Privacy Policy

CancerCommons.org (or successor URLs collectively the “Site”) is a rapid learning community of patients, physicians, and scientists collaborating to advance our understanding and use of individualized cancer therapies. Cancer Commons values your privacy and the privacy of our other customers and visitors of the Site (referred to individually as “User” and collectively as “Users”).

This Privacy Policy document (the “Policy”) is incorporated into and is subject to the Cancer Commons Terms of Use document. Your use of the Site and any personal information you provide on the Site are subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and Cancer Commons’ Terms of Use.

The Information Cancer Commons Collects:

User‐provided Information: You may provide to Cancer Commons what is generally called ”personally identifiable” information such as your email address and medical information when using the Site.

For example, if you use the Site to contact Cancer Commons, we will ask for your email address so that we can respond to you. Cancer Commons may also receive personally identifiable information from individuals and entities that you have authorized to disclose such information to Cancer Commons.

“Automatically Collected” Information:

When you visit the Site, we may automatically record certain information from your web browser by using different types of technology. This ”automatically collected” information may include Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”), web browser type, the web pages or sites that you visit just before or just after the Site, the pages you view on the Site, and the dates and times that you visit the Site.

Cookies, Web Beacons, Links, And Other Tracking Technologies: CANCER COMMONS may keep track of how you use and interact with the Site (collectively “Services”) through the use of cookies, web beacons, links, and other tracking technologies. We do this to help analyze the use of and improve the Services. Through these technologies we may automatically collect information about your use of the Services and other online activities, including our email correspondences, third-party services, and client applications, and certain online activities after you leave the Services. Link information is generally only analyzed on an aggregate basis. Some Services may not function properly if you disable cookies. Such data may include analytics information, sites visited before visiting the Services, browser type, operating system, and tracking of your interactions with our content and emails.

Unique Identifiers: When you use or access the Services, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device, and/or remotely store one or more “Unique Identifiers,” such as a universally unique identifier (“UUID”). A Unique Identifier may remain on your device persistently, to help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the Services. Some features of the Services may not function properly if use or availability of Unique Identifiers is impaired or disabled.

Log File Information: When you use our Services, we may receive log file information such as your IP address, browser type, access times, domain names operating system, the referring web page(s), pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information (including device and application IDs), search terms, and cookie information. We receive log file data when you interact with our Services, for example, when you visit our websites, sign into our Services, or interact with our email notifications. Cancer Commons uses log file data to provide, understand, and improve our Services, and to customize the content we show you. Cancer Commons may link this log file to other information Cancer Commons collects about you via the Services.

Public Information: Cancer Commons may also collect information about you from publicly available sources. Information you make publicly available in any public or open forum, such as on a social network, may be considered public information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, and may be accessed and collected by Cancer Commons. Please be aware that any content or information you share with or provide to third parties using or related to your use of the Services is neither private, nor confidential. Cancer Commons is not responsible for any content or information you post or share with third parties. If you do not wish for certain information to be public, please do not share it.

The Way Cancer Commons Uses Information: Cancer Commons uses the information you provide or that we collect to further the educational and research missions of Cancer Commons as well as to operate, maintain, enhance, and provide all of the features and information found on the Site. We will use your email address, without further consent, for administrative purposes, for customer service purposes, to address intellectual property infringement, rights of privacy, or defamation issues.

Cancer Commons uses all of the information that we collect to understand and analyze the usage trends and preferences of our Users, to improve the way the Site works and looks, and to create new features and functionality.

Cancer Commons may use “automatically collected” information to: (a) remember your information so that you will not have to re‐enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Site; and (b) monitor aggregate site usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed.

Cancer Commons will not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send promotional messages unless you have opted in or otherwise requested that Cancer Commons contact you about Cancer Commons products and services or other information.

When Cancer Commons Discloses Information:

Cancer Commons will not share your personally identifiable information with other organizations for their marketing or promotional uses without your express consent.

Cancer Commons shares automatically collected and other aggregate non‐personally‐identifiable information with interested third parties to assist such parties in understanding the usage, viewing, and demographic patterns for certain programs, content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Site.

Cancer Commons works with some authorized service providers to provide website hosting and maintenance as well as other services for us. Cancer Commons requires these services providers to safeguard personally identifiable information you provide to us. To the extent it is necessary for these service providers to complete their contractual obligations to Cancer Commons; these third parties may have access to or process your personally identifiable information. Cancer Commons generally limits their use of your personally identifiable information to the purpose for which you provided it.

Cancer Commons may also disclose User information if required to do so by law or in the good‐faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws or respond to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena, or warrant. In some cases, we may make such disclosures without first providing notice to Users.

Cancer Commons also reserves the right to disclose User information that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability; protect Cancer Commons from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; to investigate and defend ourselves against any third‐party claims or allegations; to assist government enforcement agencies; to protect the security or integrity of the Site; or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Cancer Commons, our Users, or others.

Your Choices: You may, of course, decline to share your personally‐identifiable information with Cancer Commons, in which case Cancer Commons will not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality found on the Site.

Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy: Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Cancer Commons does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information on Site from persons under 18 years‐of‐age, and no part of Site is directed to persons under 18. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, THEN PLEASE DO NOT USE OR ACCESS SITE AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER. If Cancer Commons learns that personally‐identifiable information of persons less than 18‐years‐of‐age has been collected on Cancer Commons without verifiable parental consent, then Cancer Commons will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

Our Commitment to Data Security: Cancer Commons uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Cancer Commons, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, Cancer Commons makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

If Cancer Commons learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. Cancer Commons may post a notice on the Site if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a security breach you should notify us at 650 Castro Street, Suite 120-522, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.

Your Rights: Relevant data protection laws provide you certain rights regarding the protection of your data, including:

  • the right to access – Upon request, Cancer Commons will confirm any processing of your personal Data, and provide you with a copy of that personal data in an acceptable machine-readable format;
  • the right to rectification – You have the right to have Cancer Commons correct any inaccurate personal data or to have Cancer Commons complete any incomplete personal data;
  • the right to erasure – You may ask the Cancer Commons to delete or remove your personal data and we will do so in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it (we may not delete your data when other interests outweigh your right to deletion).;
  • the right to restrict processing – You have the right to ask Cancer Commons to suppress the processing of your personal data but Cancer Commons may still store your personal data;
  • the right to object to processing – You have the right to object to your personal data used in the following manners: (a) processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling); (b) direct marketing (including profiling); and (c) processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.;
  • the right to data portability – you have the right to obtain your personal data from us that you consented to give us or that is necessary to perform fulfillment of member benefits with you. We will give you your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.;
  • the right to complaint to a supervisory authority – You have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes upon your rights.; and
  • the right to withdraw consent – We rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your prior consent.

International Visitors: Personally identifiable information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Cancer Commons or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

In the Event of Merger or Sale: In the event that Cancer Commons is acquired by or merged with a third‐party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information that we have collected from Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control.

Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy: This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically without further notice to you and this will be reflected by a “last modified” date below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes.

For revisions to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of personal information you have provided to us, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you and obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.

Cancer Commons Contact Information:

Please contact Cancer Commons with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, our third‐party disclosure practices, or your consent choices at: info@cancercommons.org

Last Updated: August 16, 2018