Privacy Policy

SMS Messaging Privacy Policy
Updated: January 08, 2026

Anthony Bartels, DDS ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This SMS Messaging Privacy Policy ("Policy") governs how we collect and use information about you in relation to our text messaging program(s) (the "Messaging Service").

By using the Messaging Service, you agree to the terms of this Policy. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify or change this Policy at any time with or without prior notice to you. The date of the last update will be posted at the top of this Policy for your convenience. This Policy, and any changes, are effective as soon as posted and supersede any prior Policies. Your continued use of the Messaging Service following the posting of any changes to the Policy constitutes your full acceptance of those changes.

Collection of Information
Through your use of the Messaging Service, we will receive Personal Information through our third-party service provider. "Personal Information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your mobile phone number you provided when signing up for the Messaging Service, any user or screen name that you select in connection with the Messaging Service, any comments or feedback regarding the Messaging Service that you send to us, or any other information that you choose to include in messages you send through the Messaging Service.

When you send messages via the Messaging Service, we will also collect your messaging history and any information included in those messages. We may also collect Personal Information about you using cookies or similar technologies. Cookies enable personalization of your experience on the Messaging Service (e.g., sending you personalized text messages such as shopping cart reminders).

If you participate in a contest, sweepstakes, research study, or email survey associated with the Messaging Service, we will collect basic contact information and any other information you choose to provide. We will also collect your contact information if you contact us with questions about the Messaging Service or for customer service.

Use of Information
We use Personal Information to deliver, analyze, maintain and support the Messaging Service. We may also use Personal Information to enhance the Messaging Service features and customize and personalize your experiences on the Messaging Service.

Sharing of Information
We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to other companies or individuals unless we have your consent. We may use or disclose Personal Information in any of the following limited circumstances:

We have your consent.
We need to enforce our Terms of Service.
We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing Personal Information on our behalf or providing the Messaging Service to you. This is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures. If the third party fails to comply with our terms, Anthony Bartels, DDS is not accountable in any way for any liability or reimbursement.
We provide Personal Information to a company controlled by, or under common control with, Anthony Bartels, DDS for any purpose permitted by this Policy.
We transfer Personal Information about you if Anthony Bartels, DDS is, or its assets are, acquired by or merged with another company.
We believe disclosure of Personal Information is necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law, legal processes, respond to requests from public and government authorities, enforce a contract with us, protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or allow us to pursue available remedies.
From time to time, we may share aggregate or de-identified information about use of the Messaging Service with any third party, including advertisers, promotional partners, and sponsors. No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Protection of Information
Anthony Bartels, DDS takes precautions to ensure the security of your Personal Information, including ensuring that our third-party service providers protect its security. However, we cannot guarantee that hackers or unauthorized personnel will not gain access to your Personal Information despite our efforts. You should note that in using the Messaging Service, your information will travel through third-party infrastructures which are not under our control.

Children
The Messaging Service is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. Children aged 13 or older should not submit any Personal Information without the permission of their parents or guardians.

Retention of Information
We retain your Personal Information for as long as you participate in the Messaging Service or as needed to comply with applicable legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Questions or Concerns?
If you have any additional questions regarding this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time at cfo@bartelsfamilydentistry.com or +1 870-932-9911.

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for this website. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this web site. It will notify you of the following:

  • What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
  • What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
  • The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
  • How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the contact form on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

Please do not use our contact form to email us confidential information. While we will not disclose this information to anyone, it could possibly be intercepted by unauthorized entities.

Cookies

We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately.