Privacy Policy

Educare National Network (“Educare” "Company", “organization”, "we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes how we collect, process, retain, and disclose personal information and data about you and our practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information on our website, www.educareschools.org (“Website”).

This policy applies only to information we collect on our Website.  It does not apply to information collected by:

• Us through any other means, including on any other website operated by Educare or any third party (including our affiliates) that does not link to this policy; or 
• Any third party (including our affiliates), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. By accepting, using, and visiting the Website and by providing information to us, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

We may update this policy from time to time, and we will provide notice of any such changes to the policy as required by law. The date the privacy policy was last updated is identified at the top of the page. Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. 

The Personal Information That We Collect

"Personal Information" is information that identifies, relates to, or describes, directly or indirectly, you as an individual, including, but not limited to, your name, address, email address, or telephone number that you provide to us.

How We Collect Your Personal Information and Other Data

You Provide Information to Us

We collect information about you when you interact with our Website, such as when you send us an email message.

‍Automatically Through Third-Party Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Website so that we can improve it. Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, device and browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising or to identify you personally.  You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or by adjusting your cookie preferences on our Website.  Learn more: Google’s Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

• Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• How Google uses information from sites or apps: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
• Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Browsing Information and Cookies

This Website also uses a browser feature known as a cookie, which assigns a unique identification to your computer.  The information collected from cookies allows us to provide better customer service to you and to improve features of our Website in a variety of ways, including by determining whether you have visited the Website in the past and which pages of our Website you have visited.  

If you are uncomfortable with the idea of your information being used in this way, most computer systems and web browsers offer privacy settings and options, such as disabling cookies.  However, if you opt to utilize the privacy features of your computer system or web browser, you may be unable to obtain certain content or features of the Website.

Information Removal/Opt-Out

You are responsible for keeping your Personal Information current. You may update your Personal Information by sending an email to educare@educarenationalnetwork.org.

We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving certain communications from Educare by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in any promotional email you receive from us and follow the “Unsubscribe” instructions, or contacting us at educare@educarenationalnetwork.org. Please note that such requests may take up to ten (10) days to become effective. You may not opt out of receiving communications regarding your purchases, your dealings with the Website, or technical information about the Website.

How We Use and Disclose Personal Information

Educare and its affiliates may use your Personal Information to present our Website and its contents to you, to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us, to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or to which you consent, provide customer service, update account and profile information, your Website experience, forward promotional emails and postal mail, forward updates and announcements, and communicate with you about the Website, and the products and services of Educare and its affiliates.

• Requested Emails: You authorize Educare and its affiliates to transmit email to you to respond to your questions or use or access of our products or services. In addition, if you have an account or profile or sign up to receive email communications, you agree that Educare is authorized to send you announcements, updates and informational and promotional emails and postal mail from Educare. 
• Service Providers: We may disclose Personal Information to third parties that we may hire to perform services on our behalf. We may share Personal Information and other non-personal information with our service providers, shippers, vendors, advertisers, consultants, franchisees and affiliates for our internal business purposes, Website analysis or administration, communications with users, order payment and fulfillment, order delivery, marketing or similar activities.
• Legal and Safety Reasons: Educare may disclose Personal Information as required by applicable law or as necessary or advisable to: (a) protect Educare’s rights, safety or property or the rights, safety or property of others; (b) respond to your requests for customer service or other information; (c) comply with legal process or cooperate with law enforcement or governmental requests; (d) investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected illegal activities, fraud or potential threats, or exercise legal rights or defend against claims; or (e) comply with or as permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
• Major Transactions: Educare reserves the right to transfer any and all information, including without limitation Personal Information, collected from Website users to an affiliate or third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or disposition of all or any portion of our business or operations, including, without limitation, in connection with bankruptcy or any similar proceedings.

We will not share Personal Information with non-affiliated third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

How We Use Non-Personally Identifiable Information

Educare may combine Personal Information collected through the Website with information available from other sources (such as offline records or publicly available information). We will treat the combined information as Personal Information.

Educare may use and share non-personally identifiable information and aggregated information without restriction. The use and disclosure of such information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy. Additionally, we may take personally identifiable information and de-identify it and share it in a de-identified or aggregated form with third parties to show or analyze site usage, improve our services, improve our user experience, or for similar purposes.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

We use commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures designed to protect your personal data from accidental loss or destruction and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no website, mobile application, system, electronic storage, or online service is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted to, through, using, or in connection with the Services. In particular, email, texts, and chats sent to or from the Website may not be secure, and you should carefully decide what information you send to us via such communications channels. Any transmission of personal data is at your own risk. 

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. You are responsible for taking steps to protect your personal data against unauthorized use, disclosure, and access. 

How We Retain Your Personal Data

We keep the categories of personal data described in this policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or for as otherwise legally permitted or required, such as maintaining the Website, operating our organization, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and for safety, security, and fraud prevention. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain personal data. At the end of the retention period, personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.

Third Party Posts and Links

The Website may include posts by or links to websites operated by affiliates or third parties. Educare endeavors to allow posts or links to reputable organizations; however, because third parties and other sites are not hosted or controlled by us, Educare is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites or third parties, or their content or activities. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third parties and their websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to information that Educare collects through the Website and does not address the privacy or information practices of any third parties or other websites.

Children's and Privacy

Our Website is not intended for, and we do not knowingly collect any personal data from, children under the age of 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal data from a child under 13 years old without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. 

California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA) grants you the right to: know/access the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and, if applicable, sell or share; request deletion; request correction of inaccurate information; opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information; limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information where we use it beyond permitted purposes; and be free from discrimination for exercising these rights. To exercise these rights, submit a request email us at info@startearly.org; you may designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf. We will verify your request and respond within 45 days (or notify you of an extension of up to an additional 45 days) as permitted by law, and we honor browser-based opt-out preference signals (such as Global Privacy Control) where required. California Civil Code §1798.83 (“Shine the Light”) also permits you to request information about our disclosures of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes by sending us an email at educare@educarenationalnetwork.org or by mailing your request to:

Educare Network
808 Conagara Drive, Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68102

When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and what personal information you do not want us to share with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Please note that there is no charge for controlling the sharing of your personal information or for processing this request.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by, and will be construed under, the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law principles. Those who choose to access the Website from locations outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Educare may limit the Website’s availability, in whole or in part, concerning any person, geographic area or jurisdiction, at any time in its sole discretion. Educare may host or store servers and information within or outside the United States.

Contact Information

To exercise your rights or ask questions or comment about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, contact us at: 

Educare Network
808 Conagara Drive, Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68102

Please note that email communications may not be secure. Accordingly, you should not include personal or other sensitive information in your email correspondence to Educare.