Skin Cancer Champions Community Rules & Etiquette

Thank you for being part of our community. To ensure the best possible experience for all members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using this community, you agree that you have read and will follow these rules and guidelines. You also agree to reserve discussions and shared files and content to that best suited to the medium. This is a great medium with which to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their experience, and participate in an ongoing conversation. Questions should be directed to our member services department via the Contact Us link on this site.

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. If you have questions, contact the member services department. In order to preserve an environment that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate membership in this community for anyone who violates these rules.

The Rules

• Respect others. Focus on the content of posts and not on the people making them. Please extend the benefit of the doubt to newer guests and members; there’s no such thing as a stupid question.

• Respect the purpose of the community. Use the community to share successes, challenges, constructive feedback, questions, and goals instead of products or services that you provide. If you’ve found a product or service helpful, please share your experience with the group in a respectful way.

• Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the discussion groups and in the libraries is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.

• All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.

• Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created or have permission to use and have properly attributed to the content creator.

• When posting items in our collaborative environment, please indicate if the item is not available for reuse. It’s also advisable to contact the owner of any material if you would like to reuse it.

• Post your message or documents only to the most appropriate communities. This helps ensure all messages receive the best response by eliminating "noise."

Discussion Group Etiquette

• State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.

• Send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals, not to the entire list. Do this by using the "Reply to Sender" link in every message.

• Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me from the list,” to the group. Instead, use the web interface to change your settings or to remove yourself from a list. If you are changing email addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the list and rejoin under your new email address. Simply change your settings.

The Legal Stuff

This site is provided as a service for the members of Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT).  Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. We disclaim all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials.  Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) and users of this site the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) does not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the attention of Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) we will take all appropriate action.

Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT) reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.

Skin Cancer Champions Privacy Policy

Last modified: February 4, 2023

Your privacy is our top priority at Skin Cancer Champions (Site). Our Privacy Policy explains how we manage the information you provide, including personally identifiable information (PII) and electronically protected health information (ePHI). 

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 the Site, you expressly consent to our collection and use of the information you provided.

Information We Collect

We may collect and use PII and ePHI when you register to use and visit the Site. We may automatically collect and track usage information generated as you navigate the Site. When you use the Site, we may collect and track:

• Details of your visit to the Site and the resources you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, browser type, the date and time you accessed or left the Site, and which pages you viewed.
• Information you provide directly to us by completing and submitting forms.
• Information you provide to communicate with us.

Cookies

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 optimize your site use. 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

We use your information to provide access to the community, use all the community features, access medically accurate content relevant to your diagnosis, and receive the communication and information you opt to receive. In addition, 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 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 sell your information. We do not share your information without your permission. With your permission, we may share your information with trusted third parties or our affiliates to:

• Assist us in providing our services 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 use commercially suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on our Site. These procedures include but are not limited to, firewalls, intrusion detection, monitoring, and restricting access to your information to authorized personnel to perform their jobs. The information you provide us is encrypted in transit, encrypted at rest in files and databases, and stored on computer servers with controlled access in secured data centers. 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 your Information

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

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 PII to the US. If you are accessing our Site from outside the US, please be advised that US law may offer different privacy protections than 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 data, 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 in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Where we process your PII solely based on your consent, European citizens have the right to withdraw consent to our processing of PII 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 responding to your request.

California Visitors

We do not release information to third parties for marketing purposes. However, if you reside in California, you have the right to ask us one (1) time each year if we have shared PII with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request, please email us at  info@scoutconsortium.com. Indicate in your email 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 the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails or emailing us at the address below.

Privacy Policy Updates

We update the Privacy Policy from time to time; please review it regularly. If we materially change our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting a notice on the Site. Your continued use of the Site will be deemed your agreement that your information may be used by the new Policy. If you do not agree with the changes, you should stop using the Site and notify us that you do not want your information used per the changes.

Contacting Us

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