Protecting Your Information
As part of providing you information or services, we may obtain personal information from the following sources:

• Information you provide to us on contact forms, by email, or in applications, or that you otherwise enter on our web site, or that you provide to us in writing or by telephone, such as when you contact our staff. This information may include items such as your name, address, and telephone number. Protecting your privacy is a top priority at Clarity. We want you to know that we will not share it with any other person or group unless you request for us to do so (as in the case of referrals.

Privacy and Confidentiality
Behavior analysts have a primary obligation and take reasonable precautions to respect the confidentiality of those with whom they work or consult, recognizing that confidentiality may be established by law, institutional rules, or professional or scientific relationships.

Clients have a right to confidentiality. Unless it is not feasible or is contraindicated, the discussion of confidentiality occurs at the outset of the relationship and thereafter as new circumstances may warrant.

In order to minimize intrusions on privacy, behavior analysts include only information germane to the purpose for which the communication is made in written and oral reports, consultations, and the like.

Behavior analysts discuss confidential information obtained in clinical or consulting relationships, or evaluative data concerning patients, individual or organizational clients, students, research participants, supervisees, and employees, only for appropriate scientific or professional purposes and only with persons clearly concerned with such matters.

Maintaining Records
Behavior analysts maintain appropriate confidentiality in creating, storing, accessing, transferring, and disposing of records under their control, whether these are written, automated, or in any other medium. Behavior analysts maintain and dispose of records in accordance with applicable federal or state law or regulation, and corporate policy, and in a manner that permits compliance with the requirements of these Guidelines.

Disclosures
Behavior analysts disclose confidential information without the consent of the individual only as mandated by law, or where permitted by law for a valid purpose. Behavior analysts also may disclose confidential information with the appropriate consent of the individual or organizational client (or of another legally authorized person on behalf of the client), unless prohibited by law.

Individuals should be aware that confidentiality has limitations and may be waived as stipulated by law by the following:

• Your written consent to release information or verbal direction by you to tell someone else situations in order to provide needed professional services to the individual or organizational client, or to obtain appropriate professional consultations.
• It is determined that you are a danger to yourself or others.
• Reasonable grounds exist to suspect abuse or neglect of a child, disabled adult, or an elder adult.
• Legal orders are issued by a judge to disclose information.
• It is necessary to obtain payment for services, in which instance disclosure is limited to the minimum that is necessary to achieve the purpose.