Privacy Policy
Cancer Trial Connect
Last updated: 11/14/2025
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes our practices related to Personal Information collected, used, and disclosed by HealthPartners Institute and its affiliates (together “us,” “our” or “we”) on this website, www.cancertrialconnect.org (the “Site”).
This Policy also describes how we manage and protect Personal Information (defined below) that you give us through the Site, how we use and share that information, and how you may exercise your rights with regard to your Personal Information.
By using the Site, you agree to our Website Terms of Use, which incorporates this Policy and consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Policy. Please read this Policy carefully and do not continue to use the Site if you do not consent to the use of your Personal Information as described in this Policy.
Changes to website privacy policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes to this Policy by posting an updated version on our Site and updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to visit and review this page frequently, so you are aware of any changes since your last visit to the Site. Your continued use of the Site after any update to the Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
This Policy does not apply to protected health information that HealthPartners collects from individuals pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The privacy of protected health information is governed by the applicable notice of privacy practices as outlined below.
- If you are a HealthPartners health plan member, please read the Health plan notice of privacy practices (PDF) for a description of our privacy practices and your rights as a health plan member.
- If your employer is self-insured and HealthPartners administers your employer’s plan, please check with your employer for your employer’s health plan’s privacy practices.
- If you are a HealthPartners or affiliated clinic or hospital patient, please read the notice of privacy practices for clinics, hospitals and other care providers affiliated with the HealthPartners and Park Nicollet family of care for a description of privacy practices and your rights as a patient.
Your personal information
“Personal Information” is information that can identify you individually, either directly or in combination with other information. Cancer Trial Connect helps patients and oncologists find cancer clinical trials across Minnesota by matching patient information with trial eligibility criteria. We will collect information about cancer type and stage, treatments, oncologist, and location to identify possible clinical trial matches. If you choose to provide it, we will also collect your name, phone number, and email address in order to contact you if a potential match is found. You may opt-out of receiving these communications at any time. To help ensure the best possible trial matches, you are responsible for providing accurate and up-to-date information.
Children under the age of thirteen
The Site is not intended for minors under the age of thirteen without the permission of a parent or guardian. If you believe that a minor has submitted Personal Information on or through the Site without the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian, please contact us using the information provided below and we will delete such information in accordance with applicable law.
Security of personal information
We maintain reasonable safeguards designed to protect your Personal Information and prevent unauthorized access when the Personal Information is in our control.
Although we use reasonable efforts to safeguard Personal Information, HealthPartners cannot and does not guarantee the confidentiality or security of Personal Information you send to us via the Internet or by email.
How HealthPartners uses and shares personal information
- We may use and share Personal Information obtained through our Site with our employees, contractors, and others to the extent necessary for any of the following purposes:
- To provide a product or service you have asked for.
- To send you information you have asked for.
- To promote our products or services to you.
- To enable you to provide feedback to us on our products and services.
- To improve the content, functionality, and usability of the Site.
- To contact you with information and notices related to your use of the Site.
- We will share Personal Information to the extent necessary to comply with a subpoena, court or administrative order, law, rule, regulation, or similar requirement that we believe in good faith legally obligates us to share it.
- We may use Personal Information to the extent necessary to protect our Site, our rights, and to avoid or minimize our liability. For example, we may use Personal Information to identify someone who is using our Site for an illegal purpose and disclose it to law enforcement or our attorneys to consider taking legal action.
- We may share Personal Information with a new entity that controls us, or that we control, as a result of a corporate reorganization, such as a merger, acquisition, or similar action.
Information collected automatically
We, and the vendors we work with, may automatically collect certain information about visitors to our Site using cookies and other technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) that help us to make our Site more useful to our visitors. This information may include IP addresses, device identifiers, language preferences, referring URLs, and browser and platform details (collectively, "Site User Data").
Cookies are small data files stored on a computer's hard drive that may help visitors navigate a website. Cookies may also provide information about visitors’ behavior on a website and help to customize the online experience for a visitor.
We do not collect information about your online activities over time and across different devices and online properties when you use the Site. Please note that our Site is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. We may use third-party technology vendors in connection with your activity on certain pages of the Site. The tools these vendors provide help us control how Site User Data is collected by online tracking technologies. They also allow us to limit how certain types of Site User Data, such as details about your activity on our Site, may be transmitted to other parties.
External links
The Site may contain links to websites operated by third parties other than HealthPartners. This Policy applies only to the Site and not to any third-party website. HealthPartners is not responsible for and has no control over the privacy policies and practices of third-party websites that we link to, and we encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that requests Personal Information from you before you provide any Personal Information.
Please note that, to make a seamless user experience, we allow some third-party sites to brand themselves to look like HealthPartners offers them. You can tell what terms apply by clicking on the “Privacy” or similar term in the universal footer at the bottom of the web page.
Information for users outside the United States
Please note that HealthPartners is based in the USA and that personal information submitted to the Site will be transferred to a server in the USA and will be processed by staff operating in the USA. By submitting Personal Information through the Site to HealthPartners, you consent to this transfer, processing, and storage. Please be aware that the data protection laws and regulations that apply to your Personal Information transferred to the United States or other countries may be different from the laws in your country of residence.
Contact information
All questions and concerns about your privacy can be sent to cancertrialconnect@healthpartners.com or by mail to:
HealthPartners – Research Institute
8170 33rd Ave. S. Mail Stop: 21112R
Bloomington, MN 55425