USER AGREEMENT
Welcome to OT-Advantage.com! The User Agreement of OT Advantage, LLC (“OT Advantage”) sets forth the conditions and terms under which users may access and use our services. To become an OT Advantage user, you must read and accept all of the conditions and terms set forth in this User Agreement and the separate Privacy Policy . Any inconsistency between the OT Advantage Privacy Policy and this User Agreement is unintentional, and the User Agreement shall control. If you do not agree to be bound by the conditions and terms of this User Agreement, you may not use or access the OT Advantage services offered by this website. OT Advantage reserves the right to refuse service without prior notice to any user for any or no reason.
This User Agreement may be modified at any time by OT Advantage or any party designated by OT Advantage without prior notice, by amending the terms contained within the User Agreement. Your use of any of the OT Advantage services denotes your acceptance of any such modified terms. Changes or modifications to the User Agreement shall be found on this page.
Description of Service
OT Advantage is an online service (the “OT Advantage Service”) offered to occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students in order to facilitate interaction with other similar practitioners and students more efficiently by allowing users of the OT Advantage Service to communicate with one another through this website. OT Advantage also offers resources to practitioners and students, including articles, case studies and questions and answers related to the occupational therapy profession.
OT Advantage also provides study materials for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapist Registered Certification Exam (the “NBCOT® OTR® Certification Exam”) and the Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant Certification Exam (the NBCOT® COTA® Certification Exam. The NBCOT is an independent licensing agency, and passing the NBCOT OTR® or COTA® Certification Exam is a means for the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant to show that they meet a higher professional standard than is required by state licensure. More information can be found at www.nbcot.org. Please take notice that while OT Advantage strives to provide high quality supplemental materials designed to aid students in preparing for the NBCOT OTR® or COTA® Certification Exam, OT Advantage is in no way affiliated with NBCOT and is an independent company.
Courses Approved for CE Credit
As part of the above-mentioned services, OT Advantage offers Webinars and courses to its users, some of which may be eligible for Continuing Education (“CE”) Credit under a User’s State guidelines or regulations. OT Advantage is an AOTA Approved Provider (AOTA Approved Provider #7077). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.” Although OT Advantage is a current AOTA Approved Provider, courses and webinars recorded prior to November 1, 2010 are not eligible for AOTA CE credit. Please look for courses and webinars bearing the AOTA Approved Provider information.
Upon successful completion of a Webinar or course, OT Advantage shall provide a Certificate of Completion to the User, detailing the course information (time, material, number of credits, etc). At the User’s discretion, this Certificate can then be submitted by the User to the appropriate State Board or Agency for CE Credit approval. This would be a relevant choice for a licensee which can submit course material for approved CE credit for your respective state when a continuing education provider is not recognized as an approved provider in your state.
Please note that CE Credit is not retroactive and can only apply to courses that qualify for CE credit at the time they are completed by the User. OT Advantage designs courses and webinars to meet most state licensing boards and professional organization guidelines, however it cannot guarantee that a course will be approved or continue to be approved or qualify for CE Credit by a User’s State. Users are encouraged to research their State guidelines and qualifications for CE Credit often, as it is the User’s responsibility to assure the course will meet their State’s qualifications.
Participants purchasing a recorded webinar are able to view the session and complete the intended completion requirements at your own pace. By purchasing the webinar and submitting your necessary completion materials (e.g., quiz), you attest that you have viewed the entire session and have independently completed the required course materials and/or completion requirements.
Our programs are designed to inform and enhance the professional knowledge of the intended audience. If you attend one of our webinars or continuing education events and do not receive the benefits described in our literature, or have some other professional complaint, please let us know in writing within seven days. Your complaint will be reviewed and a credit toward another continuing education event or webinar will be issued. You may contact us at OT Advantage, info@ot-advantage.com or fax your complaint to 888-379-7344.
ADA: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, OT Advantage will make available to course participants reasonable disability-related modification or accommodations. Notification of ten days prior to the meeting will enable the Organization to make arrangements to provide reasonable accommodations.
Membership Eligibility
The OT Advantage Service is not available to persons under the age of 18 or to any users that may have been suspended or removed by OT Advantage for any reason. The OT Advantage Service is only available to occupational therapy practitioners and students currently studying occupational therapy.
Membership Responsibilities
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you are accountable for maintaining the accuracy and confidentiality of your password and account. All actions that occur under your account, with or without your knowledge, are your own responsibility.
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account with or without your knowledge, and any misuse of your account in violation of this agreement or the Privacy Policy may result in the termination of your account. In the event of any misuse, you must notify OT Advantage immediately.
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you acknowledge that information and material provided by third parties, including other users, members and third-party websites, cannot be verified by OT Advantage. OT Advantage does not guarantee the accuracy of such information and material in any way. OT Advantage reserves the right to monitor user and member activity in order to ensure the accuracy of such information and material, but is not obligated to do so.
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you will not modify or otherwise alter the content created by OT Advantage or posted on the OT Advantage website.
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you will not use the OT Advantage Service to harass or stalk another user or member.
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you will not post, transmit or otherwise make available any unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, including “junk e-mail,” “spam,” or other unsolicited promotional materials.
As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you will not post, transmit or otherwise make available any content that infringes upon the intellectual property or otherwise proprietary rights of another, including, but not limited to, copyrights, patents, trademarks or trade secrets.
The use of any automated or manual devices or software or other processes to “crawl” or “spider” any web pages contained in the website is strictly prohibited. As a user and member of the OT Advantage Service, you agree not to copy or monitor, or allow others to monitor or copy, the website or the content of the website. Furthermore, you agree not to take any action that interferes with the proper working of or the website, including, but not limited to, attempting to gain unauthorized access, placing an unreasonable burden on our infrastructure, unsolicited communications, or the activation or transmission of computer viruses.
Membership Conduct
As a member of OT Advantage, you agree not to use the OT Advantage Service in the following ways: 1) to communicate in any unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable way, 2) for any illegal purpose, 3) to misrepresent your qualifications, associations or identity, 4) to disclose, communicate or distribute content or information that you do not have the right to disclose, communicate or distribute, in any way, including in ways that infringe on the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, or 5) collect e-mail or user information for the purposes of sending unauthorized or unsolicited advertisement material to users or members.
License
By using the OT Advantage Service, you hereby grant OT Advantage an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free license to any and all information and material posted, uploaded or otherwise communicated by you, including, but not limited to, the right to edit, translate or otherwise modify such information and material. Such information and material shall include content posted or otherwise communicated during any Exam Preparation Course or during a Webinar (see “Third-Party Websites,” below), though such events may take place on third-party websites. Since OT Advantage has created the content for the Exam Preparation Courses and shall be sponsoring the Webinars and providing access to OT- Advantage users, the rights to such information or material as mentioned above shall extend to such Webinars.
Communication by OT Advantage
OT Advantage may from time to time communicate with you and other users and members via email and other methods of communication for the purposes of, but not limited to: 1) updating users and members as to new, deleted or modified features and capabilities of the website, 2) requesting the verification of information directly related to your account, or 3) notifying users and members of any offers provided or approved by OT Advantage.
Termination
OT Advantage may at any time, with or without cause, terminate your account for any of the following reasons: 1) violations or breaches of this User Agreement or other OT Advantage agreements, 2) requests by the government, law enforcement or any other regulatory agencies, 3) a request by you to terminate your account, 4) any technical difficulties, including, but not limited to, the distribution, in any manner, of computer-related viruses, spyware or malware, and 5) your inactivity as determined by OT Advantage. These reasons for termination are examples only, and OT Advantage’s right to terminate accounts shall not be limited to these reasons. As a user and member of OT Advantage, you agree that OT Advantage has complete authority to terminate accounts, and any such termination may result in the denial of further access to your account and any related benefits conferred to you as a consequence of membership.
Indemnification
By accepting this User Agreement, you agree to indemnify and otherwise hold OT Advantage, and any of its affiliates, agents, employees, subsidiaries and other partners from any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from: 1) your use of the OT Advantage Service and website, 2) unauthorized access to or alteration of your communications with or through the OT Advantage website, or 3) any other matter relating to the OT Advantage Service, including content or services provided by OT Advantage that may be accessed through third party websites. Any business transactions arising between users and members and/or third party websites as a result of their use of OT Advantage are solely the responsibility of the users and members involved.
All content presented on this website is for informational purposes only. The content presented is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment. OT Advantage does not recommend or endorse any specific opinions, practitioners, products, procedures, tests or other information that may be mentioned in the content of this website. You should quickly seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider if you have any questions regarding your health or therapy. In the event that you believe you have a medical emergency, we urge you to call 911 immediately.
Use of Third-Party Websites
As a user of OT Advantage, you may have the opportunity to access third party websites through OT Advantage that are designed to enhance the educational and informational experience provided by OT Advantage. Such third-party websites may include Webex.com, where OT Advantage hosts Webinars. Users may also be utilizing Paypal to purchase these goods and services. Please be advised that while using third-party sites, all users of OT Advantage shall continue to be subject to the terms of this Agreement and OT Advantage’s Privacy Policy, as applicable, in addition to any such User Agreement and Privacy Policy of such third party sites. Webex.com’s User Agreement may be accessed here: http://www.webex.com/companyinfo/webex_terms.html, and Paypal’s User Agreement may be access here: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/UserAgreement/ua/USUA-outside
As used herein, “Webinar” shall mean any audio or audiovisual event held at www.OT-Advantage.webex.com, or other third-party site, that features guest speakers and other professionals in the occupational therapy industry, chosen specifically by OT Advantage to educate its users,
As used herein, “Exam Preparation Course” or “Exam Preparation Courses” shall mean materials either created and owned by OT Advantage or licensed by OT Advantage from third parties that are provided to users as part of a free or paid course, hosted by OT Advantage at www.OT-Advantage.webex.com, or other third-party site, whose purpose is to prepare users for the NBCOT OTR® Certification Exam (see “Description of Service” above).
Warranties
OT Advantage expressly disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. No further communications between you and OT Advantage will create additional warranties. Any use of this website is done at the risk and discretion of the users and members, and OT Advantage expressly disclaims any and all warranties related to any and all damage resulting from the use of this website. OT Advantage makes no warranty that the OT Advantage Service will serve your needs and expectation, or will continue uninterrupted or error-free.
OT Advantage does not assume any responsibility for the prompt delivery or retention of any user communication or user information or the accuracy of such user communication or user information.
The downloading of any material, information, or programs through the OT Advantage Service is done at your own discretion and is not the responsibility of OT Advantage. Damages to your computer system or loss of data as a result of such downloads obtained through the OT Advantage Service are the sole responsibility of the User.
Your name can be visible to others when participating in a webinar hosted by OT Advantage. This can be visible during a live webinar and/or a recorded webinar. Also, a live webinar that is recorded for future download use can have your name visible as a participant.
The website contains content provided by third parties as well as links to third-party websites. OT Advantage does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of the content of this information on the sites of these third parties, nor does OT Advantage endorse any such information or materials merely by sponsoring any event held through any third-party site. The content contained in the sites of third parties is governed by the User Agreement of those sites and we encourage you to consult their User Agreement when dealing with third-party websites. However, please be advised that users of OT Advantage will also be governed by this Agreement while visiting third-party sites as part of the OT Advantage Service.
Intellectual Property
To notify OT Advantage of infringing or unlawful content, please provide the Copyright Agent of OT Advantage with the following information:
• Your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address;
• A description of the exact location on the website of the infringing or unlawful content;
• A description of the claimed infringing or unlawful content, specifying which parts you believe infringe or are unlawful and which parts you believe should be removed;
• In the event that you believe that the content infringes your rights, please include a detailed statement specifying your asserted rights and why the content infringes them;
• In the event that you believe that the content is unlawful, please include a detailed statement specifying why you believe that the content breaches a particular law; and
• A sworn and signed statement that the information provided is accurate and that you are directly or indirectly damaged by the content.
OT Advantage takes such notices very seriously. We will evaluate the provided notice, and, if appropriate based on our sole discretion, remove the content or disable access to the content. Based on our judgment, we may notify the source of the content of your complaint and our actions in response to your complaint. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to restore such content if the source of such content provides evidence that the content should not have been removed. We encourage you to seek the advice of an independent attorney before filing an intellectual property notice or responding to a notice filed by another user.
OT Advantage’s Copyright Agent may be notified of claims of intellectual property infringement through any of the following ways through the contact information below, attention General Counsel of OT Advantage, LLC.
Copyright Notice and Disclaimer
All materials provided to users in the context of any Exam Preparation Course, including, but not limited to, any booklets, study tools, tips, sample questions and explanations, are copyrighted materials belonging to OT Advantage. Users are permitted and encouraged to make use of such materials to prepare for the NBCOT OTR® Certification Exam subject to the terms of this Section and this Agreement. Users may also stream Webinars free of charge and/or download Webinars for a fee. Each Webinar and its contents has been licensed to OT Advantage and shall remain the property of the professional speaking on the Webinar.
Some of the aforementioned materials, including Webinars and other content, may be content which is approved by AOTA for CE Credit and may bear a seal of such approval. All copyrights, trademarks, information and other intellectual property belonging to AOTA shall remain the property of AOTA and OT Advtantage uses such content with permission from AOTA. Users of such content shall be afforded due credit from AOTA where appropriate.
The materials and content described above, whether streamed, downloaded or otherwise transmitted to a user, are for personal use only and the use of such materials for any commercial purpose, whether or not there is a direct or indirect financial gain by such user, shall be considered copyright infringement. Users may not copy, distribute, publicly display, or otherwise infringe on the exclusive copyrights of either OT Advantage or any third party. The aforementioned limits on use shall include any intellectual property belonging to OT Advantage or properly licensed by them, including trademarks, trade secrets, patents and any other propriety and protectable information.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, OT Advantage claims no ownership over any third-party materials that may be contained in the content created by OT Advantage and used during either an Exam Preparation Course or Webinar, and has exercised every good faith effort to properly license such materials. Users are permitted to make use of such materials only as described above in this Section.
Liability
OT Advantage shall not be liable to users and members, or any third party, for the approval or termination of any account or the denial or approval of access to the OT Advantage Service.
OT Advantage shall not be liable for any losses or damages arising from the failure of users or members to comply with this User Agreement. OT Advantage is not responsible for lost profits or damages resulting from use of the OT Advantage Service in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
OT Advantage shall not be liable for errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the content herein.
Governing Law
This User Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to conflict of laws principles.
Arbitration Clause
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this User Agreement or the website will be handled through binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Such a controversy or claim will be arbitrated individually and not consolidated in any claim or controversy of another party. Such arbitration will be conducted in Chicago, Illinois, and judgment and/or equitable remedies on the arbitration award or in anticipation of arbitration may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction in Chicago, Illinois.
General Information
If you have questions or concerns about this User Agreement, please contact the website owner at:
OT Advantage, LLC
4902 N Hermitage Ave Unit 1
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: 773-570-5489
Fax: 888-379-7344
info@ot-advantage.com
PRIVACY POLICY
By registering with the OT-Advantage.com website and accepting the User Agreement, you expressly consent to our collection, disclosure, storage and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and is otherwise effective immediately.
Information
OT Advantage may collect and store the following information from users and members: email address; user-chosen passwords; employment information, including, but not limited to, business address, specialization information and certification information; educational information, including, but not limited to, the name of the educational institution, type and name of program in which the user/member is or was enrolled, title and type of degree(s) or potential degree(s), graduation date; clinical affiliation information, including, but not limited to, the facility name, address and type of clinical setting; and special interests of users/members within the realm of occupational therapy.
Any personal information described above or disclosed by users/members in their user/member profiles may be available for viewing by other users/members, including, but not limited to, demographic data, specialties, education and occupational information, certifications, other “friends,” blogs, groups and favorites.
Information available to Third Parties
Some information contained on this website may be available for viewing by third parties, including non-users/non-members. However, no personal information contained in a user or member profile will be available for viewing by any non-user/non-member.
Use of Information
OT Advantage’s primary purpose in collecting this information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to:
Provide the services and customer support you request;
Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems;
Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities and enforce our User Agreement;
Customize, measure, and improve our services and the websites’ content and layout;
Tell you about targeted marketing, service updates and promotional offers based on your communication preferences;
Allow user/members to modify, save and update their account or content;
Allow website-specific groups a user/member joins to access certain information; and
Compare information for accuracy and verify such information with 3rd parties.
We use return email addresses to answer the emails we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
As a user/member of this website, marketing materials may be provided to you by third parties who have been approved by OT Advantage. Such materials may take the form of advertisements on the website, including links to third party sites and emails to user/members containing marketing website updates or newsletters. User/members canopt-out of any such emails by contacting OT Advantage by using the contact information below (“General”) and indicating they wish to be removed from the email list.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used toidentify those user/members.
User information will not be sold to third parties.
If a user/member account is cancelled or terminated, their information will remain in the database and will be subject to any of the above uses.
Data Security
To ensure the correct use of information, maintain data accuracy and prevent unauthorized access, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure theinformation we collect online. Specifically, a 164-bit Password encryption software is utilized to help ensure the safety of user/member accounts. Members should be aware that such encryption does not extend to the database itself. All servers are protected by firewalls and stored at the following location: Bluehost Inc. 1958 South 950 East Provo, UT 84606. Servers for this website are kept at that location.
Cookies
OT Advantage uses “cookies” (small files placed on your hard drive) on certain pages of the website to help analyze web page flow, customize services, measure promotional effectiveness and promote trust and safety.
A few important things you should know about cookies are that:
We offer certain features that are only available through the use of cookies;
We use cookies to help identify you and maintain your signed-in status;
Most cookies are “session cookies,” meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session;
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of the website;
You may encounter cookies from 3rd parties on certain pages of the website that OT Advantage does not control. (For example, another user/member may place a “cookie” on his web page.).
Third Parties
Except as otherwise expressly included in thisPrivacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information OT Advantage collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of your information. Since OT Advantage does not control the Privacy Policies of third parties, you are subject to the Privacy Policies of those third parties. Please see Paypal’s Privacy Policy here and Webex’s Privacy Policy here.
By clicking on a third party advertisement, the third party may receive your IP address and may be able to contact you through the OT Advantage website. In addition, traveling to third-party websites to explore additional content developed by OT Advantage such as Webinars and Exam Preparation Session or other material hosted by a third-party site, may subject your information to that site’s Privacy Policy and not that of OT Advantage. OT Advantage does not control such third party site’s collection or dissemination of user information.
General
OT Advantage may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on the website. All amended terms automatically take effect. You can contact OT Advantage with questions or comments about this Privacy Policy by emailing info@OT Advantage.com.