Who we are

Our website address is: https://cairntouldental.co.uk.

Cairntoul Dental Care Privacy Policy

Cairntoul Dental Care will take reasonable steps to ensure that data transported electronically to us via the website or otherwise and stored by Cairntoul Dental Care or otherwise is not accessed by third parties. You accept the risk that data transmitted electronically to Cairntoul Dental Care via this website or otherwise may be intercepted before reaching Cairntoul Dental Care, or accessed from Cairntoul Dental Care data storage means by third parties unauthorised by Cairntoul Dental Care, and may be exploited unlawfully by such unauthorised third parties. Cairntoul Dental Care does not assume responsibility for guarding against the access of such unauthorised third parties.​

The following explains our approach to privacy on our website and how it affects you.

In short, the following applies to our website:

• We only collect your information directly from you for you, or if you are making an appointment on behalf of someone including children.  We may also receive personal data from the NHS that relates directly to your oral and dental health.

• Some third parties like Facebook and Twitter may know you visited this website, if you use their services. We can’t control them but we don’t believe this knowledge poses any threat to you.

• If you share personally identifiable information with us we take great care to keep it safe and we’ll never share it with others without your express permission.

• We will only use your data as the law allows. We may share your data with third party service providers that are necessary for us to deliver the services to you. All third-party service providers are required to confirm that they have the appropriate security measures in place to comply with the GDPR and only process your personal information in accordance with our instructions.   

• You have a right to ‘block’ or supress your data from being processed. You can make a written request for this. We will continue to store that data under GDC Guidelines, but we will not process it. In this event we will make your file inactive and prevent any further processing. In the rare event we need to access your data we will inform you.

These are just the key points. If you need details, keep reading.

Website Compliance

We regularly review the Cleardentalbrace.com website for GDPR compliance and makes updates as appropriate. The website uses the HTTPS protocol and is in addition otherwise currently compliant.

Cookies

Like most websites, we use cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store in their visitors’ web browsers. Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as “cookies”. Cookies help to improve our services and give you a better experience. For example, they can show us which pages people visit most often, and which are not getting as much attention. If you wish to block cookies you can do this in your browser settings; you can learn more about cookies and how to block them here.

Emails

If you provide us with your email address we may send you emails, either in reply to specific enquiries (such as one made using a contact form) or if you have opted in to our email newsletters. You have the ability to opt out of any of this communication at any time.

We will never provide your personal information or email address to any third parties except where they are specifically employed to help deliver our own services.

Our email marketing lists are also managed by our webmaster, Mailchimp. Therefore, some personal information may be shared with them for marketing purposes.

Facebook, Twitter and other social networks

These services provide social buttons and similar features which we use on our website – such as the “Like” and “Tweet” buttons.

To do so we embed code that they provide and we do not control ourselves. To function, their buttons generally know if you’re logged in; for example Facebook uses this to say “x of your friends like this”. We do not have any access to that information, nor can we control how those networks use it.

Social networks therefore could know that you’re viewing this website, if you use their services (that isn’t to say they do, but their policies may change). As our website is remarkably inoffensive we imagine this is not a concern for most users.

Google Analytics

We measure visitors to our website using Google Analytics. This records what pages you view within our site, how you arrived at our site and some basic information about your computer, such as the web browser you use and the screen resolution. All of that information is anonymous – so we don’t know who you are; just that somebody visited our site.

The information we collect from analytics helps us understand what parts of our sites are doing well, how people arrive at our site and so on. Like most websites, we use this information to make our website better.

Any data collected by Google Analytics that is associated with cookies, user identifiers or advertising identifiers is retained for a period of up to 26 months.

You can learn more about Google Analytics or opt out if you wish.

Queries and concerns

You have legal control over your personal data, and so you may at any time:

• Get a copy of any personal data we hold about you

• Have any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete data corrected

• Ask that personal data be erased when it’s no longer needed e.g Facebook winners list and monthly news letter.

• Ask that your data is not used for marketing purposes 

If you need to do so then please get in touch with us using the details below.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please write to us by email to cairntouldentalcare@gmail.com or by post to Cairntoul Dental Care, 11 Cairntoul Drive, Glasgow, G14 0XT