Asbestos.com Privacy Policy

Updated: January 30, 2025

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Asbestos.com Privacy Policy

Asbestos.com (hereinafter “we” or “us”) recognizes your expectation of privacy and security, and we greatly respect your privacy concerns. This Privacy Policy describes how we gather information, what we do with the information that we collect and what steps we take to safeguard your privacy and protect your personal information while on our site www.asbestos.com (the “Site”). Asbestos.com strives to comply with all requirements for medical/health information privacy in the United States but does not purport to comply or warrant compliance with the standards of any other country, organization or treaty.

If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.

We have organized this Privacy Policy as a series of answers to questions we have found most interesting to visitors. If you do not see the answer to any question you may have about what information we collect, how we collect information and what we do with the information we collect, please contact us at webmaster@asbestos.com.

The telephone number displayed on the website connects visitors directly with Asbestos.com and not any third-party call center, sponsor or law firm. We use your information to send you free information packets, treatment options, assist you on enrollment for clinical trials, send you a free wristband, connect you with third-party law firms or patient advocates who may be able to assist you in better understanding your condition, share relevant information via text messages and to send you a monthly newsletter if you choose to sign up to receive it. You may opt out from receiving text messages by texting “STOP.” You may opt out from receiving our monthly newsletter at any time by following the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of each newsletter or by contacting us at privacy@asbestos.com. 

Agreement to this Policy: By using this Site you consent to this Online Privacy Policy, including your consent to our use and disclosure of information about you in the manner described herein.

What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?

This privacy policy covers www.asbestos.com. This Privacy Policy covers what we do with any personal information that you may submit or authorize us to obtain, as well as any other information that we may gather when you access our website. Please note that our policies and procedures apply only to websites owned and/or operated by us and not to websites maintained by other companies or to any website to which we may link.

What Is Personal Information?

Personal information is any information that you provide to us that identifies you, personally, or that can be logically associated with you. This information may include your name, email, physical address and your telephone number. Depending upon the product or service you request, you may also be asked to provide additional information, such as whether you have been diagnosed with a particular asbestos-related illness.

What Information Do You Collect? 

We may collect the following personal information from you:

• Identifiers: Your name, address, phone number, IP address, email address, and social medical information.
• Consumer Records: Records of medical information, health insurance information or other records relating to your situation
• Audio or Visual Records: Audio recordings, electronic communications, video footage
• Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information: Browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with a website, application or advertisement.
• Sensitive Personal Information: Information that may be considered “sensitive personal information” such as individual health status, including past, present, or future medical conditions, diagnosis and treatment. 

Sensitive Personal Information: We may collect sensitive personal information about your past, present, or future medical conditions. You may have the right to limit the collection and sharing of this information. To learn more about what sensitive health data we may collect, please visit our Health Data Privacy Page. To limit the use of your sensitive information, please visit our Limit the Use of My Sensitive Information Page. 

How Do You Collect My Personal Information? 

We may collect your personal information from the following sources: 

• From you when you request certain information, speak to one of our representatives, or communicate with us directly. 
• From your interactions with our Site, such as when you view a website, submit a form, or interact with us via an online medium. 
• From our business and marketing partners, who provide us with information about consumers who are viewing our content across website. For more information please review our Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies Section below. 
• We also may obtain information automatically which may include demographic, de-identified, aggregated, or certain information from your device such as technical information about your device, web-browser information, and server log files collected by us or provided by you.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or click path data. We link this automatically collected data to other information we collect about you.

We partner with third parties to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partner may use technologies, such as cookies, to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may elect to turn off cookies or use your browser’s privacy settings to mask your identity, or you may opt out by using the following consumer choice mechanisms.

Please visit:

• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)’s self-regulatory opt-out page ( http://optout.aboutads.info/) and mobile application-based “AppChoices” download page( https://youradchoices.com/appchoices)
• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)’s consumer opt-out page (http://youronlinechoices.eu)
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)’s self-regulatory opt-out page(http://optout.networkadvertising.org/)

Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.

• What Are Cookies? “Cookies” are small files that are placed automatically on your computer system when you visit a website. Cookies enable a website to recognize you as a return visitor and, by keeping track of your website activity, help us identify which pages to serve you while reducing the time it takes for those pages to load. Cookies enable us to personalize and enrich your experience and are not tied in any way to your personal information. If you do not wish to accept cookies or if you wish to remove cookies that remain in your browser following the close of your browser session, you may adjust the settings on your web browser to prevent cookies from being placed on your hard drive. If you choose this option, note that some of the functionality of our website may become unavailable. Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. The use of cookies by third parties is not covered by our privacy policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies.
• Other Technologies: We, Asbestos.com, and our partners use technologies such as cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. Currently, we are using Google Analytics to analyze the audience of the website and improve our content; however, no personal information is collected from Google Analytics.

Third Party Pixels and Cookies

When you visit our website or open an email, cookies, ad beacons, and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with information they or others have about you, including your email address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email addresses. 

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

To limit the use of cookies and other related technologies, please visit our Data Rights Requests page. 

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use your information:

• To respond to an email, chat or other instant message or particular request from you;
• To communicate with you;
• To provide you with content, information, or other services that we may offer;
• To process an application for a product or service as requested by you;
• To administer surveys and promotions;
• To provide you with informational or promotional offers, as permitted by law, that we believe may be useful to you, such as information about products or services provided by us or other businesses;
• To perform analytics and to improve our products, and advertising;
• To facilitate the provision of software updates and product support;
• To connect you with unrelated third-party providers, such as law firms legal partners, or doctors 
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal process;
• To protect someone’s health, safety, or welfare;
• To protect our rights, the rights of affiliates or related third parties, or to take appropriate legal action, such as to enforce our Terms of Use;
• To keep a record of our transactions and communications; and
• As otherwise necessary or useful for us to conduct our business, so long as such use is permitted by law or for any other purpose with your consent.

With Whom Do You Share My Information?

We may share your information with the following categories of third parties: 

• Service providers to help us with business activities, such as an email service provider to deliver our monthly newsletter for those who have requested this service;
• Affiliates and business partners; 
• Third-party marketing companies;
• Third-party law firms and other sponsors; 
• To parties in response to a legal request, including law enforcement requirements; 
• To succors or assigns in case of a sale, merger, bankruptcy, or dissolution. 

Do We Sell Your Personal Information? 

We may provide your personal information, including “sensitive information” such as details about your medical condition or diagnosis, to a third-party company such as a legal or medical facility. This transfer may be considered a “sale” of your personal information. 

We may also use your personal information to engage in targeted marketing. 

To limit or opt out of the transfer of your personal, please visit our Data Right Requests page. 

The categories of personal information that we may sell or share with third parties include: 

• Identifiers: Your name, address, phone number, IP address, email address and social medical information.
• Consumer Records: Records of medical information, health insurance information or other records relating to your situation
• Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information: Browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with a website, application or advertisement.
• Sensitive Personal Information: Information that may be considered “sensitive personal information” such as individual health status, including past, present, or future medical conditions, diagnosis and treatment. 

We will always get your permission before sharing your personal information with third parties as described in this section, and you may withdraw and limit your permission by submitting a request at our Data Requests page, emailing us privacy@asbestos.com, or calling us at 844-238-8823. 

What Are My Data Privacy Rights or Choices?

Depending on when you reside, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information we collect and share. Residents of applicable states, including California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, Montana, Oregon, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Kentucky, Nebraska and Rhode Island may be provided the right to make the following request, depending on applicable law.

1. Request to Know. You may request to know whether we process your Personal information and to access such Personal information. You may request to receive the specific pieces or a copy of your Personal information, including, where applicable, a copy of the Personal information you provided to us in a portable format.

Depending on where you reside, you may request that we disclose to you the following information:

The categories of Personal information we collected about you and the categories of sources from which we collected such Personal information;

The business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing (if applicable) Personal information about you;

The categories of Personal information about you that we sold or “shared” and the categories of third parties to whom we sold or “shared” such Personal information (if applicable); and

The categories of Personal information about you that we otherwise disclosed and the categories of third parties with whom we disclosed such Personal information (if applicable).

2. Request to Delete. You may request that we delete your Personal information.
   
3. Request to Appeal. If you refuse to act on your request, you may appeal our refusal within a reasonable period after you have received notice of the refusal.
   
4. Request to Correct. You may request that we correct inaccuracies in your Personal information.
   
5. Request to Opt Out of Sale, Targeted Advertising, and/or Sharing. You may request to opt out of the sale of your Personal information and/or targeted advertising, including the sharing of your Personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes.

Submitting a Data Request

To submit a data rights request in accordance with the above, please visit our Data Rights Request page. 

Sensitive Information

We may collect and disclose certain information that may be considered “sensitive information” under the applicable data privacy laws. We may disclose this information to affiliates and non-affiliated third parties for various purposes, including marketing or providing you with services that you have. Depending on where you reside, you may have the right to limit the disclosure of this information to non-related third parties for marketing purposes. 

To submit a request to limit the disclosure of your sensitive information, please visit our Limit the Use of Sensitive Information webpage. 

The security of your personal information is a very high priority for us, and we take several steps to safeguard it. Some of the measures we take are:

• Limiting access to personal information to those employees who are critical to the delivery of products and services to you;
• Implementing appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to guard against unauthorized access or use.

Asbestos.com and its affiliates use commercially reasonable physical and technical security measures to protect all personal information in our possession. Sensitive information is encrypted using secure sockets layer encryption (SSL) from the time of your submission and while it is stored by us. We cannot, however, guarantee or warrant the absolute security of any system or that any information we hold will not be accessed, voluntarily disclosed, altered or destroyed.

Security measures are in place to protect against theft, loss or misuse of information sent through the website, and Asbestos.com strives to maintain the integrity of these security measures. In the event, however, of a system compromise, Asbestos.com will take all reasonable steps to protect the integrity of its databases. No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

How Long Do You Retain My Personal Information?

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Testimonials

If you submit a testimonial to us, we will ask for your permission to post your testimonial prior to any public use. Any such statements shall be clearly disclaimed and indicated as opinions. We will post your name as given to us in your testimonial. Please be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit as a testimonial to be posted can be read, collected, or used by the general public, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to include in any testimonial you choose to submit. If at any time you decide to remove your testimonial, please contact us via email at webmaster@asbestos.com or postal mail.

Blog

Our website offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at webmaster@asbestos.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case, we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Social Media (Features) and Widgets

Our website includes Social Media Features, such as Facebook and Widgets, such as the Share On buttons or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Links to Other Sites

This website contains links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by Asbestos.com. Please be aware that we, Asbestos.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

This privacy policy applies to only information collected by this website.

A Special Note about Children’s Privacy

You must be at least 18 years old to use this website. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and to be fully familiar with the websites visited by their children. We recognize the particular importance of protecting privacy where children are involved. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information online from children under the age of 13. If a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information online, we ask that a parent or guardian contact us or call 844-238-8823. Visit the Federal Trade Commission website for more information about the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, please be sure to read this Privacy Policy with your parent and obtain his or her permission before you submit or post any personal information, and before you use any features of this website.

Contacting You

By filling out and submitting information on our website, you give us or one of our affiliates or business associates permission to contact you. We consider this permission not to be specific to mesothelioma services or resources, but also to other applicable products and services we may market and advertise in the future.

When you opt into receiving SMS text messages from us, you provide consent to receive text messages from our Patient Advocates and an automatic system. We will not share or use your mobile number for any other purpose. No protected health information will be transmitted or shared. Messaging and data rates from your mobile carrier may apply; however, The Mesothelioma Center does not charge any fees to receive messages or for any of our services.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions about our Privacy Policy or anything else about Asbestos.com, you may contact us in several ways. You can:

Send a letter to:
Asbestos.com
1 S. Orange Ave, Suite 301
Orlando, FL 32801

Call: 844-238-8823

Send an email to:
privacy@asbestos.com

Any information sent to us through email is not encrypted by us.

Notice to Users Outside of the United States

This Privacy Policy is intended to cover collection of information on our websites from residents of the United States. If you are visiting our websites from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using our services, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes to Privacy Policy

Asbestos.com updates or modifies this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy or to how Asbestos.com will use your personal information, we will post those changes here and notify you of such change by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We reserve the right to make changes in this policy at any time. Please check the policy each time you use our website to ensure that you are aware of any changes in our privacy practices. Our Privacy Policy will indicate the date when it was updated. Your continued use of our website will signify your acceptance of the changes to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the changes to how your information will be used, please do not continue to use our website. By using this website, you signify your consent to the Asbestos.com Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not read or use Asbestos.com.

From time to time, we may add new websites that may or may not be listed in this Privacy Policy. Please note that this policy applies only to the information collected through this website and not to websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link. In addition, this policy applies only to information collected by Asbestos.com online or offline.