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Cookie Policy

Elaine Halley Dental Practice (“we”, “our”, or “us”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, https://elainehalley.com/ (the “Site”). This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding their usage.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners. Cookies may be “persistent” or “session” cookies.

  • Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser.
  • Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device until they expire or you delete them.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for various purposes:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Site.

  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our Site. These cookies help us understand how users interact with the Site, which pages are visited, and how often, allowing us to improve the user experience. The data collected is aggregated and anonymous.

  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences (e.g., language or region) when you return to our Site.

  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be used to deliver relevant advertisements to you, limit the number of times you see an advertisement, and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

  • Webforms and Other Tracking Technologies: When you submit information via webforms on our Site (e.g., contact forms, appointment booking forms), we may use cookies to remember your information for future use, making your experience more convenient.

3. Google Analytics

Our Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the Site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

4. Your Cookie Choices

You have the right to choose whether to accept or reject cookies:

  • Browser Settings: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and availability of our Site.

  • Managing Cookies: You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by adjusting your browser settings to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. For more information about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

  • Opt-Out Links: You can opt-out of Google Analytics and other similar tracking services by following the instructions provided by the relevant third parties (e.g., Google Analytics opt-out).

5. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us