be required to so by law, clinical
judgment or as routinely necessary to process credit card information
and other payment information). We do not use personal information for
any other reason than as stated, above.
SURVEYS:
Occasionally, we may request that visitors
to our website participate in various surveys. The information obtained
from surveys shall be used in anonymous and aggregate form to help us
understand the needs of our visitors so that we can improve our site.
If survey respondents do provide personal information in a survey, it is
shared only with those people who need to see it internal to or
associated with NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA).
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E-MAIL:
"Phishing" is a scam designed to steal
your personal information. If you receive an e-mail that looks like it
is from NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA)
asking you for any of your personal information, do not respond! We do
not request your password, user name, credit card information or other
personal information through e-mail without your prior authorization.
USER NAME AND PASSWORD:
If you access any NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA services, products, material, or
information, either directly through our website, or through any
associated and/or cooperating website, which requires you to provide a
User Name and Password, you are solely responsible for keeping your User
Name and Password strictly confidential.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION:
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) may, in its sole
discretion, collect non-personal information such as website usage,
traffic patterns, site performance and related statistics based on our
tracking of your visits to the NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) website for statistical purposes.
IP ADDRESSES:
The web server automatically collects the
IP (which stands for Internet Protocol) address of the computers that
access our site. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your
computer when you access the Internet. It is not truly personally
identifiable information because many different individuals can access
the Internet via the same computer. We may likely use this information
in aggregate form to understand how our NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) site is being used and how we can better
serve its visitors. While such information is not personally
identifiable, we can potentially determine from an IP address a website
visitor's Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of his
or her point of connectivity.
FIRST PARTY COOKIES:
We collect information about visitors to
the NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) website
using "first party cookies”, which are alphanumeric identifiers that we
transfer to your computer's hard drive through your web browser.
Cookies are never associated with specific personal identities. First
party cookies are distinct from third party cookies in that they are
created and directly served by the company hosting the website.
We use two types of “cookies” on this
site:
We use persistent cookies to recognize a
repeat visitor, enabling us the opportunity to offer the visitor a set
of services or information requested in a previous visit. We use
session cookies to track a visitor's path through our site during a
visit, to help us understand how people use our site. You can delete
our cookies at any time. The "help" section, located on the toolbar of
most browsers, will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting
new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new
cookie or how to disable cookies altogether. Since cookies allow you to
take full advantage of some of our website's best features, we, at
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA), recommend that
you leave them turned on.
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SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION:
Please note that our website forms, if
listed, are encrypted to protect your privacy. Once the information is
sent to our site, it is kept in secure databases where it is not
available to users on the Internet. While we sometimes ask for credit
card numbers or certain service transactions, and either pass them on to
a credit card processing service or process them manually, we do not
store credit card numbers online.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA), in its sole entire
discretion, may periodically review and/or modify, where appropriate,
its security policies and procedures. We endeavor to use reasonable care
to protect your personally identifiable and confidential information
provided by you to our site.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:
ANY AND/OR ALL SERVICES, MATERIALS
(INCLUSIVE OF PRODUCTS), AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS
IS” BASIS AND SOLELY FOR EDUCATIONAL (OR ENTERTAINMENT) PURPOSES ONLY TO
THE END-USER OR CLIENT BY NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES,
P.C. (NICA). BY YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND ANY MATERIALS,
SERVICES AND OTHER INFORMATION, IT IS UNDERSTOOD, ACCEPTED AND AGREED
THAT NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) MAKES
NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE,
TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
FURTHERMORE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) CAN NOT AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE
THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, RELEVANCE, COMPLETENESS OR SAFETY OF ANY AND/OR
ALL SERVICES, MATERIALS (INCLUSIVE OF PRODUCTS), AND OTHER INFORMATION
AND CAN NOT AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY OR ALL ERRORS,
COMMISSIONS OR OMISSIONS OR FOR THE RESULTS OBTAINED THEREOF FROM THE
USE OF ANY AND/OR ALL SUCH MATERIALS, SERVICES AND OTHER INFORMATION.
BY USING THIS WEB SITE AND ANY NORTHERN
ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA), WHETHER DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, YOU FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE
THAT NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) DOES
NOT OPERATE OR CONTROL THE INTERNET AND THEREFORE NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA)) CAN NOT AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE
THAT THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF ERROR OR TECHNOLOGY
DOWNTIMES OR OTHER UNAVAILABILITY TO THE WEBSITE USER UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES.
PLEASE NOTE THAT, BY ITS VERY NATURE, A
WEBSITE CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED AGAINST INTENTIONAL OR MALICIOUS
INTRUSION ATTEMPTS. FURTHERMORE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) DOES NOT CONTROL THE DEVICES OR COMPUTERS OR
THE INTERNET OVER WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO SEND CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND CANNOT, THEREFORE, PREVENT SUCH INTERCEPTIONS OF
COMPROMISES TO YOUR INFORMATION WHILE IN TRANSIT TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA).
THEREFORE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) HEREBY CAN NOT AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY
GUARANTEE AS TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY, SECURITY OR INTEGRITY OF ANY
INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE, OR STORED WITHIN THIS
WEBSITE.
BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CARE TO SAFEGUARD
YOUR INFORMATION WHILE IN TRANSIT, NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) CAN NOT AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE SECURITY
OF ANY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR TRANSMISSIONS SINCE ANY TRANSMISSION
MADE OVER THE INTERNET BY ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY INDIVIDUAL RUNS THE
RISK OF INTERCEPTION.
IN ADDITION, NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) HEREBY CAN NOT AND WILL NOT MAKE
ANY GUARANTEE AS TO CONFIDENTIALITY, SECURITY OR INTEGRITY OF ANY
INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE, OR STORED WITHIN THIS
WEBSITE.
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
YOU ASSUME THE SOLE RISK OF TRANSMITTING
YOUR INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, AND FOR ANY
DATA CORRUPTIONS, INTENTIONAL INTERCEPTIONS, INTRUSIONS OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO INFORMATION, OR OF ANY DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS TO OR FAILURES
PREVENTING THE USE THIS WEBSITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR MONETARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING FEES,
AND PENALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF ANY AND/OR ALL SERVICES,
MATERIALS (INCLUSIVE OF PRODUCTS) AND INFORMATION POSTED ON THIS SITE OR
CONNECTIVITY TO OR FROM THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES,
P.C. (NICA) SITE TO ANY OTHER SITE.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING
ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA), IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION, MAY CHANGE THIS PRIVACY POLICY WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU.
Other services provided by NORTHERN
ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) on this website may
require you to agree to additional terms and conditions.
PRIVACY POLICY:
The Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated,
in its entirety, within the NORTHERN ILLINOIS COUNSELING ASSOCIATES,
P.C. (NICA)
Terms
of Service.
NOTIFICATION AND ATTESTATION:
BY USING THIS NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) WEBSITE AND/OR ANY OF ITS
SERVICES, YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE NOTIFICATION BY NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA) TO YOU OF ITS WEBSITE PRIVACY
POLICY AND ATTEST TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF, ACCEPTANCE OF AND AGREEMENT
TO ALL OF ITS PROVISIONS.
For any additional questions about
our privacy policy, contact:
admin@nicapc.com
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COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, P.C. (NICA). All Rights Reserved. No portion of
this document may be copied or used by anyone other than the licensee
without the express written permission of the copyright owner.
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