Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to cuttingedgeperiodontist.com and Cutting Edge Periodontist and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Cutting Edge Periodontist include cuttingedgeperiodontist.com and Cutting Edge Periodontist. The Cutting Edge Periodontist website is an information and services site. By using the Cutting Edge Periodontist website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Collection of your Personal Information In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site and to contact you for appointment information, Cutting Edge Periodontist may collect personally identifiable information, such as your: First and Last NameE-mail AddressPhone Number We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) sending us an email message; (d) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site if available. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future. Use of your Personal Information Cutting Edge Periodontist collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. Cutting Edge Periodontist may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Cutting Edge Periodontist and its affiliates. Sharing Information with Third Parties Cutting Edge Periodontist DOES NOT sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. We also support all consumer privacy rights introduced under the CCPA and are in compliance. Cutting Edge Periodontist may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Cutting Edge Periodontist, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Cutting Edge Periodontist may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Cutting Edge Periodontist or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Cutting Edge Periodontist; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Cutting Edge Periodontist, or the public. Tracking User Behavior Cutting Edge Periodontist may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Cutting Edge Periodontist, in order to determine what Cutting Edge Periodontist services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Cutting Edge Periodontist to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Automatically Collected Information Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Cutting Edge Periodontist. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Cutting Edge Periodontist website. Use of Cookies The Cutting Edge Periodontist website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Cutting Edge Periodontist pages, or register with Cutting Edge Periodontist site or services, a cookie helps Cutting Edge Periodontist to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Cutting Edge Periodontist website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Cutting Edge Periodontist features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Cutting Edge Periodontist services or websites you visit. Links This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information. Security of your Personal Information Cutting Edge Periodontist secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Cutting Edge Periodontist uses the following methods for this purpose: – SSL Protocol When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed. Children Under Thirteen Cutting Edge Periodontist does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. E-mail Communications From time to time, Cutting Edge Periodontist may contact you via email for the purpose of providing valuable information regarding your dental health, announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Cutting Edge Periodontist or click on a link therein. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Cutting Edge Periodontist, you may opt-out of such communications by clicking the UNSUBSCRIBE button within the email. External Data Storage Sites We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted. Changes to this Statement Cutting Edge Periodontist reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy. Contact Information Cutting Edge Periodontist welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Cutting Edge Periodontist has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Cutting Edge Periodontist at: Cutting Edge Periodontist Email Address:info@cuttingedgeperiodontist.com Telephone number:310-362-3343 Effective as of January 01, 2020