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The Institute for Families & Technology (“IFT”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy, which is part of our Terms and Conditions describes the information we collect through our website including https://www.phonefreeschoolsreport.org/ (together the “Sites”), how we use and share it, and how you can make choices about our use of that information.
Please note that this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, so please check back regularly. By using the Sites after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy, you agree to that updated Privacy Policy.
By accessing the Sites, you consent to our collection, use, and sharing of information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
You may browse the Sites without submitting any personal information. We collect personal information, such as your name and email address, when you voluntarily provide it to us (“Personal Information”). Below are the most common ways in which you would provide your Personal Information through our Sites:
Information Automatically Collected
We may also automatically collect certain information about users when you interact with the Sites. We or our third-party service providers and vendors such as Google Analytics (each, a “Service Provider,” and together with all other third-party providers who we use to provide services through the Sites, the “Service Providers”), may collect some of this information through cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs or similar technologies. These technologies are used for anonymous tracking across a web session on the Sites.
The information automatically collected may include the IP address of the device you use to access the Sites, the browser type, the time and date of visits to the Sites, the website that referred or linked you to the Sites, the landing page, search terms, web pages viewed, time spent on a web page, and links clicked. We may use this information to analyze how visitors use our Sites so we can improve the quality of the information and services we provide. We do not use information automatically collected by the Sites to identify visitors individually except in circumstances where we may deem it necessary in connection with legal process or to protect our rights or the rights of a third party as further described below. [Please review Google Analytics’ terms of use and privacy policy to learn more about how it may collect and use information.]
Cookies and Do Not Track
You are not required to accept cookies from the Sites. Your web browser allows you to disable the cookies function or delete existing cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain features on the Sites. To find out more about cookies (and how to adjust your browser settings), visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
When you use our Sites, third parties may collect information about your activities on our Sites, over time and across various websites. Some web browsers support a “Do Not Track” feature, which is a function you can use to signal that you do not wish to be tracked across websites. Our Sites are not currently set up to respond to “Do Not Track” signals and do not currently change the way they operate based upon a detection of a “Do Not Track” or similar signal.
How We Use Your Information
We or our Service Providers may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
How We Share Your Information
We do not rent or sell Personal Information to any third parties.
We may share your Personal Information with our Service Providers that help us operate and provide services in connection with the Sites.
We may use independent contractors or consultants to perform services for IFT. These individuals and entities may have access to Personal Information only as needed to perform their functions.
We also reserve the right to disclose and use Personal Information and other information in special circumstances, including to enforce this Privacy Policy or any other part of our Terms, to comply with legal process or law enforcement, to address actual or suspected illegal activity, to protect our property or rights, to protect the rights and safety of anyone, or for other reasons we determine in good faith are necessary, appropriate, or required by law. If we ever merge with, are acquired by, or otherwise consolidate with another organization, Personal Information may be transferred along with our other assets.
Third-Party Web Sites
The Sites may contain links to third-party web sites (“Third-Party Sites”). Third-Party Sites may collect information about you when you interact with them through links on our Sites. If you follow any link to a Third-Party Site, you should review those sites’ privacy policies to find out how they protect your privacy. We are not responsible for Third-Party Sites or their privacy practices.
Record Retention
We will keep your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for the uses set forth in this Privacy Policy, or where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, or as otherwise prescribed by law, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements.
Security
We use reasonable efforts to safeguard your Personal Information. All traffic on the Sites is encrypted with an SSL Certificate, including transmission of Personal Information to the Sites. Of course no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so you provide your Personal Information at your own risk.
Location of Servers and Transfer of Information
We are located in the United States, and therefore Personal Information collected through the Sites will be collected, processed and stored in the United States. If you use our Sites from outside the United States, Personal Information that we collect from or about you will be transferred to and stored on servers inside the United States. By using the Sites and providing your Personal Information to us, you consent to this transfer and to the collection, storage, processing and use of your Personal Information in the United States.
Your Choices Regarding Our Use of Your Personal Information
If you wish to review, update, correct, or delete the information we have for you, please email info@phonefreeschoolsreport.org.
Children
The Sites are directed at a general audience and is not targeted to children. We do not knowingly collect information from or about children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under 13 may have provided Personal Information through the Sites please contact info@phonefreeschoolsreport.org.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
IFT reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice to you. If we make substantial material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you. IFT may update this Privacy Policy by posting a new version on this webpage.
Questions
For any questions you may have about this Privacy Policy or our data practices please email info@phonefreeschoolsreport.org.
Last Updated: January 15, 2026