Effective Date: August 25, 2026

San Jose Episcopal Day School (SJEDS) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website and providing a safe, user-friendly online experience. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect through www.sjeds.org, how we use that information, and the services and technologies that may process information when you use our website.

Information We Collect

When you interact with our website, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Name
  
• Email address
• Phone number
• Information submitted through contact, inquiry, registration, employment, or other website forms
• Information provided when contacting SJEDS through the website
• Information submitted through our online giving and donation services

We may also automatically collect certain technical and usage information when you visit our website, such as:

• IP address
  
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Pages viewed and links clicked
• Date and time of visits
• Referring website or source
• General geographic information
• Website usage and interaction information

We use this information to operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website and to better understand how visitors interact with our online services.

How We Use Information

SJEDS may use information collected through the website for legitimate school-related purposes, including:

• Responding to questions, inquiries, and requests
  
• Communicating with prospective and current families, parents, guardians, alumni, employees, donors, and other members of the SJEDS community
• Providing information about school programs, events, admissions, employment opportunities, fundraising initiatives, and other activities
• Processing, acknowledging, and maintaining records of donations and other transactions through our giving and donor management systems
• Maintaining donor records and communicating with donors regarding their contributions and other fundraising activities
• Operating and maintaining website forms and other online services
• Improving website content, functionality, and user experience
• Understanding website traffic and usage
• Measuring the effectiveness of advertising and marketing campaigns
• Protecting the website from spam, fraud, abuse, and unauthorized activity
• Complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements

SJEDS does not sell personal information submitted through its website.

Cookies & Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functionality, understand website usage, maintain security, and measure the effectiveness of our communications and advertising.

These technologies may include:

Essential and security technologies. Webflow provides website hosting, functionality, and form services. Third-party security services may use cookies or similar technologies to support website functionality, prevent spam, detect abuse, and protect website forms and services.

Analytics. SJEDS uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, including information such as pages viewed, device type, traffic sources, and general geographic information. Google Analytics may use cookies such as _ga and related identifiers to distinguish visitors and measure website activity.

Advertising and campaign measurement. SJEDS uses Google advertising and measurement technologies to help measure the effectiveness of Google advertising and marketing campaigns. These technologies may use cookies or similar identifiers to measure visits, conversions, and advertising performance.

SJEDS also uses links with campaign tracking parameters, such as UTM parameters, in certain email, social media, and advertising campaigns. These parameters help us understand where website traffic originates and how campaigns perform. They do not, by themselves, install a tracking pixel on a visitor's device.

Form security. Our website may use Google reCAPTCHA and/or Cloudflare Turnstile to help distinguish legitimate users from automated bots and prevent spam and abuse. These services may process technical information about a visitor's browser, device, and interaction with the website.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies or similar technologies may affect the functionality of some portions of the website.

Third Party Services

SJEDS uses third-party services to provide certain website, communication, security, analytics, video, and donation-related functions. These services may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.

These services may include:

• Webflow, which hosts and operates our website and provides website forms and related functionality.
  
• Google Analytics, which provides website analytics and usage measurement.
• Google Ads, which provides advertising and advertising-performance measurement.
• Google reCAPTCHA, which may be used to help protect forms and website functionality from spam and automated abuse.
• Cloudflare Turnstile, which may be used to help protect website forms and services from bots and abuse.
• YouTube, which may provide video content displayed through our website.
• Vimeo, which may provide video files used on our website.
• Givecloud, which provides online donation and giving functionality.
• DonorPerfect, which SJEDS uses to maintain donor records and manage fundraising information.

When third-party services are used, information may be processed by those providers according to their respective privacy policies. SJEDS does not control the privacy practices of third-party services.

Online Forms

Information submitted through forms on the SJEDS website may be used to respond to inquiries, communicate with you, process requests, or provide the service or information requested.

Please do not submit sensitive or confidential information through a general website form unless SJEDS specifically requests that information through an appropriate secure process.

Online Giving

SJEDS provides online giving through a donation page on the SJEDS website that is powered by Givecloud. Information submitted through the online giving process may include your name, contact information, donation information, and other information necessary to process and acknowledge your gift.

Donation information submitted through the online giving service is processed through Givecloud and may be transferred to or maintained in DonorPerfect, SJEDS's donor management system, for purposes such as maintaining donor records, acknowledging gifts, communicating with donors, and managing the school's fundraising activities.

Payment information is processed through the applicable payment-processing services used by Givecloud. SJEDS does not directly store complete payment card information on its website.

For more information about how Givecloud and DonorPerfect handle personal information, please refer to their respective privacy policies and terms.

Children's Privacy

SJEDS is a school serving children and families. We take the privacy and security of children's information seriously.

Our website is intended primarily to provide information about SJEDS and its programs and to facilitate communication with families and members of the school community. We do not knowingly use our public website to request unnecessary personal information directly from children.

Parents and guardians should encourage children not to submit personal information through general website forms without parental or guardian involvement.

Information collected through school-related services or systems for enrolled students may be governed by separate school policies, agreements, enrollment processes, or applicable educational privacy requirements.

Information Sharing

SJEDS may share information with service providers that help us operate our website, communicate with our community, process donations, provide security, analyze website usage, or perform other services on our behalf.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law or legal process
  
• Respond to lawful requests from government authorities
  
• Protect the rights, safety, and security of SJEDS, our community, or others
  
• Detect, prevent, or investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or other unlawful activity
  
• Fulfill a service or transaction requested by a visitor
  

SJEDS does not sell personal information submitted through our website.

Data Security

SJEDS takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information submitted through our website. However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

If you have concerns about submitting information through the website, please contact SJEDS directly.

External Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. These may include social media platforms, video services, payment and donation services, educational resources, and other external websites.

Once you leave the SJEDS website, the privacy practices of the third-party website will apply. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing personal information.

Your Choices

You may choose not to provide personal information through our website. You may also manage cookies and similar technologies through your web browser settings.

If you have submitted information to SJEDS and would like to ask about the information we maintain, request a correction, or ask a question about our privacy practices, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

SJEDS may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, or privacy practices.

When we make changes, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.