At PJN Dental, we believe that protecting your personal information is an important part of providing thoughtful, patient-centered care. We respect your privacy and are committed to handling the information you share with us responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with applicable privacy and healthcare laws.
This Privacy Policy explains how PJN Dental collects, uses, protects, and shares information through our website, www.pjndental.com, and related online services.
When you visit our website or contact our practice, we may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
• Your name, email address, phone number, and contact information.
• Information submitted through appointment requests, contact forms, or other online inquiries.
• General information about your dental concerns, health interests, or services you are seeking.
• Information provided when subscribing to educational updates or practice communications.
• Technical information, such as your browser type, device information, IP address, and website usage data, where collected through our website technologies.
We encourage visitors not to submit sensitive medical information through general website contact forms unless the form is specifically designated as a secure method of communication.
PJN Dental may use information collected through our website to:
• Respond to questions and appointment requests.
• Communicate about dental services, scheduling, and practice-related matters.
• Provide information about our biological and holistic dental services.
• Improve our website, services, and patient experience.
• Send educational or promotional communications when permitted by applicable law.
• Maintain website functionality, security, and administrative operations.
• Fulfill applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
We do not sell patient medical records or protected health information.
PJN Dental recognizes the importance of protecting sensitive health information.
When information qualifies as Protected Health Information (PHI) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), we handle it in accordance with applicable federal and state privacy requirements.
Our separate Notice of Privacy Practices explains how protected health information may be used or disclosed in connection with treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and other legally permitted purposes. It also describes your rights regarding your health information.
This website Privacy Policy does not replace our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
Information submitted through our website may be used to respond to your inquiry or facilitate communication with our practice.
Although we take reasonable precautions to protect information, ordinary internet communications and standard email may not provide the same protections as secure healthcare communication systems.
Please avoid submitting sensitive medical histories, Social Security numbers, financial account information, or other confidential health details through unsecured communication channels.
When appropriate, our team may direct you to a secure patient communication system.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor activity, and improve the browsing experience.
Depending on the technologies implemented, these tools may collect information about website visits, browser preferences, device characteristics, and interactions with website content.
We review the use of website analytics and tracking technologies in accordance with applicable privacy requirements, including HIPAA when protected health information is involved.
Where applicable, visitors may manage certain cookie preferences through their browser settings or available website privacy controls.
We may share limited information with trusted service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our website, manage communications, process authorized requests, or provide services.
These providers may include website hosting companies, appointment scheduling platforms, communication services, and technology support vendors.
When a service provider creates, receives, maintains, or transmits PHI on our behalf, we require appropriate HIPAA safeguards and agreements when applicable.
We may also disclose information when required by law or otherwise permitted under applicable privacy regulations.
We do not authorize third parties to use protected health information for unrelated advertising or marketing purposes without the legally required authorization.
PJN Dental uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the information we maintain to help protect against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or loss.
However, no website or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
We continually evaluate our privacy and security practices to support the confidentiality and integrity of information entrusted to our practice.
Depending on the type of information involved and applicable law, you may have rights to:
• Request access to certain personal information.
• Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Request information about how your personal information is used or disclosed.
• Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of protected health information.
• Request confidential communications through alternative means.
• Exercise other rights provided under applicable federal and Oregon law.
Requests involving protected health information are governed by our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
To exercise applicable privacy rights, please contact our office using the information below.
PJN Dental provides dental services to patients of various ages, including children.
Our website is intended to provide general practice information to patients, parents, and legal guardians. It is not designed to knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent or another lawful basis.
Parents or legal guardians who have questions about information submitted by a child may contact our office.
Our website may contain links to external websites, educational resources, professional organizations, or third-party services.
PJN Dental is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of independently operated websites. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of any external websites they access.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website, services, privacy practices, or applicable laws.
Any revisions will be published on this page with an updated effective date.
We encourage visitors to review this policy periodically.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how your information is handled, or your privacy rights, please contact:
PJN Dental
Attn: Privacy Officer
17535 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Beaverton, OR, 97003
Tel: 503-649-1646
Email: info@pjndental.com
Website: www.pjndental.com
We value the trust you place in our practice and are committed to treating your personal and health information with care and respect.
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://pjndental.com.
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
