Website HIPAA & Healthcare Privacy Notice

Designing Smiles at Mission Hills

Effective Date: January 15, 2026

This page provides a brief overview of how this website aligns with healthcare privacy principles, including those established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

For detailed information about how this website collects, uses, and protects information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.


Scope of This Notice

This notice applies only to information submitted through this website, such as:

  • Online appointment requests
  • Contact forms
  • Digital communications initiated through the site

It does not replace the formal Notice of Privacy Practices provided to patients during in-office care.


Health-Related Information on This Website

You may choose to share limited health-related information when contacting us through this website. Information submitted online is used only to respond to your request or coordinate next steps.

We recommend avoiding the submission of highly sensitive medical details through general website forms unless specifically requested by our office.

Any photos, names, videos, or reviews of real patients used across this website have been used with their verbal and/or written consent.


Relationship to HIPAA

This website is designed to support healthcare privacy standards. Once you become a patient, the handling of your protected health information is governed by our formal Notice of Privacy Practices, available at our office.


Security & Access

Information submitted through this website is accessed only by authorized team members and is protected using reasonable administrative and technical safeguards.

Any third-party services we use (for example, for online appointments, communication, or other digital functions) are verified to be HIPAA compliant and maintain appropriate safeguards for protected health information.


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Contact

If you have questions about this notice, please contact:

Designing Smiles at Mission Hills

194 Francisco Lane, Suite 112, Fremont, CA 94539

Phone: (510) 659-0130