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Privacy Policy

Effective August 27, 2026


Pearl Dental Center ("we," "us," or "our") operates pearldentaltampa.com. This policy explains what information this website collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. It covers this website only.

Please do not send health information through this website

Our contact and appointment request forms are convenient, but they are not a secure or HIPAA-protected channel. Please limit what you send to the details we need in order to reach you, and do not include diagnoses, symptoms, treatment history, or other medical information. To discuss anything clinical, call us at (813) 803-5767.

Once you are a patient of the practice, your protected health information is governed by HIPAA and by our Notice of Privacy Practices, which we provide at your first visit. That notice, not this policy, controls how we handle your dental records.

Information you give us

When you submit a form on this site, you provide some or all of the following:

  • First and last name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Whether you have dental insurance and, if so, the name of your carrier
  • The type of appointment you are requesting

We use this only to respond to you, answer your question, verify coverage, and schedule care.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, ours records technical information when you visit: your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, the site or search that referred you, and how long you stay. This is collected through cookies and similar technologies described below.

Cookies and analytics

Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. This site uses:

  • Essential cookies, which are required for the site to work and to remember the cookie choice you make.
  • Analytics cookies, set by Google Analytics and loaded through Google Tag Manager, so we can see which pages people find useful. IP anonymization is enabled.
  • Google reCAPTCHA on our forms, which helps block automated spam and is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

The first time you visit, you will see a cookie notice. You can decline non-essential cookies there. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, or install Google's opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Declining cookies will not affect your ability to use this site or to contact us.

This site does not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.

How we use information

  • To respond to inquiries and appointment requests
  • To check insurance coverage before your visit
  • To improve the content and performance of the site
  • To protect the site against spam, abuse, and fraud
  • To meet legal and recordkeeping obligations

How we share information

We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We share it only with:

  • Service providers who help us operate this site and the practice, such as website hosting, form delivery, analytics, and practice management, each limited to what they need to perform that service.
  • Anyone else where required by law, or where necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of our patients, our staff, or the public.

How long we keep it

We keep form submissions for as long as needed for the purpose they were collected and to satisfy our recordkeeping obligations, and then delete them. Analytics data is retained according to the retention setting in our Google Analytics account.

Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect information submitted through this site. No transmission over the internet is completely secure, which is why we ask you not to send medical details through the forms.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, opt out of non-essential cookies as described above, or ask us to stop contacting you. Depending on where you live you may have additional rights under your state's privacy law; we will honor a verified request from a resident of any state.

To make a request, email info@pearldentaltampa.com or call (813) 803-5767.

Children

This website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children online. We do treat minor patients; those treatment records are handled under HIPAA with the consent of a parent or guardian.

Links to other sites

This site may link to websites we do not operate. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, and we encourage you to read their policies.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will post the updated version on this page with a new effective date.

Contact us

Pearl Dental Center
3607 W Azeele St.
Tampa, FL 33609
(813) 803-5767
info@pearldentaltampa.com