Privacy Policy

Overview

Cancer Options NOW is an educational reference website about cancer-related diseases, protocols, books, media, glossary terms, causes, clinics, doctors, support resources, and related topics. The site is intended for information and research organization. It is not a medical provider, does not provide diagnosis or treatment, and does not create a doctor-patient relationship.

We try to collect only the information needed to operate the website, understand how it is used, respond to messages, improve broken or confusing pages, and protect the site from abuse.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, basic technical information may be collected automatically. This may include the page URL, referring page, approximate date and time, browser type, device type, screen or viewport size, language, general location inferred from network information, and internet protocol address. This information helps us understand site traffic, diagnose problems, identify broken links, and improve page layout and performance.

The site uses Matomo analytics to measure page views and interactions. Matomo may record page visits, clicked links, book-detail opens, audio playback events, missing-page visits, and other similar usage events. We use this information in aggregate to understand which parts of the site are useful and which need work.

The site may also use temporary traffic-verification logging while analytics are being tested or debugged. These logs are intended to confirm that tracking is working and may include similar technical information about page visits or events. They are not intended to collect medical histories or personal treatment details.

Contact Form Information

If you use the contact form, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number if supplied, subject, and message. This information is used to respond to your message, review corrections or suggestions, and maintain a record of the communication when needed.

Please do not send private medical records, diagnosis documents, laboratory reports, treatment records, passwords, payment information, or other highly sensitive information through the contact form. If you choose to include health-related details in a message, understand that the website is not a medical-care provider and cannot protect that information as a clinical medical record.

Membership or Update Features

If optional membership, login, email update, or SMS update features are active, the site may collect the information needed to provide those features. This may include your name, email address, phone number, update preferences, login status, and account-related settings. These features are used only for the purpose they are presented for, such as sending updates or allowing you to manage preferences.

Cookies and Local Storage

The site and its analytics tools may use cookies, local storage, or similar browser technologies to remember settings, measure visits, reduce duplicate counting, support interactive features, and improve reliability. Browser settings usually allow you to block or delete cookies, although some features may not work as expected if cookies or local storage are disabled.

Third-Party Services and Links

The website may link to or embed content from third-party services, including publishers, video platforms, podcast platforms, book sellers, maps, clinics, support organizations, and other external websites. These third parties have their own privacy practices. Visiting an external link, playing embedded media, opening a map, buying a book, or interacting with another website may allow that third party to collect information from you under its own policies.

How Information Is Used

Information may be used to operate the website, measure traffic, improve content, find popular resources, detect broken links or missing pages, respond to contact messages, troubleshoot technical problems, protect against spam or misuse, and prepare for public launch and ongoing maintenance.

How Information Is Shared

We do not sell visitor information. Information may be shared with service providers that help operate the website, such as hosting providers, analytics providers, email delivery services, spam-prevention tools, or technical contractors. Information may also be disclosed if required by law, to protect the website, to respond to security issues, or to prevent abuse.

Medical and Sensitive Information

Because this website concerns cancer-related topics, page visits may suggest an interest in health information. Please use the site with that sensitivity in mind. The website is educational and is not designed to collect, store, or manage protected medical records. Do not rely on this site for emergency care, diagnosis, treatment selection, or personalized medical advice.

Data Retention

Analytics and traffic records are kept for as long as they are useful for site improvement, security, troubleshooting, reporting, or historical trend review. Contact form messages may be retained as needed to respond, follow up, document corrections, or maintain operational records. We may delete information when it is no longer needed.

Your Choices

You can choose not to use the contact form, not to provide optional information, block cookies through your browser, use browser privacy tools, or leave the website. If update or membership features are active, you may request changes to your preferences or ask to stop receiving messages.

Children

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If a parent or guardian believes a child has submitted personal information, they may contact us and request deletion.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational steps to protect information, but no website, email system, analytics system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. Please avoid sending sensitive personal or medical information through ordinary web forms or email.

Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated as the website, analytics, contact features, hosting, or public launch plans change. The effective date will be updated when meaningful changes are made.

Contact

Questions, correction requests, or privacy-related concerns can be sent through the Contact page.