Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 11/10/2025
Last Updated: 6/12/2026
Tindal Prosthodontics (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, www.tindalsmiles.com.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through our website. It does not apply to protected health information collected during patient care, treatment, billing, or healthcare operations. Protected health information may be governed by HIPAA and our separate healthcare privacy practices.
By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of information when you visit or interact with our website:
Information You Provide Directly
You may voluntarily provide information through website forms, appointment requests, contact forms, newsletter sign-ups, or other website features. This may include:
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Name
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Email address
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Phone number
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Appointment request details
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Questions or comments submitted through the website
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Other information you choose to provide
Please do not submit sensitive medical, financial, or emergency information through our general website contact forms. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or seek emergency medical care immediately.
Website Activity and Usage Information
We may collect information about how visitors use our website, including:
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Pages viewed
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Links clicked
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Time spent on pages
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Referring website or source
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General website navigation activity
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Interactions with website forms or features
Device and Browser Information
We may collect technical information about the device and browser used to access our website, such as:
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IP address
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Browser type
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Device type
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Operating system
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Approximate location based on IP address
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Mobile device identifiers, where applicable
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Advertising identifiers, where applicable
Cookies, Pixels, and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, tracking pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies to support website functionality, analytics, advertising, security, and user experience. These technologies may be placed by us or by third-party service providers.
Examples may include analytics tools, visitor analytics tools, Meta/Facebook technologies, advertising platforms, and website performance tools.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information collected through our website to:
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Operate, maintain, and improve our website
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Respond to inquiries or appointment requests
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Communicate with website visitors
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Measure website traffic and performance
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Understand how visitors find and use our website
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Improve our services, content, and user experience
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Support advertising, marketing, and retargeting efforts, where permitted
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Detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues
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Comply with legal, regulatory, insurance, or business obligations
We do not use website tracking technologies to diagnose, treat, or provide medical advice.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot usually be disabled.
Analytics Cookies
These help us understand how visitors use the website so we can improve performance, content, and usability.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
These may be used to deliver relevant advertising, measure advertising effectiveness, or retarget visitors on other websites or platforms.
Third-Party Tracking Technologies
We may use third-party services, such as analytics providers, advertising networks, Meta/Facebook tools, website hosting providers, visitor analytics tools, or similar platforms. These third parties may collect information about your activity on our website and across other websites or services.
Where required by law, non-essential cookies and tracking technologies will only be used after you provide consent through our cookie banner or cookie preference tool.
You may manage your cookie choices through the cookie banner or cookie settings tool available on our website. You may also adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
4. Targeted Advertising, Sale, and Sharing of Personal Information
Some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. Under these laws, certain website tracking, advertising pixels, analytics tools, or retargeting technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, even if we do not sell your information for money.
We may share technical website data, such as cookie identifiers, device information, IP address, browsing activity, or advertising identifiers, with advertising and analytics partners to help measure marketing performance and deliver relevant advertising.
You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information and the use of your personal information for targeted advertising, where applicable.
To exercise this choice, please use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in the footer of our website or adjust your cookie preferences through our cookie settings tool.
5. Global Privacy Control
We recognize Global Privacy Control signals where required by applicable law.
Global Privacy Control, or GPC, is a browser or device-level privacy signal that communicates your preference to opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information. If our website detects a valid GPC signal from your browser, we will treat that signal as a request to opt out of sale or sharing for that browser or device, where required by applicable law.
Because GPC signals are browser- and device-specific, you may need to enable the signal separately on each browser or device you use.
6. How We Share Information
We may disclose information collected through our website in the following circumstances:
Service Providers
We may share information with trusted service providers who help us operate our website and business. These may include website hosting providers, analytics vendors, marketing platforms, advertising partners, cybersecurity providers, scheduling tools, customer service tools, and other business support providers.
These service providers are permitted to use information only as needed to provide services to us or as otherwise allowed by law.
Advertising and Analytics Partners
We may share technical website data with advertising and analytics partners to help us measure website performance, understand visitor behavior, improve marketing, and deliver relevant advertising, where permitted by law and subject to your privacy choices.
Legal or Compliance Purposes
We may disclose information when required to comply with law, regulation, legal process, court order, insurance requirements, security obligations, or governmental request.
Business Transfers
If our practice or website operations are involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or transfer of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
Aggregated or De-Identified Information
We may share aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify you.
7. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
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Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share
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Request access to personal information we maintain about you
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Request correction of inaccurate personal information
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Request deletion of personal information, subject to legal exceptions
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Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
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Opt out of targeted advertising
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Limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable
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Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights
To exercise your privacy rights, please contact our office using the contact information listed below.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, we may require proof of authorization and may also ask you to verify your identity directly.
8. Email and Marketing Communications
If you provide your email address or phone number, we may use it to respond to your inquiry or communicate with you about our services.
You may opt out of marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in the email or by contacting our office directly. Please note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send non-marketing communications related to appointments, services, or administrative matters.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
The amount of time we retain information may depend on the type of information, the reason it was collected, legal requirements, insurance requirements, security needs, and business operations.
11. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information collected through our website from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please use caution when submitting information online.
12. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
13. International Visitors
Our website is operated in the United States. If you access our website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
These countries may not provide the same level of data protection as your country of residence. By using our website, you understand that your information may be processed in the United States.
14. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, technology, or website features.
When we make updates, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice on our website or through other appropriate means.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our website privacy practices, or your privacy choices, please contact us:
Tindal Prosthodontics
5911 North Honore Avenue #123
Sarasota, FL 34243
Phone: (941)225-2520
Email: office@tindalsmiles.com
You may also contact our office to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information collected through our website, or to opt out of certain marketing or tracking practices.
16. Your Privacy Choices
To opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or certain targeted advertising activities, please use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link available in the footer of this website or adjust your cookie preferences through our cookie settings tool.