Privacy Policy
JT Dental’s Terms and conditions and Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting jtdental.com.au
Please read our terms and conditions and privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
You agree that Your information given to Us is a true and accurate record. You agree to be responsible for all the payment of fees and understand that payment is due at the time of service. Any expenses, costs of disbursements incurred by JT Dental shall be paid by the responsible party listed in the details You have given. You further acknowledge that failure to attend any appointment without notice may result in a fee and a deposit requirement for any future appointments (see below for details). You have read and agree with the privacy statement below. Medical History Forms must be filled out every 12 months as per the Australian Dental Association guidelines. These will be scanned and saved to your patent file digitally. You agree to this process.
Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights
You have the right to health care. You have the right to safe and high quality care. You have the right to respect, dignity and consideration. You have a right to be informed about services, treatment, options and costs in a clear and open way. You have a right to be included in decisions and choices about your care. You have a right to privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. You have a right to comment on your care and to have your concerns addressed.
Changes to your appointment
While we endeavour to provide patients with a courtesy reminder for their appointments, it is ultimately the patient’s responsibility to remember the appointment time. Our practice requires 48 hours notice for changes for all appointments. Failure to give adequate notice may result in a rebooking fee.
Complaints
We pride ourselves with providing the best service possible. However, if for any reason you are dissatisfied with our service, please contact our practice directly on (03) 9795 6776 or email us at [email protected].
Storage and security of your information
We receive and store information you enter on our website or give us in any other way from time to time. You may provide basic contact information such as your name, phone number, address, and email address to enable us to send information or process your product order and we may also collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, change your content or email preferences, respond to a survey, or communicate with our customer support.
We may use personal information collected from you for the purpose of providing you with direct marketing material, updates regarding our website and information in the form of a newsletter. This will only apply if you have registered or subscribed to such publications by registering your details with us. However, if you wish to cease receiving any such information you may let us know either by email or unsubscribing at any time and your request will be actioned immediately.
Individual profile and JT Dental details are not used for any other purpose. Details are only supplied to a third party supplier when it is required by law, for goods or services which you have purchased or to protect our copyright, trademarks and other legal rights.
We respect the privacy of our online visitors. We may collect information on or through this website that can personally identify you. For example, we collect personally identifiable information which you volunteer to us to respond to visitor questions and comments about us and our products and services, and to mail e-newsletters (Personal Data).
We will use all reasonable means to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Data while in our possession or control. We will not knowingly share any of your Personal Data with any third party other than our service providers who assist us in providing the information and/or services we are providing to you. To the extent that we do share your personal information with a service provider, we would only do so if that party has agreed to comply with our privacy standards as described in this privacy policy. Some of our service providers may be overseas and may not be subject to Australian Privacy Laws. Please contact us if you require specific details.
Any non-personal information, communications and material you send to this website or to us by email, or which we obtain from third parties without promises of confidentiality, may be kept, used and disclosed by us on a non-confidential basis. We are free to use and reproduce any such information freely, and for any purpose whatsoever. Specifically, we will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose, including developing, manufacturing or marketing products.
Disclosure of your information
We may from time to time need to disclose certain information, which may include your Personal Data, to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request. Also, we may use your Personal Data to protect the rights, property or safety of JT Dental, our customers or third parties.
If there is a change of control in one of our businesses (whether by merger, sale, transfer of assets or otherwise) customer information, which may include your Personal Data, could be disclosed to a potential purchaser under a confidentiality agreement. We would only disclose your information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances.
Third Parties
We do not and will not sell or deal in personal or customer information. We will never disclose your personal details to a third party except the necessary information required by providers of products or services you have purchased or to protect the rights, property or safety of JT Dental, our customers or third parties or if required by law.
We may however use in a general sense without any reference to your name, your information to create marketing statistics, identify user demands and to assist it in meeting customer needs generally. In addition, we may use the information that you provide to improve our website and services but not for any other use.
Security
We strive to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our website, and we periodically update our security measures in light of current technologies.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
On our website, we run several third-party services and use cookies to optimise your browsing experience.
We use cookies to understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyse our web traffic. We do not have access to the information collected by Google apart from what is displayed in our Google Analytics portal.
The data collected by Google Analytics do not contain any personally identifiable information. However, if you’re signed in to Google, they may collect information linked to your account.
Google may also collect information relating to your:
- browsing device;
- location;
- operating system.
Please read Google’s Privacy Policy for more information on how your data is collected and used: https://policies.google.com/privacy
To opt out of Google’s data collection, you may also set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our services.
Contact Form
When you reach out to us via our contact form across our site, you agree to provide us with your name, telephone number, and/or email address which may be stored on our email servers until removed. By submitting an enquiry through our contact form, you agree for us to communicate with you at a later time.
Live Chat
Our Live Chat module is provided by Facebook, a chat platform that connects users with the support team for JT Dental.
We are collecting names and telephone numbers only with the consent of the users, in order to start the chat and follow up on the enquiry. The messages and data exchanged are stored within the Facebook application. For more information, please refer to their Privacy Policy: https://www.tidio.com/en/privacy-policy/
JT Dental is not making use of these messages or data other than to follow up on users’ registered issues or inquiries. Your personal data will be processed and transmitted in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Changes in our privacy policy
If you have any questions or concerns at any time about our privacy policy and terms and conditions or the use of your personal information, please contact us at [email protected] and we will endeavour to respond within 72 hours.
This policy was last updated in March 2023.