Legal Notices
Council of Autism Service Providers Antitrust Compliance Policy
The Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP) has a policy of strict compliance with the federal antitrust laws. The antitrust laws prohibit certain combinations and agreements among competitors, and members of CASP can be considered competitors in the context of antitrust challenges even if their businesses (or professional practices) are not in the same geographic areas or in the same product lines (or professional fields or specialties). A member’s conduct at all CASP-sponsored or CASP-scheduled meetings and events should comply with antitrust laws. The penalties for violations of the antitrust laws can be very severe--not only for CASP, but also for its individual members.
CASP members cannot come to understandings, make agreements, or otherwise concur on positions or activities that in any way tend to raise, lower, or stabilize prices or fees, divide up markets, or encourage boycotts in ways prohibited by antitrust laws. Each member must decide for itself, without consultation with competitors, how to conduct its business (or its professional practice) and with whom to do business (or engage in professional practice). Specifically, members should not agree on:
- Current or future prices or fees, price or fee changes, discounting, regulation of production, and other terms and conditions of sale or of providing professional services. Members should be extremely careful about discussing prices or fees. Agreements on pricing or fees are clearly illegal. Even price or fee discussions by competitors, if followed by parallel action among the competitors on pricing or fees, can lead to antitrust investigations or challenges.
- Allocating or monopolizing territories or customers. Any agreement by competitors to “honor,” “protect,” or “avoid invading” one another’s market areas or product lines (or professional practice areas) would violate the law.
- Refusing to do business with those whose business practices they op¬pose. Competitors can discuss the policies or practices of suppliers, reimbursers, and other third parties, but they must never threaten directly or indirectly to act jointly to enforce changes to those policies or practices. Again, discussions followed by parallel action could at least trigger careful antitrust scrutiny.
Discussions of pricing, fees, or boycotts as part of CASP-scheduled programming or at CASP-sponsored meetings could implicate and involve CASP in extensive and expensive antitrust challenges. Officers, directors, and members should not make any representations, publicly or privately, that appear to represent an official policy or position of CASP without the express authorization of CASP. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that recommendations or exhortations in antitrust areas by individuals who might appear to represent CASP in some capacity can likewise jeopardize CASP, so those in positions of responsibility for CASP must be especially cautious.
The antitrust laws are complicated and often unclear. Nothing in this policy is intended to prohibit CASP and its members from discussing and agreeing to joint efforts to influence legislation or executive action. If any member is concerned that he or she may be in a “gray area,” that member should consult with CASP’s senior executives or legal counsel. If the conversation among competitors at a CASP meeting turns to antitrust-sensitive issues, participants should discontinue the conversation until legal advice is obtained, or else leave the meeting immediately.
CASP Website Privacy Policy
Effective Date: February 1, 2023
CASP is committed to protecting your privacy and will collect no personal information unless you consent to provide that information. This privacy policy applies when you visit or use our websites. This policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms, or notices provided to you.
What information is collected?
When visiting the CASP website, we may collect information about you in two ways: directly from your input or through the use of cookies.
Under CASP's Website Privacy Policy:
- We may automatically collect and temporarily store information related to your visit to our website that is not personally identifiable information (PII) through cookies. We collect this baseline information to help improve your user experience and ability to engage in our events and services. CASP gives you the option to accept or reject the use of cookies.
- PII is only collected about you if you provide that information to us.
- Any PII you choose to provide is protected by privacy and security practices.
- You have certain rights to request access, rectify, delete, or other actions regarding your Personal Information where applicable law requires.
The types of PII that we collect directly from you may include but are not limited to:
- Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address, and phone number.
- Account login credentials.
- Information that you share in your account profile.
How is the information used?
CASP uses and shares your personally identifiable information (PII) when necessary to complete your registration or order. For example:
- Credit card and billing information are shared with our bank for authorization.
- Email addresses are used to send order confirmations and to alert you to any changes in the availability of the items you ordered.
- CASP sends emails to advise you of any changes to its website and communicate with you about issues related to operating an autism service provider organization.
Please do not use our website and online services if you do not agree with any part of this privacy policy or our terms of use.
For European Union (EU) residents
CASP uses your personally identifiable information (PII) in accordance with the EU data protection legislation, including national or international legislation implementing the EU Data Protection Directive (until superseded), the Privacy in Electronic Communications ("ePrivacy") Directive (EU), and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR"), as amended or superseded.
Privacy Policy Updates
The Effective Date of this Website Privacy Policy is set forth at the top of this webpage. As business needs change, we may amend this Privacy Policy. The amended Privacy Policy supersedes all previous versions.
Questions?
You can contact CASP with any privacy-related inquiries at info@casproviders.org.
