Get to know our privacy policies

In our mission to ensure the safety, happiness, and optimal oral health of every young patient at Make A Smile Dental, we prioritize safeguarding your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your information, consistent with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) during all interactions with our online services, website, and in-office procedures.

Personal Information We Collect includes the following.

• Provided Information is collected through digital forms, email, and telephone. This information is collected in order to facilitate communication and the provision of services, facilitate payment, and to evaluate for health risk factors. We retain this information indefinitely. The following provided information may be collected about you or your child.
  • Identifiers, including the following.
    • Real name
    • Postal address
    • Email address
    • Account name
  • Professional or employment-related information, such as employment history
  • Bank account number
  • Credit card number
  • Debit card number
  • Education information, such as your child’s grade
  • Commercial information, including the following.
    • Products or services purchased, obtained, or considered
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, including the following.
    • Gender identity
    • Age
    • Marital status
• Technical Information is collected through automated systems such as web or telephone services. This information is collected in order to improve our services and facilitate marketing efforts. We retain this information for as long as it is potentially useful for these purposes. The following technical information may be collected about you or your child.
  • Identifiers, including the following.
    • Internet Protocol address (IP address) uniquely identifying your device
    • Real name
  • Internet or electronic network activity information, including the following.
    • Information regarding your interaction with our web services
  • Geolocation data defining your approximate location
• Medical Information is collected through digital forms and during examinations. This information is collected in order to facilitate the provision of services and facilitate payment. We retain this information indefinitely. The following medical information may be collected about you or your child.
  • Physical characteristics
  • Health insurance information
  • Visual information, such as photographs or radiographs
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, including the following
    • Race
    • Sex
    • Pregnancy
    • Childbirth and related medical conditions
    • Disability
    • Age
    • Medical or health conditions
• Sensitive Personal Information is collected through digital forms. This information is collected in order to facilitate communication and the provision of services, determine treatment plans, and evaluate for health risk factors. We retain this information indefinitely. The following sensitive personal information may be collected about you or your child.
  • Identifiers, including the following
    • Social security number
    • Driver’s license number
    • Passport number
  • Ethnic origin
  • Personal information concerning health
  • Personal information concerning sexual activity

Make A Smile has not sold or shared personal information to third parties in the past 12 months. Correspondingly, Make A Smile does not sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

Make A Smile has not disclosed information to third parties for business purposes in the past 12 months.

Make A Smile does not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those specified in section 7027, subsection (m) of the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations.

The California Consumer Privacy Act confers on you the following rights regarding your personal information.

• The right to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
• The right to delete personal information that we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• If we sell or share your personal information, the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of this information by us.
• If we use or disclose sensitive personal information for reasons other than those set forth in section 7027, subsection (m) of the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations, the right to limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information by us.
• The right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of privacy rights conferred by the CCPA, including an employee’s, applicant’s, or independent contractor’s right not to be retaliated against for the exercise of their CCPA rights.

You can exercise the rights conferred on you by the California Consumer Privacy Act with us through the following means.

• Submitting a request to know, request to delete, or request to correct your personal information by contacting us at (916) 984-0304 or [email protected].
• Permitting an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. This agent may opt-out of the sale and sharing of personal information on your behalf by providing written permission with a signature, and make a request to know, request to delete, or request to correct by providing written permission with a signature.
• Opt-out preference signals provide a means by which consumers may automatically opt-out of the sale and sharing of their personal information across websites without making individual requests. Make A Smile does not process opt-out preference signals, as Make A Smile does not sell or share personal information. You can enable opt-out preference signals in the settings of many browsers.

Last updated: November 22, 2023