Cancerpage.com (the "Service") is an online service provided by Alere^® of Marietta, Georgia. The Service is subject to the terms and conditions stated below. Please read these terms and conditions carefully. By using the Services, you agree that your use is subject to, and you accept and agree to, these terms and conditions. Please note that these terms and conditions may change before you access and use the Service again, so you should check the terms and conditions before each use because your use will them be subject to, and you will then be bound by, the terms and conditions as changed.

General Medical Information Only

The information in the Service is intended to assist you in obtaining general medical information and in identifying organizations and groups that can provide support to cancer patients and their families. This general medical information may help you communicate more efficiently and effectively with a treating physician and other health care professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of a cancer patient. Support groups and cancer organizations can be an important source of assistance and support for cancer patients, their families, and their friends.

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS SERVICE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE USED TO DIAGNOSE OR TREAT A MEDICAL CONDITION. ALWAYS CONSULT A PHYSICIAN WITH WHOM YOU HAVE OR ESTABLISH A DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP REGARDING ANY MEDICAL CONDITION OR TREATMENT.

INFORMATION IN THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS;" NO ONE MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ABOUT SUCH INFORMATION; AND Alere, INC. SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY COPYRIGHT OR OTHER RIGHT, ACCURACY, OR COMPREHENSIVENESS. BY ACCESSING AND USING THIS SERVICE, YOU WAIVE ANY CLAIM THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE OR MAKE AGAINST US AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SERVICE AND YOU WAIVE ANY LIABILITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE (WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES) FOR ANY SUCH CLAIM.

All information provided by this service (other than links) is owned by or licensed for use on the Service. Our licensors and we retain all proprietary rights, including without limitation copyrights, to the information on the Service. You may print or download the information for personal use only; information provided in the Service may not otherwise be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, distributed, or displayed without our express consent.

You must be at least eighteen years old to use the Service. Therefore, by accessing and using the Service, you represent that you are at least eighteen years old.

Please note that the Service may provide links to other sites on the World Wide Web. Some of the links may be to sites of not-for-profit organizations and others to sites of commercial entities. These commercial entities (such as a pharmaceutical company) may pay us for putting their links on the Service and may pay us amounts based on the use of those links by users of the Service. We do not represent that we have assessed, in any way, the content of any site to which the Service may offer a link, and we do not make any representation or warranty in any respect regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the content of any such site or any characteristic of its sponsor.

You agree to indemnify Alere and employees of Alere against any liability, expenses (including without limitation attorneys' fees), and damages arising out of any claim based on your use of the Service. We will notify you as soon as reasonably practical of any such claim and will allow you to participate in our defense against such claim, although we have the right to limit or end any such participation if, in Alere's reasonable opinion, your participation is or is likely to become harmful to our interests.

If any of the above provisions is or becomes illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, then any such provision shall be severable and the other provisions shall remain valid and enforceable. 

Privacy Policy

Cancerpage.com has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: cancerpage.com.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We use cookies for other purposes. 

Cookies

Our site uses cookies to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password, if you wish, so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit areas of our site that require a login. 

Registration

Visitors must “register” to gain access to personalized areas of cancerpage.com such as the Chat Rooms, My Cancer Page and My Journal of Hope. The registration form requires visitors to give themselves a USER NAME and PASSWORD and to give us their email address. Visitors may choose to declare an interest in particular cancer types. 

The visitor's email address is used for two purposes: 

1. As a method of communicating with the visitor if the visitor tells us he or she has forgotten his or her password, or 

2. To receive future mailings from cancerpage.com of cancer news or new features on the site. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. 

This site may contain links to other sites. cancerpage.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms available to visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. 

Choice/Opt-Out

This site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from cancerpage.com at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives visitors the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service. 

You can send email to editotr@cancerpage.com 

Correct/Update

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

Visit www.cancerpage.com. At the login page, fill in username and password and click on “Edit My Profile.” 

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact

editor@cancerpage.com
3200 Windy Hill Rd.
Suite 300-E Atlanta,
GA 30339
Phone: 770-767-4558

updated 1-26-2009