The Brandon A. James, DDS Office respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it at all times. This online privacy statement explains how our office collects, uses and safeguards information on its website. This Internet Privacy Statement applies only to information collected by our office through its website.

Changes to the Internet Privacy Statement

As our organization, membership and benefits change from time to time, this Internet Privacy Statement is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Internet Privacy Statement at any time, for any reason. We will post a notice that this Internet Privacy Statement has been amended by revising the “Last updated” date at the bottom of this page.

If you have questions about this Internet Privacy Statement, please send us an email. Please note that we cannot process opt-out requests sent to this email address.

What information we collect and how we use it

Information we collect — When you browse www.brandonjamesdds.com and do not interact with the site for anything like the contact us or the schedule an appointment page, you browse anonymously. Personally identifiable information–such as your name, address, phone number and email address–is not collected as you browse.

When you become a registered user on our site, or choose to interact with our site in other ways, such as subscribing to BAJ publications, purchasing an BAJ product, applying for BAJ membership, participating in online surveys, submitting questions or comments or requesting information or materials, we will collect certain personal information from you. The type of personal information collected will vary but may include name, address, phone number, birth date, billing and delivery information, email address, credit card information and other demographic information. We do not collect Social Security numbers via an BAJ website. The type of product or service that you seek will determine the personal information that is collected. For a listing of the exact type of personal information that will be collected from you, please refer to the appropriate online form.

Tracking activity on our website We track how our site is used by both anonymous visitors and visitors who interact with the site. One way we track is by using “cookies.” A cookie is a small file or string of text on the site user’s computer that is used to aid Web navigation. Two types of cookies are commonly used. A session cookie is created by a website when that website is accessed; that type of cookie is automatically deleted by closing the Web browser. A persistent cookie is a cookie that is stored on the hard drive of the user’s computer for a period of time chosen by the website that set the cookie, usually for a number of years, unless the user deletes it manually. This policy distinguishes between short-lived cookies and long-lasting cookies. Short-lived cookies include all session cookies and those persistent cookies that are set to be stored for no more than one week. BAJ-related websites may at times require users to accept short-lived cookies in order for the websites to function properly. Long-lasting cookies may be used on the site to track visitor practices to help determine which site features and services are most important and guide editorial direction. Other long-lasting cookies may make it possible for the user to access the site without requiring entry of a user name or password, allow the user to view different restricted areas of the site without reregistering, allow the user to personalize the site for future use and provide other features and benefits. Users who do not desire the functionality created by the long-lasting cookie can disable the long-lasting cookie function, either by indicating when asked that they do not wish to have a long-lasting cookie created or by disabling the long-lasting cookie function on their Web browser. Individuals can opt out of long-lasting cookie functions that permit tracking of personal information at any time.

Cookies are required for the contact us or schedule an appointment section.

How we use personal information –– Once collected, we may use your personal information (except for email address, which is outlined below) for the following purposes:

• Register you for programs and services you have requested
• Process, fulfill and follow up on your orders or membership application
• Answer your emails or on-line requests
• Send information you request
• Send and process surveys
• Ensure the Brandon A James website is relevant to your needs
• Deliver prosthodontic related services such as newsletters, meetings or events for other physicians
• Notify you about new products/services special offers, upgrades and other related information from our office and other approved third parties

How we use your email address –The following defines how email will be handled for physicians and medical students, BAJ members and nonphysicians who have supplied their email address to our office.

Physicians, medical students, and nonphysicians: our office may also send “transactional or relational email messages” to physicians, medical students, and nonphysicians with whom we already have a relationship.

We do not share, sell, trade, exchange or rent your email address to vendors for them to market their products or services to you. When we hire vendors to deliver emails to you on our behalf, they are under agreement and limited from using your email address for any other purpose.

Children under 13 — We do not knowingly solicit data online from or market online to children under the age of 13.

Information security — our office implements security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. We restrict access to personal information to our office’s business partners who may need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

How we safeguard information

Site security features
SSL technology and how you benefit from it — BAJ realizes the importance of security, so we’ve taken a number of steps to enhance the protection of information sent to or from BAJ over the Internet. First, we require that a “secure session” be established, using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. This is done any time you supply or access information in one of our secure online areas.

SSL technology creates a private conversation that only your computer and BAJ systems can understand. The SSL technology encodes information as it is being sent over the Internet between your computer and BAJ systems, helping to ensure that the transmitted information remains confidential.

No guarantee — Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, and despite our efforts, BAJ cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, or to or from our online products or services.

Linking to other Internet sites
You should be aware that other Internet sites that link to our office site or to an BAJ email may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of this Internet Privacy Statement. To ensure your privacy is protected, we recommend that you review the privacy statements of other Internet sites you visit.