Effective date: October 16, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information Ames Dental P.C., doing business as Queens Central Dental ("we," "us," or "our"), collects when you visit queenscentraldental.com (the "Site"), how we use and share it, and the choices you have. By using the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

1. Website Privacy vs. Your Patient Records

This policy covers the Site only. Information about your dental care, including what you tell us by phone or at our office, is protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). We handle that information under our Notice of Privacy Practices: [NEED: NPP link]. If this policy and our Notice of Privacy Practices ever conflict about your health information, the Notice of Privacy Practices controls.

2. Information We Collect

Information you give us. The Site has no forms, accounts, online booking, or online payments. We don't collect your name, health information, or payment information through the Site. If you email us, we receive your email address and anything you include in your message.

Information collected automatically. When you visit the Site, we and the service providers listed below may automatically collect:

• Your IP address and approximate location (such as city), based on your IP address
• Browser type, device type, operating system, and language settings
• Pages you view, how long you stay, and the site or search that sent you here
• Clicks on our phone number and other links
• Ad click identifiers, if you arrive from a Google ad
• Cookie and similar identifiers

3. Cookies and Tracking Tools

Cookies are small files stored in your browser. We use cookies and similar tools from the services below. As of the effective date, this is the complete list.

• Google Tag Manager (Google LLC): Loads and manages the other tools on this list. Google Privacy Policy
• Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC): Counts visits and shows which pages people use, through cookies. How Google uses data from sites
• Google Ads conversion tracking (Google LLC): Measures whether our Google ads lead to phone calls, through cookies and ad click identifiers. Google Privacy Policy
• Google Maps embed (Google LLC): Shows our location on a map. Google may collect your IP address and set cookies when the map loads. Google Privacy Policy
• Website hosting (Webflow, Inc.): Hosts the Site and keeps standard server logs, such as IP addresses. Webflow Privacy Policy

We don't use remarketing, meaning ads that follow you around the internet based on the pages you viewed on our Site.

4. How We Use Information

We use the information described above to:

• Run, maintain, and secure the Site
• Understand which pages are helpful and improve the Site
• Measure whether our advertising leads to calls
• Respond to emails you send us
• Comply with the law, enforce our Terms of Use, and protect our rights, patients, and the public

5. How We Share Information

We don't sell your personal information, and we don't rent or trade it. We share information only:

• With service providers who help us run the Site, such as Google and Webflow, as described in Section 3
• For legal reasons, such as to comply with a law, subpoena, or court order, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our practice, our patients, or others
• In a business transfer, such as a sale or merger of the practice, where any patient health information stays protected under HIPAA
• With your permission

6. Your Choices

• Cookies: You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the Site, like the map, may not work without them.
• Google Analytics: You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Google ads: You can manage how Google personalizes ads at My Ad Center.
• Do Not Track: The Site does not currently respond to browser Do Not Track signals.
• Requests about your information: You can ask us what information we have about you from the Site, or ask us to delete it, by calling or emailing us (Section 13). We may need to verify your identity first. The Site collects little that identifies you directly, so we may not be able to connect analytics data to you.

Your rights to access or amend your patient records are described in our Notice of Privacy Practices. We can't delete dental records that New York law requires us to keep.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional privacy rights under state law. Contact us, and we'll respond as the law that applies to you requires.

7. Email and Health Information

Email is not a secure way to send health information. Please don't email us details about your health, insurance ID numbers, or other sensitive information. Call our office instead.

8. How We Protect Information

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information, as New York law requires. The Site uses encrypted (HTTPS) connections. No website, email, or storage system is completely secure, so we can't guarantee the security of information sent to or through the Site. If a security breach affects your information, we'll notify you as required by New York law and HIPAA.

9. How Long We Keep Information

• Analytics data: kept in Google Analytics for up to 14 months, then deleted
• Advertising data: kept by Google under its own retention policies
• Emails: kept as long as needed to respond and to meet our legal and business obligations
• Patient records: kept as required by New York law and described in our Notice of Privacy Practices

10. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them online. If you believe a child under 13 has sent us personal information through the Site, contact us and we'll delete it.

11. Where Information Is Processed

The Site is intended for people in the United States. Information collected through the Site is processed and stored in the United States. If you visit from outside the U.S., you understand that your information will be handled under U.S. law.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes take effect when posted on this page with a new effective date. If you keep using the Site after a change is posted, you accept the updated policy.

13. Contact Us About Privacy

Ames Dental P.C., doing business as Queens Central Dental

• Address: 83-06 Northern Blvd, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
• Phone: (718) 429-0440
• Email: queenscentraldental@gmail.com

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