Privacy Policy

Last updated November 13, 2026

This page explains how this website, tuftsmd.com, is run. It is written in plain language so patients and visitors can understand it.

Charlotte Harbor Surgical
4245 Kings Hwy, Unit A
Port Charlotte, FL 33980
Phone: (941) 391-5102

This website is published by Dr. Matthew Tufts, MD, FACS, as part of Charlotte Harbor Surgical.

This website is not for medical information or emergencies

Please do not send medical information through this website, by email, or by text. Call the office at (941) 391-5102 instead.

If you have a medical emergency, go to the nearest emergency room.

Patient health information that we handle in the office is governed by the practice’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. You can get a copy at the office or by calling (941) 391-5102.

We do not use website contact forms

This website has no contact forms. To request an appointment, call the office. Existing patients can use the patient portal, pay a bill, or book a colonoscopy or EGD consultation through the links we provide. Those services are run by other companies and have their own privacy policies.

Information this website collects

This is a static website. We do not use Google Analytics, advertising pixels, or other audience-measurement tools on these pages. We do not set our own tracking or advertising cookies.

The site is hosted on Cloudflare. Like most websites, the host may collect standard technical information — for example, your IP address, browser type, and the pages requested — to deliver, operate, and protect the site. Cloudflare may also record network errors to help keep the site working. Cloudflare may set a cookie if one is needed for security or to operate the site.

We also include a Google site-verification tag so we can use Google Search Console. That tag is not an advertising or analytics script.

Links to other websites

This website includes links to other sites, including Google Maps (for directions and reviews), the Charlotte Harbor Surgical patient portal (CureMD), the online payment center, online booking for colonoscopy and EGD consultations (Leap Health), and CareCredit. This website also links to the Charlotte Harbor Surgical practice website (charlotteharborsurgical.com) and to our other surgeons’ websites.

Some procedure pages include videos and photos that we host on this website. They are not embedded from YouTube or other video services.

If you follow one of those links, the other site’s privacy policy applies. We do not control how those companies collect or use information.

Questions

If you have questions about this privacy policy, call the office at (941) 391-5102.