Dr. Free is committed to excellence in patient care. We believe that thoughtful stewardship, learning and constant reflection on experience improve all we do as we strive to provide the highest quality medical care. That quality of care is extended to our web site and the contents provided therein.

We are very interested in the privacy and safety of our patients and visitors to our web site. This privacy policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard personal information which you may provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our patients' and visitors' needs.

We will post general notices of changes to this policy. Please check back periodically and review this privacy policy to ensure that you still agree with its terms. You will be bound by any subsequent changes in the privacy policy, even if you do not become aware of such changes.


What You Should Know About Information We Send to You
Please remember that information provided by Dr. Free, in the absence of a visit with a health-care professional, must be considered as an educational service only. Any information sent through e-mail should not be relied upon as a medical consultation. Information we may send you by e-mail is not designed to replace your physician's or dentist's independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of a procedure for a given patient.

While we are very interested in providing relevant personal health-care information to patients and/or their physicians, we will not make such information available online.

How We May Use Personal Information You Choose to Provide Us
Dr. Free does not obtain personal information about you when you visit our site, unless you provide us that information voluntarily. Our web site may contain forms through which users may request information or supply feedback to us. In some cases, telephone numbers or return addresses may be required so that we can supply the requested information to you. Please be aware that our forms are NOT encrypted unless otherwise noted. Therefore, people who are actively attempting to intercept web transmissions may be able to read information you send to us. However, we have installed a number of security measures to protect the confidentiality of your personal information.

We will not provide, sell or distribute any personal information received from visitors on web forms or e-mail to any outside organization. However, we may disclose information when legally compelled to do so.


Why We Track Where You Go on Our Web Sites
In order to understand how our web site is being used, we do typical web traffic analyses through which we track which pages are visited and in what order, where users come from and how long users spend on our sites. We never associate such information with the specific identities of users or other personally identifiable information.

This information is used in the aggregate to help us improve our sites and make it more useful to you. We do disclose such aggregate information that does not identify individuals to partners, advertisers and other third parties.


The Use and Security of E-mail
Any comments form is intended for comments relating to the our web site and its design and functionality. The information submitted is reviewed by the webmaster. The comments are used to determine areas of the our web site that need improvement or correction, or to determine new content that should be added. When submitting an e-mail comment to the webmaster, users are asked to provide their name, e-mail address and phone number. This information is voluntary and is not required to submit a comment.

If you ask us a question or would like a response to a comment, the inclusion of an accurate, viable e-mail address is necessary in order for us to respond.

Please be aware that normal e-mail is not encrypted. Active snoopers may be able to read e-mail that we send you or that you send us. If you ask us a question and supply your e-mail address, you are authorizing us to respond to you with an unencrypted e-mail message that may contain private information about you or your question. While we are responsible for the privacy of messages that we store on the network, we cannot be responsible for the privacy of those messages once we have transmitted them to you or to your e-mail provider.


Children's Privacy
Naturally, the safety of children is very important to us. In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Dr. Free does not request, seek or intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Should a child under the age of 13 wish to submit a comment or send an e-mail to Dr. Free without expectation of a response, that child should not fill in any information on the comment form except the comment box. Children under the age of 13 who submit such e-mails or comments should not include their e-mail address, name or other personal information. In the event that we have actual knowledge that we have received an e-mail from a child under the age of 13 that contains personal information provided solely so that we may respond to the e-mail, such information will be discarded 60 days after it is received.


Links to Other Web Sites
In order to provide visitors with greater value, Dr. Free may provide links to various third-party web sites. We are not responsible for the practices employed by web sites linked to or from our web sites nor the information or content contained therein.

Please remember that when you use a link to go from our web site to another web site, our privacy policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other web site, including web sites that have a link on our web site, are subject to that web site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding. These destination links are provided only for your convenience, and as such, you access them at your own risk.


Employee Access, Training and Expectations
All of our employees involved in web development or who otherwise access the data collected on the web site have been fully educated about the our privacy policy, terms and conditions of use and disclaimer. All said employees must abide by our privacy policy, and anyone who violates said policies is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.