Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies we use on smilesonmaintn.com, why we use them, and how you can manage them. This policy complements our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to remember information between visits. They help websites function properly and give site owners information about how their site is used.

We may also use similar technologies such as local storage, session storage, and web beacons. For simplicity, this policy refers to all of these as “cookies.”

2. Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary

These cookies are required for the website to function. They remember things like your preferences during a single visit and keep the patient app secure. You cannot opt out of these without breaking core site functionality.

Analytics (if enabled)

This site is built to support Google Analytics 4, delivered through Google Tag Manager, to understand aggregate usage — which pages are popular, how visitors arrive, whether a call, booking, or contact-form click happened, and how the site performs. It does not collect your name, contact details, or anything about your dental care — only usage events tied to an anonymous browser identifier. Analytics only runs once a Google Analytics property has been configured for this site; until then, this section describes what will run, not what is currently running.

Third-Party Embeds

Some pages embed content from third parties such as Google Maps and YouTube. Those services may set their own cookies when you interact with the embedded content. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.

3. Cookies We Do Not Use

We do not use cookies for:

• Cross-site advertising tracking.
• Selling your information to third parties.
• Collecting protected health information (PHI).

4. Managing Cookies

You have control over cookies at any time. You can:

• Block or delete cookies through your browser settings (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge all support this).
• Use private or incognito browsing mode, which discards cookies when the session ends.
• Install browser extensions that manage tracking (such as Privacy Badger or uBlock Origin).
• Opt out of Google Analytics specifically using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Please note: blocking cookies may affect how parts of this website work — for example, forms may not remember your input between page loads.

5. Do Not Track

Some browsers include a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal. Because there is no consistent industry standard for how sites should respond to DNT, our website does not currently change behavior based on this signal. You can still control cookies directly using the options above.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our site or the cookies we use change. The “Effective date” above will reflect the most recent update.

7. Questions

If you have questions about how we use cookies, contact us at (615) 614-2201 or info@smilesonmaintn.com.