LAST MODIFIED: February 12, 2026

Early Learning Ventures, a Colorado nonprofit corporation and ELV Alliance, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) explains how we collect, use, share, and safeguard information across all Company digital platforms, including websites, mobile applications, and any other related online and offline services (“Company Platforms” or “Company Services”). This Policy is an integral part of the terms of use that apply generally to the access and use the Company Platforms (the “Terms of Use”) found at LINK.  By using or accessing the Company Platforms, you agree to this Policy and the Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE OF THE COMPANY PLATFORMS.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may ask you for, or you may voluntarily submit, personally identifiable information (“PII”) when you are accessing or otherwise using the Company Platforms.

We collect information you provide directly to us, and information collected automatically through your use of the Company Platforms. We only request information that is reasonably necessary to provide services or address your request.

The following chart describes those categories and identifies which categories we have collected during the past 12 months.

We may collect information, including, but not limited to, PII, through the Company Platforms, in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Company Platforms (messaging and data rates may apply). Submitting an email address constitutes consent to receive Company communications, including marketing emails, which you may opt out of at any time. For Canadian residents, opt-in consent is not a condition of any transaction.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY (COPPA NOTICE)

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) requires us to inform parents and legal guardians (as used in this section “parents”) about our practice for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information from any users under the age of 13 (“child” or “children”). It also requires us to obtain verifiable consent from a child’s parent for certain collection, use, and disclosure of the child’s personal information. This section only applies to children under the age of 13 and supplements the other provisions of this Policy.

Any child-related data processed through Company Platforms must be submitted only by authorized adults (e.g., providers or parents).  Users agree to comply with all applicable child privacy laws when entering or managing child data.

The Company does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. Any information relating to a child must be provided by a parent or authorized provider. Parents may review, update, or request deletion of a child’s information by contacting us.

NON-PERSONAL OR AGGREGATE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

When you access the Company Platforms, we may automatically collect non-PII from you. We may also aggregate demographic information collected from our users in a manner that does not identify any one individual to fulfill purposes such as tracking user growth and donation activity. We may also aggregate information collected offline, obtain non-personally identifiable information from third party sources, and develop aggregate information by anonymizing previously collected PII.

When you access Company Platforms, we may automatically collect:

•  IP address

•  Browser type and version

•  Device and system information

•  Referring URLs

•  Cookie identifiers

•  Usage paths and interaction data

•  We use this information to:

•  Improve platform performance

•  Maintain security and stability

•  Diagnose technical issues

•  Analyze usage trends

(This data is not used to personally identify you unless required for security or legal purposes.)

Any PII we do collect, use, or store is done so in accordance with this Policy. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected your PII, please contact us.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use PII to:

•  Provide support and improve Company Services

•  Process payments and verify transactions

•  Communicate with you about your account or services

•  Improve platform functionality and user experience

•  Prevent fraud and enhance security

•  Comply with legal obligations

•  Enforce our Terms of Use

We may also retain correspondence (emails, letters, support requests) to improve service quality and maintain accurate records.

Non-PII or aggregate information may be used by us for any purposes permitted by law and may be shared with any number of parties, provided that such information shall not specifically identify you.

COOKIES, ANALYTICS, AND TRACKING

We may use cookies, JavaScript, and similar technologies for functionality, analytics, and customization. Third-party service providers, including analytics providers such as Google Analytics, may also set cookies. You may manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.

HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

We do not sell your PII. We share PII only as necessary to:

•  Process payments (e.g., payment processors, banks)

•  Provide Company Services

•  Verify identity or prevent fraud

•  Comply with federal, state, or local legal requirements

•  Enforce agreements or protect Company’s rights

•  Support your organization’s use of Company Platforms

SCRUBBED AND DE‑IDENTIFIED DATA

Company may create and use scrubbed, de‑identified, or aggregated data derived from information processed through Company Platforms. This data does not identify any individual and cannot reasonably be used to re‑identify a person. Company may use such scrubbed data to:

•  Improve or develop Company Services

•  Conduct analytics, reporting, and research

•  Support operational planning and quality improvement

•  Enhance security and system performance

(Company may share scrubbed or aggregated data with partners, researchers, or service providers.
All such data is handled in accordance with applicable laws and industry standards for de‑identification.)

YOUR CHOICES

Providing PII is voluntary; however, certain Company Services (such as payments or account access) cannot function without required information. You may choose not to provide optional information, but doing so may limit your ability to use certain features.

DATA SECURITY

We use industry‑standard safeguards to protect your information, including:

•  Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption

•  Encrypted data storage (in transit and at rest)

•  Strict access controls for employees

•  Automatic session timeouts

•  System audit logs

(Only authorized personnel may access PII, and solely for legitimate business purposes.)

THIRD‑PARTY WEBSITES

Company Platforms may contain links to third‑party websites. These sites have their own privacy policies, and Company is not responsible for their practices or content. You should review third‑party policies before providing personal information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes apply to information collected after the effective date unless otherwise required by law. Updates will be posted on Company Platforms. Your continued use of Company Platforms after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

RETENTION OF INFORMATION

If you stop using Company Services, this Privacy Policy continues to apply. We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When information is no longer required, it is securely deleted or anonymized. The Company will not attempt to re-identify de-identified or aggregate data and will prohibit recipients from doing so.

HIPAA COMPLIANCE STATEMENT

To the extent Company Platforms are used to store or transmit Protected Health Information (“PHI”), Company complies with applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). This includes:

•  Encryption of PHI in transit and at rest

•  Unique user logins

•  Automatic logout after inactivity

•  Audit logs available upon request

•  Employee training on PHI protection

To the extent the Company acts as a “business associate” under HIPAA, it will comply with applicable requirements and any executed Business Associate Agreements. This Policy does not create obligations beyond those required by law.

STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request to membership@earlylearningventures.org. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering the statutory opt-out requirements. Several other states (including, but not limited to: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia) have enacted state privacy laws to provide their state residents with rights such as:

•  Confirm whether we process their personal information;

•  Access and delete certain personal information;

•  Data portability;

•  Opt-out of personal data processing for sales; and

•  Either limit or require consent to process sensitive personal data.

The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. To exercise any of these rights, please email membership@earlylearningventures.org. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH COMPANY PROCESSING AGENTS

By providing your contact information to us (including, but not limited to, your name, email address, physical address, and phone number) (collectively “Contact Information”) to us, you expressly consent to receive communications from us. We may use your Contact Information to communicate with you, to send information that you have requested or to send information about other products or services developed or provided by us or our business partners, provided that, we will not give your Contact Information to another party to promote their products or services directly to you without your consent or as set forth in this Policy. By using the Website, you expressly consent to receive in-product communications from us. By providing your phone number to us, you expressly consent to receive phone calls and/or text messages from us. MESSAGE AND DATA RATES MAY APPLY. We will not give your phone number to another party to promote their products or services directly to you without your consent or as set forth in this Policy. You are solely responsible for any carrier charges incurred as a result of a phone and/or text communications from us.

Any communication or material you transmit to us by email or otherwise, including, but not limited to, any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and nonproprietary. Except to the extent expressly covered by this Policy, anything you transmit or post may be used by us for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. Furthermore, you expressly agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to us, as well as any data developed using the content of such communication, without compensation and for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services using such information.

RIGHT TO KNOW AND DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive your request and confirm your identity (see Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete, below), we will disclose to you:

•  The categories of personal information we collected about you.

•  The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.

•  Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.

•  The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.

•  If we sold or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:

    •  sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and

    •  disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.

    •  the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).

We do not provide a right to know or data portability disclosure for written or verbal business-to-business communication (“B2B personal information”).

RIGHT TO DELETE

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will review your request to see if an exception allowing us to retain the information applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

•  Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, or otherwise perform our contract with you.

•  Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.

•  Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.

•  Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.

•  Comply with any applicable law or any legal obligation.

•  Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.

•  Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.

•  Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

We will delete or deidentify personal information not subject to one of these exceptions from our records and will direct our service providers to take similar action. We do not provide these deletion rights for B2B personal information.

EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS TO KNOW OR DELETE

To exercise the access, data portability and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by:

•  Emailing us at membership@earlylearningventures.org; or

•  Visiting www.earlylearningventures.org and completing the form in the contact us section.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request to know or delete related to your personal information. You may, however, make a request to know or delete on behalf of your child. You may only submit a request to know or delete for the same person twice within a 12-month period. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. We will only use personal information provided in the request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make it.

Your request to know or delete must:

•  Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative, which may include, but shall not be limited to:

     •  The type of information given.

     •  Approximate dates when such personal information was requested.

     •  Where the data was collected.

•  Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

You do not need to create an account with us to submit a request to know or delete. However, we do consider requests made through your password protected account sufficiently verified when the request relates to personal information associated with that specific account.

RESPONSE TIMING AND FORMAT

We will confirm receipt of your request to know or request to delete within ten business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the ten-day timeframe, please contact us by email at: membership@earlylearningventures.org. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request. We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to another forty-five days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The governing law and dispute resolution terms set forth in the Terms of Use shall apply in all respects to this Privacy Policy. The Terms of Use shall control in the event of any inconsistency.

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Company Platforms are owned and operated by Early Learning Ventures, a Colorado nonprofit corporation and ELV Alliance, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company.

If you have questions or concerns about this Policy, Contact Us

If you require this Policy in a different format due to a disability, please contact: membership@earlylearningventures.org.