Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 12, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to The Nerdy Dentist ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, nerdydent.com (the "Site"), and use our services, which include dental consultation bookings, our dental blog, and our dental FAQs.

Our operations are based in Nigeria, and this policy is designed to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using our Site and services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our services. The types of personal data we may collect include:

Personal Identification Information: Your full name, email address, and phone number.
Location Data: General location information you may provide.
Sensitive Health Information: Medical and dental health information, history, and any related details you provide when booking a consultation or making an inquiry. This information is treated with the highest level of confidentiality.

We collect this information in the following ways:

When you book a dental consultation through our online forms.
When you submit an inquiry through our contact forms or chat feature.
When you comment on or interact with our blog posts or FAQ submissions.
When you submit a review or testimonial.
When you subscribe to our mailing list or newsletter.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To Provide and Manage Services: To schedule and manage your dental consultation appointments, and to provide you with the information and care you request.
To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, questions, and comments, and to provide customer support.
To Improve Our Website: To understand how our users interact with our blog and FAQs, helping us to improve our content and user experience.
For Marketing and Promotional Purposes: To send you newsletters, updates, and other information about our services, only if you have opted-in to receive such communications. You may opt-out at any time.
To Maintain Records: For internal record-keeping and administrative purposes, in compliance with professional and legal obligations for maintaining patient/client records.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We value your privacy. We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise share your personal information with any third parties for their marketing or other purposes. Your data is used exclusively for the purposes of providing our services to you as outlined in this policy.

5. Data Retention

We retain the personal data we collect for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to provide our services, to resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable legal and professional record-keeping obligations. Health-related information, in particular, may be retained for extended periods as required by healthcare regulations.

6. Data Security

We implement a variety of administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. We are committed to protecting your data from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website, nerdydent.com, uses only essential session cookies. These cookies are necessary for the Site to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences or filling in forms. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. As we only use essential cookies, a cookie consent banner is not implemented on our Site.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

As a user based in Nigeria, you have certain rights under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA). These rights include:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your 2personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@nerdydent.com.

9. International Data Transfers

All information you provide to us is stored and processed within Nigeria. We do not transfer your personal data to countries outside of Nigeria.

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please do not hesitate to contact us:

The Nerdy Dentist

Address: Lagos, Nigeria

Email: info@nerdydent.com

Website: nerdydent.com