Privacy Policy
This document was last updated February 17, 2009.
Introduction
BreastCancerStories.org is committed to protecting your privacy. The
following privacy statement describes our practice with respect to the
collection and use of your personally identifiable information (personal
information) on this website. By using this website, you consent to the
terms of our privacy statement and to BreastCancerStories.org's processing
of personal information for the purposes stated below.
Registered Writers
BreastCancerStories.org collects personal information when you register
to share your story on the website. When registering we ask for personal
information such as your name, email address, address, phone number, as well
as information pertinent to your breast cancer history and treatment. The
personal information you provide is for use solely by
BreastCancerStories.org so we can stay in touch with you and make you aware
of any updates to the website. BreastCancerStories.org will under no
circumstances rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other
people or nonaffiliated companies. BreastCancerStories.org may review the
information provided at any given time to evaluate the statistical usage of
the writer portion of the website.
Writer Information on the Website
Your first name and State are the only pieces of "personal information"
that are visible to people who read your story on BreastCancerStories.org.
The information you provide about your breast cancer history and treatment
is used when a person searches through the index of stories and portions of
that information are displayed within the search results.
Chapter Content
Each writer and reader is solely responsible for any information
including text, photographs, graphics, or messages he or she posts on
BreastCancerStories.org. Under no circumstances will BreastCancerStories.org
be liable for any Content posted on or made available through this Website
by you or a third party. BreastCancerStories.org does not use the
information contained in your chapters, guestbook, or photographs, except to
provide this online service to you and your loved ones. We reserve the right
to review the content of story on BreastCancerStories.org if we receive a
complaint about misuse of this website or as part of a random spot check. We
reserve the right to delete any journal entry, guestbook entry or photograph
and to take legal action against anyone who violates our Terms of Use.
We reserve the right to disclose the content of any story on
BreastCancerStories.org in response to a subpoena or as required by
applicable law. We reserve the right to disclose chapters, guestbook
entries, photographs, and other information posted on this website with law
enforcement authorities if, in our sole judgment, the content of any posting
violates any applicable law.
Non-registered Readers
As you browse the website, we collect information about your use of the
site by way of website statistics. This will include the pages you have
looked at and when and for how long you visited the site. We will not be
able to identify who you are.