Privacy & Communications Policy
Last Updated: May 18, 2026
The Joyful Child Foundation respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
Communications Consent
By providing your phone number, email address, or other contact information and opting into communications, you consent to receive informational and engagement communications from The Joyful Child Foundation related to programs, events, volunteer opportunities, registrations, educational resources, fundraising activities, donor stewardship, community outreach initiatives, and organizational updates.
Communications may include text messages, emails, newsletters, event notifications, volunteer coordination, fundraising communications, and donor acknowledgments. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply for text messaging.
Consent to receive communications is not a condition of any purchase or donation.
You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP. For assistance, reply HELP or contact us at contact@thejoyfulchild.org.
You may unsubscribe from email communications using the unsubscribe link included in emails or by contacting us directly.
Information We Collect
Information we may collect includes:
- Name
- Mobile phone number
- Email address
- Mailing address
- Donation information
- Participation history
- Volunteer information
- Communication preferences
- Website usage information
- IP address and browser information
This information is used solely to support Foundation communications, program operations, event participation, donor stewardship, volunteer coordination, participation tracking, website administration, and related services.
Information submitted through contact forms, registrations, donations, newsletter signups, volunteer applications, event participation forms, comments, or other website interactions may be retained for administrative, communication, legal, operational, and recordkeeping purposes.
Data Sharing & Third-Party Services
The Joyful Child Foundation does not sell, rent, trade, or share subscriber, donor, supporter, or participant information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share information with trusted service providers that support website hosting, payment processing, donation management, email delivery, text messaging services, analytics, spam detection, or other operational functions necessary to support our mission and communications. These providers are expected to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security protections.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at:
After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images posted on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies may last for up to one year.
If you visit our login page, we may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, additional cookies may store login information and display preferences. Login cookies may last for two days, and screen option cookies may last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie may be stored in your browser indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, donation forms, or social media feeds. Embedded content from third-party websites behaves in the same manner as if the visitor accessed the third-party website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with their content, including if you are logged into those services.
Data Retention
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely to help recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in user profiles. Users may view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except usernames may not be changeable. Website administrators may also access and edit that information for administrative purposes.
Donation, communication, participation, and registration records may be retained as reasonably necessary for legal, operational, financial, tax, and program administration purposes.
Children’s Privacy
Our website, programs, and communications are primarily intended for parents, caregivers, educators, supporters, volunteers, and community members.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through our website without appropriate parental, school, organizational, or legal consent consistent with applicable laws and child protection practices.
Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information.
However, no method of internet transmission, electronic storage, or data security is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Privacy Choices & Rights
You may contact us at any time to:
- update or correct your information,
- request removal from communications,
- request deletion of certain stored information,
- inquire about the information we maintain,
- or ask questions regarding our privacy practices.
California residents may also request information regarding personal information maintained about them, subject to applicable legal and operational limitations.
To submit privacy-related requests or questions, please email: contact@thejoyfulchild.org