Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to detdentist.com, and Smile Design Centre and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Smile Design Centre include detdentist.com. The Smile Design Centre website is a company website. By using the Smile Design Centre website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Smile Design Centre may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
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 products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. 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.
Smile Design Centre collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
Smile Design Centre may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Smile Design Centre and its affiliates.
Smile Design Centre does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Smile Design Centre 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 Smile Design Centre, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Smile Design Centre 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 Smile Design Centre or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Smile Design Centre; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Smile Design Centre, or the public.
Smile Design Centre may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Smile Design Centre, in order to determine what Smile Design Centre services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Smile Design Centre to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Smile Design Centre. 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 Smile Design Centre website.
The Smile Design Centre 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 Smile Design Centre pages, or register with Smile Design Centre site or services, a cookie helps Smile Design Centre 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 Smile Design Centre website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Smile Design Centre 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 Smile Design Centre services or websites you visit.
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.
Smile Design Centre secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Smile Design Centre uses the following methods for this purpose:
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.
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
Smile Design Centre 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.
From time to time, Smile Design Centre may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Smile Design Centre, you may opt out of such communications by "replying STOP" or "clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button."
By providing your mobile phone number and giving consent, you agree to receive SMS/text messages from us, which may include:
Transactional Messages: Appointment reminders, confirmations, and urgent notifications.
Marketing Messages: Promotional offers and event invitations.
Opt-Out: You can opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying 'STOP' to any text message you receive from us or by contacting us. Standard message and data rates may apply according to your mobile carrier plan.
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Smile Design Centre 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 website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Smile Design Centre welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Smile Design Centre has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Smile Design Centre at:
Smile Design Centre
31700 Telegraph Rd
Suite 100
Bingham Farms, MI 48025
Telephone: (313) 356-7577
Effective as of August 4, 2023
