Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 7, 2025
Welcome to ProtocolForCancer.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. It also outlines your rights and choices under various international privacy regulations, including the GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), PIPEDA (Canada), and more.
1. What Information We Collect
Personal Information You Provide Voluntarily
Contact Details: When you fill out forms (e.g., through WPForms), we may collect your name, email address, and any message you submit.
Chatbot Interactions: Any information you voluntarily provide to our embedded chatbots, such as your questions, health interests, or feedback.
Automatically Collected Information
Analytics Data: Using Google Analytics via Google Site Kit, we automatically collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and the pages you visit.
Cookies & Similar Technologies: We use cookies or similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, as detailed in Section 4.
Non-Personal Information
We may collect non-identifying information such as aggregated usage statistics. This helps us improve our services without linking the data to individual users.
2. How We Use Your Information
To Provide and Improve Our Content
Your information allows us to respond to your inquiries, provide research summaries, and enhance our AI-driven chatbot features.
To Communicate with You
If you contact us, we may use your email address to send replies or relevant updates (only if you have consented or if it is otherwise lawful).
To Analyze Site Performance
We use analytics data to understand how visitors engage with our site, which helps us optimize content and user experience.
To Comply with Legal Obligations
When required, we may process your data to comply with legal, regulatory, or governmental requirements.
We do not sell your personal information. We use it strictly to operate and improve our services and to communicate with you as necessary.
3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR + International Alignment)
Consent: We rely on your consent when you voluntarily provide personal information or accept cookies.
Legitimate Interests: We process data to improve our services, enhance security, and maintain the website in a manner that does not override your privacy rights.
Compliance with Legal Obligations: We may process or disclose information to comply with legal, regulatory, or governmental requirements.
For residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, California (USA), Canada, and other regions with comprehensive data protection laws, we are committed to processing your personal data lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your device that allow us to recognize you and remember your preferences.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to personalize your experience, analyze user interactions, and enhance the overall functionality of our website.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can typically adjust your browser settings to decline some or all cookies. This may affect certain features of our website.
Cookie Preferences Note
Visitors from the EU/UK will see a cookie consent banner allowing them to accept, reject, or customize tracking preferences.
5. Use of Third-Party Tools
Google Analytics (via Google Site Kit)
We use Google Analytics to gain insights into how visitors interact with our site. This may include collecting your IP address, browser information, and pages visited.
You can learn more about how Google processes data by visiting https://policies.google.com/privacy.
WPForms
We use WPForms to manage contact form submissions. Any personal data you enter (name, email, message) is securely transferred to us.
Chatbot Features
Our embedded chatbots may store session data and any voluntary information you provide during your interactions. This data helps us improve and personalize the chatbot experience.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party providers to understand how they manage your data.
6. Data Retention
Personal Information: We keep your personal information (e.g., name, email) only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable law.
Chatbot Data: Session information may be retained for a limited time and is either periodically purged or anonymized to improve chatbot functionality.
Analytics Data: Aggregate analytics data may be retained for longer periods for historical and performance analysis, but once aggregated, it is no longer personally identifiable.
7. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to or stored on servers located in a different country than your own. We take steps to ensure that these transfers comply with applicable data protection laws, including entering into Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) where necessary for data transfers from the EEA to countries without an adequacy decision.
8. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, etc.)
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: Ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Restriction of Processing: Request limits on how we process your personal data.
Data Portability: Obtain your personal data in a structured, commonly used format.
Object: Object to the processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interest.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
For California residents (CCPA), you also have the right to opt out of the “sale” of personal information. However, we do not sell personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please see Section 10 for our contact details.
9. Children’s Privacy
This site is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 where applicable by law). We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals in this age group. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we will delete it promptly in accordance with applicable regulations such as COPPA (U.S.) or GDPR (EU).
10. Future Financial Contributions
Currently, ProtocolForCancer.com does not accept donations or any form of financial contributions. However, we may offer such functionality in the future on our “Contribute” page. If we begin collecting payment information, we will update this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, process, and protect any payment-related data in compliance with relevant laws and industry standards.
11. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us using one of the following methods:
Email: protocolforcancer@gmail.com
Contact Form: ProtocolForCancer.com/contact
We do not maintain a physical office location, but we will respond to all inquiries within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws.
12. Policy Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or to comply with legal requirements. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy from time to time to stay informed about our data practices.
Thank you for trusting ProtocolForCancer.com with your information. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and providing science-backed educational resources for cancer support.
