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Links Policy

The National Lung Cancer Partnership (the Partnership) posts links on the resources section of www.NationalLungCancerPartnership.org to websites providing relevant and useful information for people with lung cancer, their friends, family members and caregivers, and health care professionals and researchers in the lung cancer field.

Links are provided solely as a convenience for users of this site. The Partnership has no control over the content of linked sites maintained by third parties, and does not endorse the content, operators, products or services of such sites. The Partnership cannot be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss allegedly caused by interaction with such sites. The Partnership does not share your personal information with those sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those organizations.

The National Lung Cancer Partnership reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any link for any reason the organization deems appropriate, including reasons not stated in this policy. The Partnership also reserves the right to update this links policy at any time.

Who we link to:

  • Sites operated by organizations providing information about lung cancer, including symptoms, treatment, risk factors, prevalence, etc.
  • Sites operated by organizations providing support resources to people affected by lung cancer
  • Sites operated by relevant professional organizations and journals targeted at health care professionals and researchers
  • Commercial sites operated by entities that are official sponsors or partners of National Lung Cancer Partnership events or programs

Who we do not link to:

  • Sites promoting unproven therapies or products
  • Personal websites or blogs
  • Sites that contain illegal, offensive or misleading information
  • Sites of organizations or sites that promote organizations engaging in activity incongruous with the Partnership’s mission
  • Sites created for the purpose of furthering any political agenda
  • Sites of organizations that have a direct connection with the tobacco or alcohol industries
  • Commercial sites created with the goal of recruiting constituents to take an action (other than visiting the site for information purposes) that will generate a profit for the owner(s) of the site.

Reverse Links:
The National Lung Cancer Partnership welcomes links from external websites to the Partnership website, provided that:

  1. No untrue relationship with the Partnership is implied or expressed by the link or the context in which the link appears.
  2. The link opens the Partnership’s website in a full browser window and not within the content of the linking site, such as in an HTML frame

While written consent of the National Lung Cancer Partnership and its Chapters is NOT required to link to the Partnership's site, the Partnership reserves the right to request to view links to our site to determine compliance with these terms and conditions. Without further notice, the Partnership reserves the right to prohibit linking if it determines that a link placement is not in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of this policy. The Partnership may revoke permission to link to our site for any reason it sees fit upon written notification to the entity hosting the link. The Partnership reserves the right to take legal action against any entity violating the revocation of link permission.

Requesting Links
Links may be submitted to the Partnership for consideration at . The request should describe the services provided by the requesting site and the URL. The Partnership will retain final approval for the addition of links to the site. Users will be notified of accepted submissions via email.