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Mi Smile Family Dental is committed to protecting your privacy. As a dental healthcare provider, we are subject to HIPAA and to Texas state privacy law. This page summarizes your specific rights under each law and explains exactly how to exercise them.
HIPAA — Your Health Information Rights
Applies to: All patients of Mi Smile Family Dental | Federal law | Enforced by: HHS Office for Civil Rights
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Right to Access Your Records
Request a copy of your dental records, X-rays, treatment notes, and billing records. We will provide access within 30 days of your request.
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Right to Amend Your Records
Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete health information in your records. We may deny the request if we did not create the information or if we disagree it is inaccurate.
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Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
Request a list of instances where we have shared your health information outside of treatment, payment, and operations during the previous 6 years.
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Right to Request Restrictions
Ask us to limit how we use or disclose your health information. We are not required to agree to all restrictions, but we must comply if you request we not share information with your health plan for care you paid for out-of-pocket.
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Right to Confidential Communications
Request we contact you only at a specific phone number or address (e.g., not your home address). We will accommodate reasonable requests.
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Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
Receive a printed copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices at any time, even if you initially received it electronically.
To exercise HIPAA rights: contact us at admin@mismile.dental or call 832-779-5522. Complaints can also be filed with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Texas Resident Rights — TDPSA
Applies to: Texas residents | Effective July 1, 2024 (Texas Business & Commerce Code, Ch. 541) | Enforced by: Texas Attorney General | Response deadline: 45 days 45 days
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Right to Access & Confirm
Confirm whether we process your personal data and request a copy of the specific personal data we have collected about you.
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Right to Correct
Request that we correct inaccurate personal data we hold about you, taking into account the nature of the data and our purposes for processing it.
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Right to Delete
Request deletion of personal data you have provided or that we have collected about you. Certain legal exceptions apply (e.g., data required for legal compliance).
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Right to Data Portability
Receive a copy of your personal data in a portable, machine-readable format that allows you to transmit it to another controller.
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Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising & Profiling
Opt out of processing your personal data for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling that produces legal or significant effects. We do not engage in these activities, but your opt-out request is honored upon submission.
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Right Regarding Sensitive Data (Geolocation)
Precise geolocation (within ~1,750 feet) is sensitive data under TDPSA. We only collect it with your explicit prior consent. You may withdraw consent at any time through your browser's site permissions.
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Right Against Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you — deny services, charge higher prices, or provide lower quality — because you exercised your privacy rights.
To exercise Texas rights: email admin@mismile.dental with subject "Texas Privacy Request." Response within 45 days. Appeals denied by us may be referred to the Texas Attorney General.
How to Submit a Privacy Request
You may use any of the following methods. We do not require you to create an account. We will verify your identity using reasonable means before fulfilling your request.
Email (Preferred)
admin@mismile.dental — Include your name, the right you wish to exercise, and your state of residence in the subject line (e.g., "Texas Privacy Request — Delete").
Phone
832-779-5522 — Ask to speak with our Privacy Officer. We are available during regular business hours.
Mi Smile Family Dental, Attn: Privacy Officer, 11834 Airline Drive, Houston, TX 77037