Website Privacy Policy

This Website Privacy Policy explains how Athens Area Urology, P.C. collects and uses information when you visit athensareaurology.com. It applies to this website and its online forms. Our Privacy & Nondiscrimination Policy is a separate notice about protected health information and healthcare services.

We collect information you provide through our forms, such as your name, date of birth, phone number, email address, and message. We also receive basic technical information needed to operate the website, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages requested. Please do not send private health information through website forms unless we specifically ask you to do so through a secure method.

We use form submissions to respond to your request and provide support. We use technical information to secure, maintain, and improve the website. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

With your permission, we use Google Tag Manager to load analytics tools that help us understand aggregate website use, including pages visited and how visitors arrive at the site. Analytics cookies are optional and remain off until you select “Allow analytics” in our cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie Preferences link in the footer. Declining analytics does not affect the website’s essential functions.

We use service providers to host and operate the website and to deliver form submissions to us. They may process information only as needed to provide their services, protect the website, or comply with law. We may also disclose information when required by law or to protect the rights, safety, and security of our practice, patients, visitors, or others.

You may decline or withdraw consent for optional analytics cookies through Cookie Preferences. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you. To make a request or ask a privacy question, contact us at [email protected] or (706) 612-9401. We may need to verify your request before responding.

We may update this policy as our website or applicable requirements change. We will post the updated version here and change the “Last updated” date.