Privacy Policy of miamibeachorthodontics.com
This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.
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Policy summary
Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:
Advertising
Google Ads conversion tracking and Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel)
Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data
Analytics
Google Analytics 4
Personal Data: number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data
Contacting the User
Contact form
Personal Data: Trackers
Displaying content from external platforms
Google Fonts and Font Awesome
Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data
Google Maps widget
Personal Data: Trackers
Spam and bots protection
Google reCAPTCHA
Personal Data: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data
Tag Management
Google Tag Manager
Personal Data: Trackers
Traffic optimization and distribution
Cloudflare
Personal Data: Trackers
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Users may also opt out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
Contact information
Owner and Data Controller
123BracesFLA 939 Arthur Godfrey Road Miami Beach, FL 33140
Owner contact email:
staff@miamibeachorthodontics.com
Full policy
Owner and Data Controller
123BracesFLA 939 Arthur Godfrey Road Miami Beach, FL 33140
Owner contact email:
staff@miamibeachorthodontics.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Trackers; Usage Data; number of Users; session statistics; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Advertising, Analytics, Displaying content from external platforms, Spam and bots protection, Tag Management, Traffic optimization and distribution and Contacting the User.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests. This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below. Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services. Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
Google Ads conversion tracking (Google LLC)
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Application.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on this Application. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult their partner policy and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Contact form (this Application)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Fonts (Google LLC)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Maps widget (Google LLC)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )
Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from unwanted parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as spam or protecting it from malicious bots activities.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC. The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Application in a centralized fashion. This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult their partner policy and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
This type of service allows this Application to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Application and the User’s browser. Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc. The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Application, i.e., communication between this Application and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Application to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Users may also opt out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
Further Information for Users
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
- Provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- Processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
- Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
- Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services. The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.
User
The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.
This Application
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
Legal information
This privacy policy relates solely to this Application, if not stated otherwise within this document.
Last Updated: April 28, 2021
Thank you for visiting Miami Beach Orthodontics. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website, www.miamibeachorthodontics.com, (the “Site”). This privacy policy (“Policy”) is designed to help you understand what information we collect, how we use it, what choices you have, and other important information regarding the use of information collected through our Site. Miami Beach Orthodontics is referred to in this privacy statement as “Miami,” “we,” “us” or “our.”
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or the ways in which Miami uses the information we collect online, please do not hesitate to contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section at the bottom of this statement.
Scope & Application
This Policy applies to information collected through the Site and also applies to information shared with us by our approved partners and other third-party sources.
This privacy statement does not apply to information collected from you offline or through websites and other online services that do not display or link to this Policy, including third-party websites to which our Site may link.
Collection and Use of Information
You can access and browse our Site at any time without providing any personally identifying information. We do not collect information that would personally identify you unless you choose to provide it.
We collect and combine information about you, how you engage with our Site, and the devices you use to view and interact with our Site for the legitimate purposes described below. This includes information you provide to us in connection with your use of the Site and information collected automatically when you view and interact with our Site.
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you create or modify your account or user preferences, submit a form requesting information or an appointment, sign up for a newsletter, contact us, respond to a survey, use the online content, or otherwise communicate with us. This information may include your name, email address, phone number, postal address, insurance information, personal health information (which, to the extent it is considered Protected Health Information under HIPAA, shall be subject to the terms in the Protected Health Information section below), survey responses, user content stored or entered into the forms found in our Site, and other information you choose to provide through use of our Site.
The information you provide to us will be used to (i) set up your account (if applicable); (ii) arrange or confirm an appointment with us (if applicable); (iii) if you elect to receive information from us, to provide you with such information; (iv) improve the Site; (v) respond to your inquiries; (vi) to fulfill any other purpose for which you provided it.
We may also use the information you provide to us for marketing and promotional activities. We want to keep you updated about our practice and our services and we may use your personal information to send you promotional products and information about Miami. We may engage with you through marketing and promotional activities, including sending you marketing communications; online surveys; alerting you about events, webinars, or other materials, and updating you about our relevant products and services. You can opt-out of our marketing activities at any time by using an unsubscribe link in any communication you receive or contacting us using the information provided herein.
We will not use your information for any purposes other than as described in this Policy or explained to you at the point at which the information was collected.
Information Collected Automatically
We may also utilize certain third-party products or services (“Third Party Tools”), such as Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, in order to better understand the use of our Site. These Third-Party Tools may collect information such as how often users visit our Site, what pages they visit and the websites that referred them to our Site. Further, the Third Party Tools may use the data collected to track and examine the use of the Site, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other related services. The Third-Party Products may also use the data collected on the Site to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. The Third-Party Product’s ability to use and share information it collects about your visits to the Site is restricted by each of its own privacy policies and terms of use. Additional information about the Third-Party Tools can be provided by contacting us as set forth below.
This website advertises with Google in order to show ads to its visitors. As such, it may collect content and/or information, and that information may be used to personalize ads to you. We abide by Google’s Terms of Service. For more information, please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms.
As advertisers on Facebook and through our Facebook page, this website may collect content and/or information from a Facebook user and that information may be used to personalize ads to you. We abide by Facebook’s Data Use Restrictions. For more information, please visit Facebook’s Privacy Policy.
When users visit this website, third parties may place cookies on the users’ browsers for targeted advertising purposes. The types of data that may be collected for targeted advertising include, for example, IP addresses, mobile ad id, cookie identifiers, website activity and hashed identifiers derived from email addresses for the purposes of cross-device tracking for targeted advertising. This data may be used by third parties to target advertising on other sites based on the users’ online activity. For more information, please visit AdRoll’s Privacy Policy. Other third parties that use targeted advertising may include platforms that work directly with analytics companies and data management platforms that help to maintain and use data. These companies may, for example, provide targeted content and advertising to users and others on third-party mobile websites and/or apps or other advertising media (such as email, direct mail, and display media).
We may automatically collect additional information about your visit to our Site, including pages you visit, your geographic location based solely on your IP address unless otherwise approved by you, promotions with which you interacted and other behaviors. This information is collected for the sole purpose of improving your overall visit to our Site by providing interest-based content. For example, we may collect information about your geographic location and a health interest, based on topics you have browsed in our Site so that we can promote a physician who may practice close to your location. This data is not shared with any third party. The data may also be used to provide interest-based content for communications for which you have opted in.
When interacting with our Site within social media, we may obtain information stored within social media or authorized by you to be collected by us within such social media. This information may include your contact information, email address, friend information, friends and pages with whom you have an association, and other information stored within social media.
We may also gather certain information automatically, including but not limited to, internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), operating system, date/time stamp, mobile location, and device type, and/or clickstream data. This information may be linked to other information we collect about you. Cookies, web beacons, flash cookies, and similar technologies serve many important functions that help us serve you better.
Your Control over Information
You have a variety of tools to manage cookies and similar technologies that collect information related to your use of the Site, including:
- Web browser controls to block and delete cookies, or adjust your tracking preferences. To learn more about how to opt-out of Google’s use of cookies, visit the Google Ads Settings page. Alternatively, you can use the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
- Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out from receiving third-party advertiser cookies.
- Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
- Control Facebook’s use of interest-based ads through your Facebook account settings, or may visit the customer support page here.
- For instructions on how to opt-out of receiving targeted (personalized) advertising, click here. Please note you will still see ads even if you opt-out, but they will not be personalized by third parties.
To learn more about cookies and similar tracking technologies, and how they can affect your privacy, visit allaboutcookies.org.
Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
Please note, disabling, removing or blocking cookies may turn off some of the features of our Site that make your experience more efficient, and some portions of the Site may not function properly.
Sharing of Information
We may share the information described above as set forth in this Policy or as otherwise described at the time such information is collected from you.
Information Shared by Us
- Affiliates. We may share information with a parent, subsidiary or affiliate entity in common control with us. Any organization to which we provide such information is required to keep it confidential and to only use such information in accordance with this privacy statement.
- Service Providers. In the course of doing business, we employ other companies and individuals to perform a variety of functions on our behalf. For example, we may provide information as necessary (or those companies may collect this information directly on our behalf) to companies that host our Site, manage our appointments and information requests, or send communications on our behalf. These service providers may have access to information about you if it is needed to perform their functions for us, but they are not authorized by us to use or disclose such information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements, and they are required to maintain the information in confidence.
- Legally Required. We reserve the right to disclose information if required to do so by law or by a regulatory authority. We may also disclose information as part of an investigation or enforcement action relating to improper or illegal conduct in connection with our Site or other services, including, without limitation, any situations that may potentially involve threats to the safety or privacy of any person or misuse of our Site.
- Sale or Bankruptcy. During the normal course of our business, we may sell or purchase assets. If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, the information described in this Policy may be transferred to such entity. In addition, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, such information may be considered an asset of ours and may be sold or transferred to third parties. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to try to require that the transferee use such information in a manner that is consistent with this privacy statement.
- Aggregated and Non-Identified Data. We may maintain and use aggregate data or other non-identified information (i.e., data that does not identify a specific individual), such as usage statistics, device data, online traffic patterns, and user feedback. In addition to using this information for the purposes discussed in this Policy, we may disclose such aggregated or non-identified data to third parties without restriction.
- Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners. These business partners may use the information received by them to contact you to offer you certain opportunities, products, services, or promotions. Please note that once your information has been shared with a business partner, it is no longer subject to the control of Miami or subject to this Policy.
Protected Health Information
To the extent any personal information you provide to us via the Site (by making an appointment, by submitting a contact request form, or any other method) is considered Protected Health Information (“PHI”) under HIPAA, we will adhere to the following practices for use and disclosure of PHI. Note that this Policy DOES NOT apply to any PHI we may collect from you by any means other than your submitting it via this Site.
The privacy practices described in this Policy will be followed by all employees of Miami and any third-party service providers that process your PHI on our behalf. Miami is the Covered Entity that controls your PHI, and any third-party service provider is considered a Business Associate. Whenever PHI is shared with a Business Associate, prior to such sharing Miami will obtain a Business Associates Agreement that contractually obliges the third party of abiding by all applicable HIPAA rules and regulations.
We typically use the information collected from you via the Sites to answer your questions and otherwise provide the information you request, to connect you with one of our providers, to schedule appointments with one of our providers, and to record any services provided to you. We may also disclose your PHI to courts and attorneys when we get a court order, subpoena or other lawful instructions from those courts or public bodies or to defend ourselves against a lawsuit brought against us or to law enforcement officials as authorized or required by law.
You have the right to request a copy of any PHI we hold about you, to make corrections to this PHI, and to request that we delete your information. You also have the right to be notified in the event of a breach; and we will notify you if your medical information has been “breached,” which means that your medical information has been used or disclosed in a way that is inconsistent with law and results in it being compromised.
You are cautioned not to include any PHI in forms you submit via the sites, or to use unsecure electronic communications for any messaging including PHI. If you choose to communicate with us or any of your Miami providers via unsecure electronic communication, such as regular e-mail or text message, we may respond to you in the same manner in which the communication was received and to the same e-mail address or account from which you sent your original communication. Before using any unsecure electronic communication to correspond with us, note that there are certain risks, such as interception by others, misaddressed/misdirected messages, shared accounts, messages forwarded to others, or messages stored on unsecured, portable electronic devices. By choosing to correspond with us via unsecure electronic communication, you are acknowledging and agreeing to accept these risks.
Additionally, you should understand that the use of email is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Email communications should never be used in a medical emergency.
Security
The security of your information is important to us. We take precautions to protect your information by implementing safeguards to protect the information we collect. But you should keep in mind that no website or Internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free. PLEASE NOTE: The safety and security of your information also depend on you. We urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe, such as choosing strong passwords and never sharing your password with anyone else. If you create or receive a password in connection with Site access, please notify us promptly if you believe your password security has been breached, and remember to log off the online service before you leave your computer or mobile device.
The Site may offer opportunities to communicate through email. Because normal email is not encrypted, the possibility exists that unauthorized individuals may intercept email messages. Miami, its service providers, parents, and affiliates are not responsible for the privacy of email messages except those stored in our system.
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on or linked to our Site. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act)
We do not knowingly collect or use any personal information from children (we define “children” as minors younger than 13) on our Site. We do not knowingly allow children to communicate with us or use any of our Site features. If you are a parent and become aware that your child has provided us with information, please contact us using one of the methods specified herein, and we will work with you to address this issue.
California Privacy Rights (if applicable)
This section only applies to users of our Site that are residents of the State of California at the time of data collection.
Consumer Information collected through the Site is collected for Miami’s use and is not transferred to any third party for valuable consideration. However, if you are a California resident, you may send us specific instructions not to sell your personal information now or in the future. Such requests can be made via phone at (305) 672-2260, via email at miamibeachorthodontics@gmail.com, or in writing at the address below.
California residents may also request and obtain from us a list of what personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. California law provides that you have the right to receive the following information: (a) the categories of information we disclosed to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year; and (b) the names and addresses of third parties that received such information, or if the nature of their business cannot be determined from the name, then examples of the products or services marketed. You are entitled to receive a copy of this information in a standardized format and the information will not be specific to you individually. You may make such a request by emailing us at miamibeachorthodontics@gmail.com.
Further, California residents may:
- Request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information in our files without undue delay and free of charge, unless we are permitted by law to charge a fee. Your access may be limited to the extent it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other individuals.
- Request to correct or update any of your personal information in our files.
- Request that we erase any of your personal information in our files that: is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed; was collected in relation to processing that you previously consented to, but later withdrew such consent; or was collected in relation to processing activities to which you object, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for our processing.
Visiting The Site From Outside The United States
Miami is located in the United States. The medical services described within the Site are directed only at customers in the United States. If you are visiting the Site, or any part thereof, from outside the United States of America, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States and maintained on computers or servers located outside your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. By using any portion of our Site, you understand and consent to the transfer of your information to the United States and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this privacy statement.
Acceptance of these terms
Each time that you use or visit our Site, you signify that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms of this Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy or the use of your information as set forth in this Policy, please do not use or visit our Site. Your continued use of our Site subsequent to changes in this privacy statement will signify your acceptance of the changes.
Updates
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ANY TIME. ALL UPDATES WILL BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE, SO PLEASE REVIEW IT PERIODICALLY.
Reservation of Rights
By using our Site, you consent, and we reserve the right, to use the data we collect from you as described in this Policy. Additionally, you consent, and we reserve the right, to use the data we collect from you in ways that are consistent with the then-current disclosed Policy regardless of when your data was collected (i.e., we can use your data in ways that are consistent with the current disclosed practice but which may not be entirely consistent with the previously disclosed practices when your information was originally collected).
If you feel that we are not abiding by this Policy or if you have any questions, you should contact us immediately via email at miamibeachorthodontics@gmail.com.
Miami Beach Orthodontics
939 Arthur Godfrey Road
Miami Beach, FL 33140
(305) 672-2260