We recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use www.pacificwestdental.com , as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.
www.pacificwestdental.com strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our clients’ and online visitors’ privacy on our website.
Personal Information
www.pacificwestdental.com collects personally identifiable information from the visitors to our website only on a voluntary basis. Personal information collected on a voluntary basis may include name, postal address, email address, (company name if applicable) and telephone number.
This information is collected if you request information from us, sign up to join our email list, or request some other service or information from us. The information collected is internally reviewed, used to improve the content of our website, notify our visitors of updates, and respond to visitor enquiries.
Once information is reviewed, it is discarded or stored in our files. If we make material changes in the collection of personally identifiable information we will inform you by placing a notice on our site. Personal information received from any visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties.
Use of Cookies and Web Beacons
We may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. Cookies are identifiers that are transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the site’s pages, or register with any of our site’s services, a cookie enables www.pacificwestdental.com to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your Web browser; however, if you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the site.
A web beacon is a transparent image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are commonly used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.
Browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent. Privacy software can be used to override web beacons. If you choose to take either of these actions, it shouldn’t cause a problem with our site.
Google and This Site’s Privacy Policy
The search box on this web site (“Search Box”) is powered by Google Inc (“Google”). You acknowledge and agree that Google’s privacy policy (at Google Privacy) shall apply to your use of the Search Box and by using the Search Box you consent to Google using your personal data in accordance with its privacy policy.
Other Third Party Companies
We may use third-party companies to serve collect non-personally identifiable information (e.g., the pages you visit, and which links you click, and the categories of search terms you enter) when you visit our web site. These companies may use the information outlined above (which does not include your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide information about goods and services of interest to you.
These companies often use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
This website is directed to adults; it is not directed to children under the age of 13. We operate our site in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and will not knowingly collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of age.
Non-Personal Information
In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. The information collected is used solely for internal review and not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.
Release of Information
If www.pacificwestdental.com is sold, the information we have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in our site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale in order that the service being provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through our website of that change in control and practices, and we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make of us.
How You Can Correct or Remove Information
We provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of our commitment to protect your personal information. If you have submitted personal information through our website and would like that information deleted from our records or would like to update or correct that information, please use our Contact Us page.
Updates and Effective Date
www.pacificwestdental.com reserves the right to make changes to this policy. If there is a material change in our privacy practices or policy, we will indicate on our site that our privacy practices or policy have changed and provide a link to the new privacy policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you know what information we collect and how we use it.
Agreeing to Terms
If you do not agree to www.pacificwestdental.com’s Privacy Policy as posted here on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site.
Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy policy.
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If you are an orthodontic or dental patient of Dr. Wang, and require support or care, please contact PacificWest Dental Group offices to book an appointment – make sure you communicate that you have an issue with your braces.
For the Vancouver office call (604)558-0993 182 East 15th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
For the Surrey office call (604)501-0993 7388-137th Street, Suite 3 Surrey, BC
