1. Online Privacy Statement 

This Privacy Statement describes the online information collection and uses practices of the website roedentallab.com and such services, products, and equipment as available through SDD Laboratory, Inc. (collectively “SDD”) and any corporate divisions and business affiliates, as well as what information about you we collect through any SDD Application on third party sites, social network or social media sites operated by Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, etc. (the “Applications”). This Privacy Statement does not in any way describe SDD’s offline information collection and use practices, or the practices SDD employs when collecting information online through means other than the above-listed website or Applications. An example of such additional information collection practices includes, but is not limited to, you as a customer sending ROE an email message. “We” or “us” or “our” or “SDD” or “SDD Dental” refers to roedentallab.com, SDD Laboratory, Inc., and its owners and/or affiliates. SDD is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of our customers.

2.  HIPAA Compliance and Security 

HIPAA rules are set forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and are documented in the Privacy Rule with specific rules regarding the sharing of information between health care providers. Dental laboratories and Dentists are both considered “Health Care Providers” and as such are permitted to share patient information and treatment activities.

Furthermore, according to the ADA, the Privacy Rule states that there is no requirement for a Business Associate Agreement between the dental laboratory and the dental practice. “Protected Health Information”, such as SS #'s, telephone numbers, birth dates, medical records, or information that relates the patient to their name on the work authorization or their relatives is not shared from the dental office to the laboratory. The information shared is only used to identify the materials sent to the laboratory.

The dental office does have the option of using codes rather than names if so desired.

SDD Laboratory maintains a high level of data security on-site and in transit of cases and data between our laboratory and our valued customers.

SDD agrees to amend this Agreement from time to time as is necessary to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Rule and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Public Law 104-191, HIPPA, and HITECH. 

3. Children’s Online Privacy “COPPA” Information 

The following explains our practices with respect to the online collection and use of personal information from children under the age of 13, and provides important information on your rights under federal law with respect to such information:

• We do NOT knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. We screen users who wish to provide personal information in order to prevent users under the age of 13 from providing such information. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of 13, we will immediately delete such information from our records. If we change our collection practices in the future, we will obtain prior, verifiable parental consent before collecting any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.  If at any time we establish or begin providing services on any website that in any way meets the criteria of COPPA we will ensure that full compliance is met in every aspect of COPPA.

• Due to the fact we do NOT collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 we also do NOT knowingly distribute such information to any third parties.

• We do NOT knowingly allow children under the age of 13 to become customers, or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information.

• Due to the fact we do NOT collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, we do NOT condition the participation in any online activities of a child under the age of 13 on providing personally identifiable information. However, even as outlined above we do NOT knowingly allow children under the age of 13 to access and use SDD in general.   

4. Acknowledgment and acceptance of terms

SDD its divisions and affiliates are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement is current as of the updated date listed above and sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website(s) or other designated services or offices.   By accessing SDD sites or services or any affiliates or divisions or using the Applications, you as the end-user viewing this information and/or website acknowledge and fully understand SDD’s Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Statement.

If SDD makes any substantive changes to this Privacy Statement we will announce it on our website and revise the current date listed. If you have provided us with the contact information we will send you a notice to the email address we have on file for you. SDD will not be responsible for inaccurate or outdated email addresses when supplying Privacy Statement updates. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy contact us at the address provided below. Once the changes have been made, your continued use and/or access to the website will constitute your acceptance and consent to the information collection and use practices described in the revised Privacy Statement.

5. Participating in Advertiser and Merchant Policies

smartTechdigitallab.com may contain links to websites owned and operated by unaffiliated third parties. These links are provided as a service to you as a customer and do not constitute SDD’s endorsement or support of the third-party websites or the information or content contained within the third-party websites. Related services and offerings with links from this website have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Unaffiliated third parties who provide information and links through SDD are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy.  However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for and do not endorse the privacy practices or content of those sites.  We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of any advertisers, merchants, and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties. Please contact each third-party provider directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies or the information they require for you to complete any transaction.

6. General Information We Collect and How We Use It

SDD collects certain information from and about its customers, subject to the provisions as outlined in Section 2 above, in the following ways which include but are not limited to: directly from our web server logs and from cookies. Roedentallab.com also collects information volunteered by you in certain areas, including sign-up pages, checkout pages, site registrations, and surveys.  Certain information we request for you to participate in certain features within the website(s) may include but not be limited to personally identifiable information such as name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, as well as “demographic” information such as personal preferences.  We will at all times inform you at the time we collect information on whether the information requested is necessary for you to participate in a particular feature on the website(s).

We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including but not limited to the following:

• To fulfill your service requests
• To respond to legal processes including a court order or comply with federal, state, or local law
• In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of SSD or its affiliates and business divisions

The information collected may also be used to respond to specific requests by you including sending you periodic information and special offers from SDD or its affiliates and our sponsors and/or advertisers, to provide you with updates on offerings and features, to provide you with product information from manufacturers or affiliates, to provide notice of changes to Terms of Use, Privacy Statement and HIPPA/HITECH and to provide our sponsors and advertisers with data about our customers. The information provided by you may also be used to better understand customers’ interests and usage behavior and may be collected and/or combined with information from affiliates of SDD online or offline sources.

• Use of Cookies, Web Server Logs, and other electronic information collection mechanisms.

When you visit our Website(s), we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:

• Your computer’s Internet protocol address or IP address.
• The kind of web browser or computer you use.
• Number and type of links you click within the site.
• The locality includes the state or country from which you accessed the site.
• Date and time of your visit(s).
• Name of your Internet service provider.
• Web page you linked to our site from.
• Pages you viewed on the site.
• Products reviewed, researched, and/or purchased

IP addresses are collected for system administration purposes and for use in studying how people use our site(s) and how SDD can improve the use of the site. SDD may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience.  A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server.  Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.  Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time.  For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.  Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.

SDD may use cookies to identify customers and automatically give them access to previously stored information. ROE may also use cookies to estimate our audience size and usage patterns and to track the aggregate number of customer returns at our website (s).  SDD may also use cookies to simplify certain processes on the website(s) including but not limited to the filing out of certain forms and requests to manufacturers or sponsors in our database.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by changing certain settings of your web browser. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our website.

7. Use of Web Beacons or GIF Files

SDD web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons – sometimes also called single-pixel gifs or gif files – that allow SDD to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services.  SDD reserves the right to include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.

Some of these web beacons may be placed by third-party service providers or Applications to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications.  These web beacons may be used by these third-party service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer.  This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in turn enables us and our third-party service providers to learn which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site.  SDD and its affiliates prohibit web beacons from being used to collect or access any customer personal information.

8. Changes to Privacy Statement 

SDD has the discretion to update this privacy statement at any time.  When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the top of this Privacy page.  We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the information we collect.  If you have provided us with the contact information we will send you a notice to the email address we have on file for you. SDD will not be responsible for inaccurate or outdated email addresses when supplying Privacy Statement updates. Once the changes have been made, your continued use and/or access to the website will constitute your acceptance and consent to the information collection and use practices described in the revised Privacy Statement.

9. Contacting Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement, and/or the general practices of SDD and its affiliates and related Applications, please contact us or send your comments to:

SDD Laboratory, Inc.
Attention:  Privacy Statement Personal
155 Westridge, Suite 211
McDonough, Ga. 30253