Our Privacy Policy

Our Policy
Information We Collect
Cookies
Embedded Content
How Long We Retain Data
Your Rights
Data Destination

Last updated: 17th November 2025

AllSmiles Dental Clinic is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

Our website address is: https://allsmiles.ng

1. Information We Collect

a. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent. This helps us prevent spam.

An anonymised string created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy can be found at: https://automattic.com/privacy Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

b. Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data. Other visitors can download and extract location data from images posted on the website.

2. Cookies

a. Comment Convenience Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. These cookies make it easier for you when leaving future comments and remain for one year.

b. Login Cookies

If you visit the login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and disappears when you close your browser.

When you log in, several cookies are created to store your login details and display preferences.
Login cookies last for two days and display settings cookies last for one year.
If you select Remember Me, your login will remain active for two weeks.
Logging out removes the login cookies.

c. Editing Cookies

If you edit or publish a page or article, an extra cookie is placed in your browser. It contains no personal information and only stores the ID of the post you edited. It expires after one day.

3. Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, track your interactions, and monitor your activity if you are logged in to their platform.

4. How Long We Retain Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This helps us recognise and approve follow up comments automatically.

For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their profile.
Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username.
Website administrators can also access and update this information.

5. Your Rights

If you have an account on our website or have left comments, you may request:

An exported file of the personal data we have about you.

The deletion of any personal data we hold about you.

This does not include information we must retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

6. Data Destination

Visitor comments may be checked using an automated spam detection service.