Last Updated: November 19, 2025
The GI Cancers Alliance ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.gicancersalliance.org.
By using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information in two ways: information you provide directly to us and information automatically collected when you use our website.
A. Information You Provide to Us
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Subscribe to our mailing list.
- Fill out a contact form.
- Leave a comment on a post.
- Register for an account (if applicable).
This information may include:
- Identity Data: Name, username.
- Contact Data: Email address, phone number, company name.
- Content: The content of messages or comments you submit.
B. Information Collected Automatically
When you access the site, our servers automatically collect certain data to ensure site functionality and security. This includes:
- Device & Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed.
- Spam Detection: If you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection services (such as Akismet).
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide Services: Respond to your inquiries, support requests, and provide the information you requested.
- Communication: Send you newsletters, updates on events, and announcements (only if you have opted-in).
- Site Security: Detect and prevent fraud, spam, and abuse.
- User Experience: Remember your preferences (like screen display choices) and streamline your interactions.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to enhance your experience. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for one year for your convenience.
- Login: If you have an account and log in, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. We also set cookies to save your login info (lasts two days) and screen display choices (lasts one year). If you select "Remember Me," your login persists for two weeks.
- Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here.
4. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content
Our website may use third-party services that collect data independently. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
A. Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
B. Specific Providers
- YouTube: We use plugins from YouTube (operated by Google) to display video content. When you visit a page with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. If you are logged into your YouTube account, they may associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile.
- Google Web Fonts: To ensure uniform text representation, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. Your browser establishes a direct connection to Google servers to download these fonts, which may provide Google with your IP address.
5. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties.
We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws or respond to a court order, judicial, or other government subpoena or warrant.
6. Data Retention
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- User Accounts: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
7. Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:
- Request an Export: Receive a file of the personal data we hold about you.
- Request Deletion: Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@gicancersalliance.org.
8. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
9. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: contact@gicancersalliance.org
- Phone: (646) 598-2001
