Privacy Policy

Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)

How the practice uses and protects your health information as a patient is governed by our Notice of Privacy Practices, which describes your rights under HIPAA and how to exercise them. Read our Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF). Paper copies are available at the office on request. The rest of this page is about this website only.

What this website collects

This website has no forms and no advertising trackers. It uses Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are helpful (details under “Cookies & analytics” below), and it collects nothing else about you beyond what every web request technically includes. Like virtually all websites, the server that delivers these pages records standard technical logs of each request (the requesting IP address, browser type, and page requested), which the hosting provider retains for security and reliability purposes. We do not use these logs to identify or profile visitors; the hosting provider’s own handling of them is described in its privacy documentation.

Online appointment requests

When you request an appointment online, the “request” buttons on this site open our scheduling portal, operated for the practice by The Dental App, in a new tab at valley-view.thedentalapp.com. Information you enter there, such as your name, contact details, and the type of visit you’d like, goes to the practice’s scheduling system so our team can contact you, and is handled by The Dental App as a service provider to the practice. Please use the portal for scheduling details only and save any health questions for a phone call or your visit. You can always skip the portal entirely and call (303) 254-4484 instead.

What this website does not do

We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not use it for advertising. Patient clinical records are never stored on or transmitted through this website; they live in the practice’s separate, secured clinical systems, where they are protected as required by HIPAA and Colorado law; see our Notice of Privacy Practices above.

Links to other services

Some pages link to services run by other companies, for example our scheduling portal (The Dental App), financing partners (Cherry and CareCredit), and our Instagram, Facebook, and Google profiles. Those sites have their own privacy policies, which apply once you leave this one.

Payment plans page

Our payment plans page shows a calculator and application tools provided by Cherry, our financing partner. When you open that page, your browser loads those tools directly from Cherry, along with a typeface from Google Fonts, and Cherry uses Segment, an analytics service, to measure how its tools are used. Anything you enter there, including a payment plan application, goes to Cherry and is handled under Cherry’s own privacy policy.

Cookies & analytics

This site uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service from Google, to measure how many people visit, which pages they view, and roughly where visitors come from (for example, a Google search). It sets first-party cookies in your browser to tell visits apart and sends the resulting usage data, such as pages viewed, approximate location, and device and browser type, to Google. We have turned off Google signals and ad personalization, so this data is not used for advertising or to build profiles that follow you across other websites, and we do not send Google your name, contact details, or any health information. This site has no marketing or advertising cookies. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, or install Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on; the site works the same either way. If we add other tools, we will update this policy first.

Contact

Questions about privacy may be directed to the practice at office@valleyviewthornton.com, by phone at (303) 254-4484, or in person at 9351 Grant Street, Suite 340, Thornton, CO 80229.

Last updated: November 12, 2026