Website Privacy

The Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry website is designed to provide you with useful information about us and to inform you of our services.  Our website does not promote or sell products of any kind; we do hope, however, that the information we provide on our website encourages you to join our practice as a patient.

As a healthcare leader, Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry is committed to maintaining the privacy of our website visitors. In addition to this information about our website privacy policies, you will find information on member rights, responsibilities and privacy on this site.

Please see our Terms of Use for other terms and conditions governing your access to and use of our website.

Information We Gather
In an effort to provide our website visitors with the most useful information, we collect a limited amount of information about visits to our website, including the number of visits to the site, the date and time of day of these visits and the pages visited. This information helps us to evaluate the effectiveness of our site, improve the information available to site visitors and improve website performance.

Website Data Tracking
Our website tracking program does not provide us with personal information about our site visitors; however, the program gathers the following technical information about each visit, none of which can be used to determine personal information about a website visitor: Internet service provider name (e.g., AOL or Comcast), browser type (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), and internet protocol (IP) address. (An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that computers use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network. IP addresses can appear to be shared by multiple computers if they are part of a shared hosting web server environment.)

Secure, Online Forms
If we wish to gather personal information from you, we will ask you to fill out a form on the site. Each online form on our website describes the way in which we can use the information you provide, and providing personal information to us is completely voluntary and optional. If you supply any personal information to us on these forms (e.g., name, address or email address), we will not use this information to contact you unless you have specifically stated that we may do so. For example, with your permission, we may send you health information and health updates via email or we may send you reminders about specific health-related matters, such as check-ups

Email Security
Messages that you send to us by email (via the Contact Us links on our website pages) may not be secure. If you choose to send any confidential personal information to us via email, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept and use this information.

Cookies
Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry does not use cookies on the public portion of its website, and we will not write a cookie to your hard drive when you visit our site. Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry only uses cookies on the secure portion of our website, which can be accessed only by authorized Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry providers, agents and staff.

Use of Information
Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry is the sole owner and user of all information collected on the website. Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry does not sell, give or disclose personal information gathered on the website to any third party, provided that Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry may provide such information to its authorized agents in order to conduct its business in the ordinary course. Furthermore, we release user information when we believe such release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply this privacy policy, any applicable terms of use or other agreements; or protect the interests of Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry, our members or others.
 

Security Measures
Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry takes reasonable precautions to protect the personal information provided to us voluntarily by our website visitors.

We protect electronic information behind a firewall and encrypt all data submitted through the online forms on our website. We also take appropriate measures to protect user information offline. Access to personal information is restricted to only those employees and agents who need the information to perform a task. Our employee computers are password protected, and employees must log in using their passwords each time they leave their computers. All employees receive training on Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry’s privacy and security practices. Finally, the servers we use to store personal information are secured behind locked doors, and only authorized individuals have access to these servers.
 

Questions or Changes
If you have questions about our website policy or need to correct the personal information you have voluntarily submitted to Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry through our website, please email us, or contact us by phone or mail.
 

Policy Change Notification
Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry uses the information collected from you in accordance with the privacy policy in effect when the information was collected. From time to time, Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry may change its privacy policy; for example, in light of new technology or a change in applicable law. If Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry decides to change the type of information it collects, how we use it, or under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose it, we will post a notice of these changes on the homepage of this website. Please check our website frequently to see recent changes to our Privacy Policy.
 

Links to Third-Party Websites
Our website contains links to other websites that are neither owned by nor controlled by Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry. Once you leave our website, our privacy policy no longer applies, and you will be subject to the privacy policies, if any, of the other website. Other information about our policies related to Third-Party Websites is in the Terms of Use.

Rights, Responsibilities and Privacy

Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry of Atlanta, Georgia is dedicated to providing the highest quality patient care. We provide our healthcare services without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or source of payment.

Our Commitment to Your Rights
Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry is committed to ensuring your rights as a patient, including your right:

• To information about your rights and responsibilities, our practice and our services
• To participate in all decision making regarding your health care and to extend your decision-making rights to parents, guardians, family members or other conservators if you are unable to fully participate in your treatment decisions (advance directives)
• To discuss appropriate or medically necessary treatment options regardless of cost or benefit coverage
• To voice complaints or appeals about the practice or care provided and to receive information on the grievance procedures for Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry and your applicable health plan
• To be treated with respect and courtesy and with recognition of your dignity and right to privacy

Your Commitment to Your Responsibilities
To ensure the delivery of the best quality of care, Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry asks our patients:

• To maintain a good relationship with your physician and communicate when you have questions or concerns about your healthcare
• To provide the information needed by your physician and Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry in order to provide you with care
• To follow through with the healthcare plans and instructions agreed to with your physicians and other healthcare providers
• To educate yourself about your health plan benefits and services, including exclusions, and how to obtain these benefits and services
• If you have questions or comments about these rights and responsibilities, contact our office by phone, mail, or email.

Medical Information Privacy
Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry is firmly committed to the protection of your personal health information and has adopted stringent policies and procedures to ensure the privacy of this information. Our Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we use, disclose and protect your medical information and lists your rights as a patient to your medical information.

Expressions Aesthetic Dentistry policies and procedures are in full compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Federal regulation established to provide protections for the privacy and security of an individual's health information.

In addition to protecting the privacy of personal medical information, HIPAA gives patients certain rights regarding their individual health information.

• The right to access your individual health information
• The right to request an amendment of your health information if you believe the information is incorrect or incomplete
• The right to have an accounting of who has had access to your health information outside the parameters of payment, treatment and operations
• The right to request restrictions on who has access to your individual health information
• The right to request an alternative method of communication
• The right to file a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated