What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function properly, remember your preferences, and understand how visitors interact with the content. Similar technologies — such as pixels, tags, and local storage — may be used for the same purposes, and references to “cookies” in this policy include those technologies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to operate and secure our website, remember your preferences, analyze how the site is used, and improve your overall experience. Where required, we only place non-essential cookies after you have given consent.
Categories of Cookies We Use
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, filling in forms, or navigating the site. This includes security and performance services provided by our hosting and content-delivery provider, Cloudflare.
- Analytics & Performance Cookies: These help us understand how visitors find and use our website by collecting information such as pages visited, time on site, and referral source. We use Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for this purpose. The information is used in aggregate to improve site content and performance.
- Marketing Cookies: These may be used to measure the effectiveness of our promotions or to support advertising. They are only set with your consent. If marketing cookies are not active on the site, this category may not apply.
- Third-Party / Functional Cookies: Third-party features embedded on our site — such as the website translation tool, the accessibility widget, embedded maps, and patient-review displays — may set their own cookies governed by those providers’ privacy policies.
Specific Tools We Use
- Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager: Used to measure and report website traffic and usage patterns. See Google’s Privacy Policy for details on how Google processes data.
- Cloudflare: Provides website security, performance optimization, and privacy-focused traffic analytics.
- GTranslate: Powers the on-site language translation feature.
- UserWay: Provides accessibility assistance tools for visitors.
- Trustindex: Displays patient reviews and ratings on the site.
Your Choices and Managing Consent
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner that lets you accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by [reopening the cookie settings via the “Cookie Settings” link / button — INSERT LOCATION].
You can also control cookies through your browser settings, including deleting existing cookies or blocking new ones. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how the website functions.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our practices. The latest version will always be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact
Belgrave Family Dental Center
6011 Pacific Blvd #120, Huntington Park, CA 90255
Phone: +1 (323) 584-6777
Email: belgrave6011@gmail.com
