SDS Privacy Policy
Summit Dental Systems (hereafter referred to as “SDS”) respects your privacy and rights as a data subject. This privacy notice explains how SDS collects, manages, and protects your personal data. In general, you can visit us on the website without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information.
Types of Information Collected and Purposes
SDS uses personal information in order to understand your needs and interests better with the goal of providing you with the best possible service. Personal Information is information that is associated with your name or personal identity. You can be guaranteed, once you choose to provide us with your personal information, that it will be only used as a support to your relationship with SDS. SDS assures you not to sell, rent, or lease your personal information to others.
On our website, you can request quotes, technical assistance, information, and send electronic messages to us via chats or forms. The types of personal information you provide to us on these pages may include name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and contact preferences.
SDS uses your personal information to provide you with services and to help us better understand your needs and interests. Actions such as communicating with you, providing quotes, service providing, and updating you on services and benefits are examples of what your information is used for. In the events of market research regarding our products and/or services, your information may be occasionally used. We will give you the opportunity to choose your privacy preferences regarding such communications (“Your privacy preferences and opting out”). You may also have the right to object to the use of personal data for marketing purposes.
Non-Personal Information is data about usage and service operation that is not associated with a specific personal identity. SDS collects and analyzes non-personal information to evaluate how visitors use our website. Non-personal data we collect may include information such as pages visited on the SDS website, unique URLs visited within www.summitdental.com, browser type, and IP address.
Non-personal data is collected with the purpose of reporting about the SDS website usability, performance, and effectiveness as well as to improve the customer experience and site content.
Information Sharing
SDS will not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to others. SDS will not share your personal information with third parties except in responding to your requests for products or services. SDS shares customer information with companies working on our behalf, but only as described above in “How we use your information.”
SDS contracts with third-party service providers and suppliers to deliver our products, services and customer solutions described in “How we use your information.” Information received on behalf of SDS must be kept confidential by suppliers and service providers and may not be used for any other purpose than to deliver the services they provide to SDS. In order to better serve our customers, we may change or contract with additional service providers. SDS will not share your personal information with any other third party without your permission, unless required by law enforcement, subpoena, or court order.
It is possible for SDS to merge with another business entity or to be acquired by another business entity, or some or all their respective assets may be acquired. If such a combination or acquisition occurs, SDS will make every reasonable effort to notify you in the event we share with the merging or acquiring entity some or all your personal information to continue serving you.
Information Security
SDS is committed to protecting the information you provide us. The information collected by SDS is safeguarded by appropriate physical and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure, maintain data accuracy, and ensure its appropriate use.
Information Choices
At SDS, a choice is given to you of obtaining a diversity of information that complements your services and products. You have the option to subscribe and receive certain information and communications. Examples of such communications may include special offers, new product announcements, or an invitation to participate in market research. We give you a choice regarding delivery of our communications. Specifically, you will be given the option to ‘opt out’ of any communication that you receive from SDS at any time. We will make every effort to honor your preferences. This option does not apply to communications for the purpose of administering order completion, contracts, and customer service.
Links to Non-SDS Websites
SDS does not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. Our website provides links to third-party websites for your convenience and information such as upholstery or laminate custom colors. If you access those links, you will leave the SDS website and SDS does not control those sites or their privacy practices.
Changes or Updates
IF SDS makes any changes to the SDS Privacy Policy, those changes will be posted in this document with a revision date.
Contact Us
As always, we strive to offer paramount customer service and we value your opinions. If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please email us at sales@summitdental.com
Revised January 2023