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Skin Cancer Consortium Outcome (SCOUT) Privacy Policy

Last modified: March 6, 2025

At Skin Cancer Consortium Outcomes (Site), your privacy is our top priority. Our Privacy Policy explains how we manage information you provide us.

By visiting the Site, you accept the policies, practices and terms defined in our Privacy Policy and Terms and Use Policy. Each time you visit Site; you expressly consent to our collection and use of the information you provided.

Information We Collect

We collect your name and email address when you use the Contact Us feature. We do this so that we can respond to your inquiries. We may collect and/or track usage information, which is information generated automatically as you navigate through the Site such as:

Details of your visit to the Site and the resources you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, and other communication data, including your Internet Protocol address, browser type, the date and time you accessed or left the Site, and which pages you viewed.
Information you provide directly to us.

We and our vendors, consultants, agents, and other service providers (collectively, “Service Providers”) may collect and store your usage information in log files using cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, embedded scripts, and other tracking technologies (“Tracking Technologies”). We use Tracking Technologies to tailor information and facilitate your use of the Site. Users may decline the use of cookies by resetting their web browser. Please be aware that some Site features may not work if you block cookies.

Use of Your Information

Your information may be used for the following purposes:

To protect our rights and property or to enforce the Terms and Conditions of this Site.
To comply with laws, regulations, court orders, or other legal processes.
To contact you or respond to your requests and/or inquiries.
For feedback purposes.
For a statistical analysis of user behavior.
To improve Site content.
To customize the content and layout of the Site.
To administer the Site.

Sharing Your Information

We do not share or sell your information. With your permission, we may share your information with trusted third parties or our affiliates to:

Assist us in providing our services to you by acting on our behalf to send postal mail and email, remove repetitive information from mailing lists, analyze data, provide marketing assistance, and provide website assistance.
Compile statistics and reports regarding our audience and the visitors to our Site and services.
Deliver interest-based emails.

Other Circumstances: We may disclose your information if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process (such as a subpoena), or enforceable government request; or
Protect against harm to our rights, property, or safety, our visitors, or the public as required or permitted by law; or
Fulfill our obligations as part of any actual or proposed purchase, merger, or acquisition of any part of our business.

Security

We employ commercially appropriate safeguards to protect the information collected on our Site. However, your use of our Site, and transmission of information to our Site, is done at your own risk.

Third-Party Websites

Our Site may contain links to other sites, including those of third parties or business partners. While we seek to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we cannot be responsible for other websites' privacy practices. By accessing other third-party websites or applications through our Site, you consent to those websites' terms and privacy policies.

Access to Personally Identifiable Information

Upon request via email info@scoutconsortium.com, we will provide you with a summary of your information. In adherence with privacy regulations, you may request us to modify, correct, change, update and/or delete your information. For European citizens, please consult the “International Visitors and European Citizen Privacy Rights” section for additional considerations. For California visitors, please consult the “California Privacy Rights” section for additional considerations.

International Visitors and European Citizen Privacy Rights

Our Site is hosted and operated in the United States (“US”). By using the Site, you consent to transferring your information to the US. If you are accessing our Site from outside the US, please be advised that US law may not offer the same privacy protections as the law of your jurisdiction.

If you are a European citizen, you have the right to request that we:

Provide you with information regarding whether we process your information including any details relating to such processing.
Correct any inaccurate data we may have about you without undue delay.
Complete any incomplete information that we may have about you.
Under certain circumstances, delete your PII without undue delay.
Under certain circumstances, be restricted from processing your PII.
Under certain circumstances, furnish a report on the PII you provided us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Where we process your information solely on the basis of your consent, European citizens have the right to withdraw consent to our processing at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of our processing before the withdrawal. European citizens have the right to lodge a complaint with their data protection supervisory authority at any time. The exercise of these rights may be subject to conditions, and we may require further information before we can respond to your request.

California Visitors

Although we do not share information with third parties for marketing purposes, if you reside in California, you have the right to ask us one (1) time each year if we did so. To make a request, please email us at info@scoutconsortium.com Indicate in your e-mail that you are a California resident making a “Shine the Light” inquiry.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”) Compliance

We comply with COPPA. We do not collect or post information from children under the age of 13 (“child” or “children”) unless we have verifiable consent from a parent or guardian. If we have collected information from a child, the child’s parents may access information at any time by contacting us at info@scoutconsortium.com. If the parent requests that we delete their child’s information, we will delete it. We do not provide any information collected from children to any third party.

Opting Out

You may unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails or emailing us at the address below.

We update the Privacy Policy from time to time. If we change our Privacy Policy, the “Last Modified” date on the top of the Privacy Policy will be updated to reflect the status. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Site and notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.

Contacting Us

We welcome your questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us by email info@scoutconsortium.com