American Cancer Society Terms Scorecard

Grade A — Highly protective (score 94/100)

The American Cancer Society provides robust privacy rights and data control, though it reserves the right to update its policy unilaterally.

Protective privacy policy with clear rights, though unilateral updates are noted.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
UNCLEAR
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
YES
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
YES

What the terms actually say

Updates to this Privacy Statement

ACS may modify this Privacy Statement at any time. ... Your use of ACS’s Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Statement.

The company can change its privacy terms at any time, and your continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to those changes without prior notice.

Other Uses or Disclosures of Personal Information

We may also use and disclose your Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with applicable law ... to respond to requests from public and government authorities.

The company reserves the right to share your personal information with government authorities to comply with legal requests.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Subject to certain limitations ... you have the right to access, to obtain a copy of, to correct, to opt-out of the sale or sharing, and to delete your Personal Information.

You have clear, actionable rights to manage, correct, or delete your personal information.

Donor Privacy

You, as a donor, may have your name excluded from any donor list-sharing activity by submitting a Data Request Form.

Donors can easily opt out of having their information shared with third-party cooperatives.

Last reviewed 2026-08-03 under rubric v3.5.

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