Last Updated: August 5, 2025
Welcome to Foothills Dental Center (“we,” “us,” “our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personal information you provide through our website: www.foothillsdentalcenter.com. Use of the site indicates your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
No Collection of Protected Health Information (PHI)
Our website is not intended for the collection or storage of HIPAA‑protected health information. Please do not submit detailed medical or dental information via contact forms or chat services. Any such submission is done at your own risk, and we do not ensure HIPAA‑level protections on this site.
Information We Collect
- Contact details: name, email, phone number, and optional reasons for contact when you submit forms or messages.
- We do not request Social Security numbers, date of birth, medical histories, or insurance details through public site forms.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, device, operating system, and pages visited.
- Cookies and tracking technologies (e.g. Google Analytics) used to analyze site usage and improve functionality.
Use of Information
We may use collected information to:
- Respond to inquiries or requests submitted via the website.
- Enhance the website’s user experience and design.
- Analyze overall site traffic and usage patterns.
Disclosure of Information
Your voluntarily submitted information will not be sold or rented to third parties. We may share information only:
- With authorized staff or vendors fulfilling your requests (e.g., appointment scheduling).
- As required by law or to respond to legal processes.
- In anonymized or aggregated form for internal reporting.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
- We use cookies, web beacons, and pixels for analytics and to enhance website usability.
- Cookies may track session data like pages visited, time on site, and return visits.
- You can disable cookies via your browser settings; note that doing so may limit site functionality.
Data Accuracy & Access
You may contact us to:
- See what personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction or deletion of your information.
- Opt out of any future communications.
Security
We implement reasonable organizational and technical safeguards to protect your data. However, no online system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection of information transmitted via the website.
External Links
Our website may include links to third-party sites (e.g. insurance providers or educational resources). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external websites. Please review their respective policies when visiting what’s outside our domain.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.
We use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Are Cookies Used on the Site?
Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Customers. For example, if an Authorized Customer is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the Authorized Customer off. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using https://foothillsdentalcenter.com, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?
All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications, and databases are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.
How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact us to update their Personally Identifiable Information.
Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by contacting them. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.
Your rights
These are summarized rights that you have under data protection law
- The right to access
- The right to rectification
- The right to erasure
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to object to processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to complain to a supervisory authority
- The right to withdraw consent
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address “Children”, anyone under the age of 18 years, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18 years.
If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please get in touch with us immediately using the contact details provided. If we come to know that children below 18 years have provided personal information, we will delete the information from our servers immediately.
Compliance With Laws
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Customers.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy at any time. The “Last Updated” date will indicate the current version. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of those updates.
Contact Us
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please reach out to Foothills Dental Center at:
Foothills Dental Morganton
(828) 430-8334
505 E Parker Rd
Monday-Thursday: 8AM-4PM | Friday: 8AM-3PM