The Prentice School Privacy Notice and Website Terms

Effective date: November 10, 2026

The Prentice School values the trust families, students, alumni, professionals, donors, and community members place in us. This notice describes how we handle information collected through our public website, online forms, digital advertising, and related online communications. It also explains the conditions that apply when using our website.

The Prentice School is a nonprofit independent school located at 18341 Lassen Drive, North Tustin, California 92705. Student education records maintained after enrollment are governed separately by our student-records practices and applicable law.

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We never sell your information

Prentice does not sell or rent personal information.

Learning needs stay confidential

Diagnoses, evaluations, IEPs, and 504 Plans are seen only by authorized Prentice personnel.

Sensitive records stay out of ads   

We do not send student records or learning-needs information to advertising or social media platforms.

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Privacy Notice

1. Information covered by this notice

This notice applies to information collected through:

  • The Prentice School website
  • Inquiry, admissions, tour, event, and contact forms
  • Facebook and Instagram lead forms connected to Prentice advertisements
  • Email and other online communications with the school
  • Online giving, alumni, and community-engagement pages

It does not govern the independent privacy practices of third-party websites or services that may be linked from our website.

2. Information we may collect

We collect information that you provide and limited information collected automatically when you use our website.

Information you provide

Depending on how you interact with Prentice, you may provide:

  • Your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, or relationship to a student
  • Information needed to answer an inquiry or schedule a tour, meeting, or event
  • A student's name, age, grade level, current school setting, and anticipated enrollment year
  • Admissions materials, including report cards, evaluations, IEPs or 504 Plans, teacher feedback, and related records
  • Information about a student's learning profile, academic strengths and needs, diagnoses, accommodations, or services
  • Alumni, volunteer, event-registration, or donation information
  • Any other information you include in a form, email, telephone call, or message to the school

When more detailed records are needed for admissions review, Prentice will explain what to submit and how to submit it.

Information collected automatically

Our website and authorized service providers may collect limited technical and usage information, such as:

  • IP address and approximate location, such as city or region
  • Browser, device, and operating-system information
  • Cookie or advertising identifiers
  • Referring website or advertising source
  • Pages viewed and interactions with website features
  • Date, time, and general duration of a visit

3. How we use information

Prentice may use information to:

  • Respond to questions and provide requested information
  • Evaluate whether the school may be an appropriate fit for a prospective student
  • Schedule tours, consultations, student visits, and admissions activities
  • Process applications, enrollment, and related school records
  • Register participants for workshops, professional events, and community programs
  • Communicate with current families, alumni, donors, professionals, and community members
  • Send school news, event invitations, and admissions information, subject to available opt-out choices
  • Process and acknowledge donations or other requested transactions
  • Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve our website and online services
  • Measure the effectiveness of school communications and advertising
  • Protect the safety, rights, and property of students, families, employees, and the school community
  • Meet legal, regulatory, accounting, and recordkeeping obligations

Prentice does not sell or rent personal information.

4. Information about a child's learning needs

Information concerning a child's evaluation, diagnosis, IEP, 504 Plan, accommodations, or learning needs is treated as confidential. Access is limited to authorized Prentice personnel and service providers who need the information to support admissions, enrollment, school operations, legal obligations, or information security.

Prentice does not send the contents of admissions forms, evaluations, IEPs, 504 Plans, diagnoses, or other sensitive student records to advertising or social media platforms.

5. Social media inquiries and advertising

Prentice may advertise on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. If you submit a lead form within one of these platforms, Prentice receives the information you choose to enter. Our social media lead forms are intended to collect general contact and enrollment-interest information and are not intended for diagnoses, evaluations, IEPs, or detailed learning records.

Meta and other social media companies process information about use of their platforms under their own privacy policies. Their practices are not controlled by Prentice.

6. Cookies, analytics, and advertising technology

Prentice may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website activity, and measure outreach. Depending on our current website configuration, these tools may include services such as Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel.

These services may receive technical information about a browser or device and general interactions with our public website. They are not authorized to receive sensitive student records or the contents of admissions forms.

You may limit or delete cookies through your browser settings and adjust advertising preferences through the applicable Google, Facebook, or Instagram account settings. Blocking cookies may affect some website features. Where a cookie-preference tool is available, visitors may use it to manage nonessential cookies.

Our website does not currently respond to browser-based "Do Not Track" signals. Other privacy preference signals will be handled as required by applicable law and supported by our website technology.

7. When information may be disclosed

Prentice may disclose information in the following circumstances:

  • Authorized service providers: organizations that support website hosting, admissions, enrollment, communications, analytics, payment processing, security, or other school operations
  • Legal or safety needs: when disclosure is required by law, legal process, or reasonably necessary to protect a person, the school, or the community
  • Organizational changes: as part of a lawful reorganization, transfer, or similar institutional transaction, subject to appropriate protections
  • With permission: when a parent, guardian, or other authorized person directs or agrees to the disclosure

Service providers are expected to handle information only for authorized purposes and to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security protections.

8. Children's privacy

Our public website and advertising are directed to parents, guardians, professionals, and other adults. Prentice may collect information about a child when it is provided by a parent or guardian for inquiry, admissions, enrollment, or school-related purposes.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly online from children under 13 through our public website or advertising. If you believe a child under 13 submitted personal information directly without appropriate parental involvement, please contact us so we can review the situation and delete the information when appropriate.

9. Security and retention

Prentice uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards intended to protect personal information. No website, electronic storage system, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this notice, to maintain appropriate admissions and enrollment records, and to satisfy legal, safety, accounting, and operational requirements. Retention periods vary by record type. Information may remain temporarily in secure backups after it is removed from active systems.

10. Your communication and information choices

You may:

  • Unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link in the message
  • Adjust browser cookies and platform advertising preferences
  • Ask us to review or correct information you provided
  • Request deletion of information you provided, subject to legal, safety, recordkeeping, backup, and operational requirements

Prentice may continue to send non-promotional communications needed to respond to a request or administer an application, registration, donation, enrollment, or school relationship.

11. Links and third-party services

Our website may link to external websites, forms, payment processors, scheduling services, social networks, or other online platforms. A link does not mean Prentice controls or endorses the external service's privacy or security practices. Please review the applicable provider's terms and privacy notice before submitting information.

12. Updates to this notice

Prentice may revise this notice as our practices, technology, or legal obligations change. The current version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. If a change materially affects how previously collected information is used, we will provide additional notice when reasonably appropriate.

Website Terms of Use

1. Acceptance and permitted use

By using the Prentice website, you agree to these Website Terms. The website is provided for general information, school communications, and access to Prentice programs and services.

You may view, download, or print reasonable portions of the website for personal, educational, and noncommercial use. Any copyright, trademark, or ownership notices must remain intact.

2. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, the website's text, graphics, photographs, videos, logos, designs, downloads, and other content belong to Prentice or are used with permission. They are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws.

You may not reproduce, republish, sell, systematically download, modify, distribute, or commercially exploit substantial portions of the website without written authorization from Prentice. The Prentice name, logo, and related marks may not be used in a way that suggests endorsement or affiliation without permission.

3. Appropriate use of the website

You agree not to:

  • Use the website for an unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or harmful purpose
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, records, or restricted areas
  • Interfere with the website's availability, security, or operation
  • Introduce malware, automated attacks, or other harmful code
  • Harvest contact information or systematically extract website data
  • Submit content that is threatening, defamatory, discriminatory, obscene, infringing, or otherwise unlawful
  • Impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with an individual or organization

Prentice may restrict access or take other appropriate action when it reasonably believes these terms have been violated.

4. Website information

Prentice works to keep website information accurate and current. School programs, schedules, tuition, fees, admissions practices, staffing, events, and other information may change. The website does not create an enrollment contract, guarantee admission, reserve a space, or replace official school documents and agreements.

Please contact the school directly to confirm information that may affect an application, enrollment decision, payment, or event registration.

5. Electronic communications

Messages sent through website forms or ordinary email may not always be secure. Do not send Social Security numbers, financial-account credentials, or sensitive student records through a general contact form or unencrypted email.

6. External websites

Prentice is not responsible for the availability, content, accuracy, security, or practices of third-party websites linked from our site. Access to an external website is at the visitor's discretion and is governed by that provider's terms.

7. Online donations and payments

Donations and certain school payments may be processed by a third-party payment provider. Additional terms may apply to those transactions. If you believe a donation or payment was made in error, contact Prentice promptly so the school can review the request in accordance with its financial procedures and applicable law.

8. Website availability and disclaimers

The website is provided on an "as available" basis. Prentice does not promise that every feature will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, or free from harmful components. To the extent permitted by law, Prentice disclaims warranties arising solely from use of the public website.

9. Changes to these terms

Prentice may update these Website Terms or modify the website when reasonably necessary. Continued use of the website after revised terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Contact us

Questions about this notice, the website, or information you have provided may be directed to:

The Prentice School
18341 Lassen Drive
North Tustin, CA 92705

Phone: (714) 538-4511
Email: prenticeschool@prentice.org