Cookie Policy
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This policy explains how Gold House Dental uses cookies and similar technologies on this website, what each type does, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our privacy policy.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. It lets the site remember something between pages, or between visits, for example that you chose the dark theme or that you already dismissed a notice. Similar technologies such as local storage work the same way and are covered by this policy.
Cookies we use
Strictly necessary
These keep the site working and cannot be switched off from within the site. They remember your language, your light or dark theme preference and your cookie choice itself, and they protect our forms from automated abuse. Without them, pages would not display correctly and appointment requests could not be submitted.
Analytics
These help us understand which pages are read, how visitors arrive and where they leave, so that we can improve the site. The reports we see are aggregated and do not identify individual patients. Where consent is required, these cookies are only set after you accept.
Functional
These remember smaller choices, such as whether you have already seen an announcement, so the same message is not shown on every visit.
Third-party services
Some pages embed content from other providers, for example a map showing the way to our offices, or the spam-protection service on our forms. Those providers may set their own cookies and follow their own privacy policies, which we do not control. We keep embedded services to the minimum we need.
What we do not do
We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles, we do not sell information gathered through cookies, and we never store dental records or health information in a cookie.
Managing your choices
Use the cookie notice on this site to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored on your own device, and you can reopen the notice from the link in the footer.
Every major browser lets you view, block or delete cookies from its settings, either for all sites or one site at a time.
You can browse in a private window, which clears cookies when the window is closed.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies will stop parts of the site from working, for example the language and theme settings and the appointment form.
How long cookies last
Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Preference cookies usually last up to twelve months, so your settings survive between visits. Analytics identifiers expire on the schedule set by the analytics provider.
Do Not Track
Browsers differ in how they send a Do Not Track signal, and there is no agreed standard for answering it. Rather than rely on that signal, we ask for your choice directly through the cookie notice and respect the answer you give.
Updates
If we add or remove a service that sets cookies, we will update this page, and where the change affects consent we will ask again through the cookie notice. Questions can be sent through our contact page.