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Privacy Policy

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Dental Education Studios, a Delaware limited liability company (“Dental Education Studios,” "us", "we", or "our") operates thehttps://masteringorthodontics.com/ website and other services where this Privacy Policy is posted (the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your Personal Data and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices regarding your Personal Data, please contact info@masteringorthodontics.com.

When you use our Service, we understand and appreciate that you are trusting us with your Personal Data. In this Privacy Policy, we aim to clearly explain the information we collect, how we use it, and your rights. Please read through our Privacy Policy carefully. If there is anything in this Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Service immediately.

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We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use, accessible from https://masteringorthodontics.com/terms-of-use/.

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Information Collection and Use

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We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service. While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you ("Personal Data"). Below, we describe how we handle your Personal Data and describe the information we may have collected, how it may be used, and the sources:

  • Identifiers, which may include first and last name, address, Internet Protocol address, phone number, fax number, or email address. These are sourced directly from you or indirectly from you (e.g., from observing your actions on the Service). They are used to fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information, to contact you in relation to our Service, to respond to an inquiry, for service improvement, to screen for potential risk or fraud, to provide customer service, or marketing. For example, when you use our contact form, you provide your first name, last name, and address. We disclose identifiers for business purposes to internet service providers and administrative service providers.

  • Personal Data categories contained in customer records, which may include name, address, telephone number, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other payment and financial information. We source this information directly from you. We use this information to fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information, to contact you in relation to our Service, to respond to an inquiry, to screen for potential risk or fraud, to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested, to provide customer service, or marketing. For example, we need your payment information when you purchase a membership. We disclose this information for business purposes to internet service providers, administrative service providers, and payment processors.

  • Commercial information, which may include records of services purchased, obtained, considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. We source this information directly from you. We use this information to fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information, to contact you in relation to our Service, to screen for potential risk or fraud, to respond to inquiries, to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested, to provide customer service, or marketing. For example, we keep track of your purchases to create a purchase history. We disclose this information for business purposes to internet service providers, administrative service providers, and payment processors.

  • Characteristics of protected classifications, such as age or gender. We source this information directly from you. We use this information to fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information, marketing, or to provide relevant services. For example, we may use this information for targeted advertising. We do not disclose this information to third parties.

  • Internet, technical or other similar network activity, which may include usage and browsing history; IP address; browser type; browser version; the pages of our Service that you visit; the time and date of your visit; the time spent on those pages; unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We source this information directly or indirectly from you (e.g., from observing your actions on our Service). We use this information to fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information, to screen for potential risk or fraud, or to improve our Service. We disclose this information for business purposes to administrative service providers, data analytics providers, and internet service providers. Please see our Tracking and Cookies Data section below for more information.

  • Inferences drawn from other personal information, which may include a profile reflecting a person’s preferences, interests, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. We source this information directly or indirectly from you, (e.g., from observing your actions on our Service). We use this information to fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information or for marketing. We do not disclose this information to third parties.

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Your decision to provide any Personal Data is voluntary. However, please note that, if you do not provide certain Personal Data, we may not be able to accomplish some purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and you may not be able to use or access certain parts of our Service.

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Tracking and Cookies Data

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We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include a unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

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We may also work with service providers that use cookies to collect information and to serve advertisements to you across the Internet based on that information.

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  • Google Analytics. To help facilitate the delivery of relevant content, we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies to report on user interactions on our and others' websites. We use the data collected for optimizing marketing, refining advertising and/or programming strategies, and generally improving user experience. For more information about Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data, please visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and instructions on opting out of Google Analytics using a specific plug-in is available at the following link:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Note that this opt-out is specific to Google activities and does not affect the activities of other ad networks or analytics providers that we may use.

  • Facebook Analytics. We also use Facebook Analytics to measure your use of our Service, tailor our Service to your interests, and improve our products and Service. Please note, Facebook can connect this data with your Facebook account and use it for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s Data Policy which can be found at Facebook.com/about/privacy/. Please click here if you would like to withdraw your consent.

 

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The Network Advertising Initiative also offers a means to opt-out of a number of advertising cookies. Please visit www.networkadvertising.org to learn more. The Digital Advertising Alliance also has an opt-out tool available here. Note, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

 

Sources of Data

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We collect Personal Data in the following ways:

  • Directly from you when you enter information on our Service. For example, when you contact us, you provide your first name, last name, email, and phone number.

  • Indirectly from you when you visit our Service. For example, our Service collects information through cookies when you visit our Service. Please see our Tracking and Cookies Data section above for more information.

  • From service providers. For example, we may use service providers who retrieve publicly available information about you and we may combine it with Personal Data we have about you.

 

Use of Data

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Dental Education Studios uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To present our Service and its contents to you.

  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.

  • To provide you with a product or service, such as allowing access to, or delivery of, our products or services, processing or fulfilling an order or transaction, or administering surveys or promotional programs.

  • To provide you with special offers, promotions, surveys and, other information about products, events and services from us, our subsidiaries, affiliates, or non-affiliated third parties, such as sponsors.

  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

  • To notify you about changes to our Service, Terms of Use, or Privacy Policy.

  • To respond to your requests, inquiries, comments or concerns.

  • To provide analysis so that we can improve the Service.

  • To monitor the usage of the Service.

  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

  • For advertising and marketing purposes.

  • To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the data.

  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

  • For any other purpose with your consent.

  • For any other legitimate and lawful business purposes.

 

Transfer of Data

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Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

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Disclosure of Data

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With Your Consent or As Otherwise Disclosed When you Provide the Information

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We may share or disclose Personal Data if you ask, direct, or authorize us to do so. We may also share your Personal Data as disclosed to you when you provide the Personal Data.

 

Affiliates, Strategic Partners, Agents, Other Unaffiliated Parties

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We may share or disclose Personal Data to our affiliates, strategic partners, agents, and other unaffiliated parties. For example, we may contact you with an offer or advertisement related to a product or service that we believe you may be interested in.

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Third Party Service Providers

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We may engage third party service providers to perform services in connection with the operation of our business. Examples of these services include fraud protection, Service evaluation, and data analysis. We provide Personal Data to these third party service providers, but we authorize them to use this information only in connection with the services they perform.

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To Our Subsidiaries and Affiliates

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Reorganization

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In the unlikely event of a direct or indirect reorganization process including, but not limited to, assignments, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, bankruptcies, insolvencies, and sales of all or a part of our assets, we may disclose your Personal Data following completion of such transaction and/or during the assessment process pending transfer. If transferred in such a case, the purchaser will abide by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

Legal Requirements

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Dental Education Studios may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation.

  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Dental Education Studios.

  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.

  • To protect the personal safety, rights, or property of users of the Service or the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

  • To protect against legal liability.

 

Security of Data

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The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. You play a role in protecting your Personal Data as well. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security, and you understand that any information that you transfer to us is done at your own risk. If we learn of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using the Service or providing Personal Data to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Service. We may post a notice via our Service if a security breach occurs. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

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Links to Third Party and External Pages

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Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

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Children's Privacy

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We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children, we take steps to delete that Personal Data.

Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Data, and Opt-out

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You may send us an email at info@masteringorthodontics.com to correct any inaccuracies to any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

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If you do not want to receive email, postal mail, telephone calls or faxes from us, or if you do not want us to share your information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy, please email us at info@masteringorthodontics.com with your request. In your request, please provide us with your name, email and postal addresses, phone or fax numbers.

How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals

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The “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) privacy preference is an option that may be made in some web browsers allowing you to opt-out of tracking by websites and online services. At this time, global standard DNT technology is not yet finalized and not all browsers support DNT. We therefore do not recognize DNT signals and do not respond to them.

Record Retention Policy

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We will maintain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it is collected and in accordance with legal obligations, our record retention policy, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements.

Material Changes To This Privacy Policy

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We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. If we make a material change to the Privacy Policy, we will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. By continuing to use our Service you are agreeing to be bound by any changes or revisions made to this Privacy Policy.

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Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at admin@dentaleducationstudios.com.

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