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Disclaimer
The information on this website is provided for general information purposes only and SHOULD NOT be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified healthcare provider. If you have a medical problem or a health-related question, please consult your physician. Inquiries about the content of our website should be addressed to the Department of Marketing, West Cancer Center, 7945 Wolf River Boulevard, Germantown, TN 38138, 901.683.0055.
Privacy Policy
Personal Information Collected
West Cancer Center respects the privacy of all visitors to its website and upholds HIPAA laws. No personal information that you provide on our website is ever given, rented, shared, sold, or transferred to any third party.
Information voluntarily given to us for purposes of online orders, e-mail inquiries, newsletter subscriptions, workshop registration, or requests for information will be used only to fulfill the purpose of the original transaction. Personal information provided to us for these purposes is confidential.
Web Traffic Data Collected
We do not collect information that will personally identify website visitors. Information about visitors’ use of this website is collected automatically without any personal or identifying information. This information is used to measure our website performance.
Newsletters
When you receive newsletters, we maintain information about you, which may include your name and your email address. If you are a West Cancer Center associate, this may also include your position and role and your medical staff membership status. This information is used to support your ability to select the content areas in which you are interested, to collect traffic data, and to help us to direct information to appropriate people.
The personally identifiable information we collect is not used for any purposes other than those listed above. Your information will not be not disclosed to anyone other than West Cancer Center and its partners, contractors, and agents, unless necessary to comply with a court order or other legal process or to protect the rights or property interests of West Cancer Center.
You may request to be removed from email lists by clicking on “unsubscribe” at the end of those emails.
Security
This website has what we consider to be reasonable security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Information is stored on servers we believe to be reasonably secure. Access to change or edit content/information is restricted to those authorized by West Cancer Center to do so.
User Name and Password
In the event you access any service requiring a user name and password, you are solely responsible for keeping your user name and password strictly confidential.
Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this privacy policy—simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the website. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting.
Social Media Policy
Social Media Comment Policy
All opinions expressed on our Facebook page are those of their authors and not of West Cancer Center. Information provided here is for medical education only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. If you have questions regarding your medical condition, you should discuss them with your physician. West Cancer Center will not be held responsible for comments posted on this page.
Comment Guidelines
We encourage comments on this page and welcome all kinds of feedback. We just ask all participants to demonstrate professionalism and respect.
We reserve the right to delete or censor comments if they have content that:
- Contains information known to be false
- Contains unsolicited medical advice
- Is off-topic
- Is abusive
- Contains attacks or is demeaning to individuals or to groups of individuals
- Promotes hate of any kind
- Uses foul language
- Violates patient privacy laws.
- For any questions regarding patient privacy, please consult the HIPAA policy link here.
- For your own privacy, you should not post detailed personal medical information linked to your name.
Please remember that when you post a comment, it is published for all to see. As needed, we will address common themes and questions that arise.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to an ongoing discussion about those things that are important to you.