This document was last updated May 24, 2006.

Introduction

BreastCancerStories.com 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.com's processing of personal information for the purposes stated below.

Registered Writers

BreastCancerStories.com 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.com so we can stay in touch with you and make you aware of any updates to the website.  BreastCancerStories.com will under no circumstances rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies. BreastCancerStories.com 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.com.  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.com. Under no circumstances will BreastCancerStories.com be liable for any Content posted on or made available through this Website by you or a third party.  BreastCancerStories.com 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.com 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.com 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.