1. Introduction

Welcome to PAPA ESCOLA Montessori Preschool! At PAPA ESCOLA, prioritizing your child's joy and educational foundation goes hand-in-hand with protecting your family's personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains exactly how we collect, use, process, and safeguard the information you provide when using our website, digital enrollment platforms, and services. By engaging with our platform and services, you consent to the data practices described in this document.

Our Promise: We treat your family's data with the exact same care, safety, and respect that we provide to our students inside our magical classrooms. 🌈

2. Information Collection

Transparency is key to a trusting relationship. We only collect the information absolutely necessary to provide a seamless educational experience for your child and smooth communication for you.

• Parent/Guardian Identifiers: Your full name, email address, primary phone number, and residential mailing address.
• Student Data: Child's full name, date of birth, medical/allergy alerts that are vital for safety, and early educational preferences for accurate enrollment.
• Technical Information: IP address, device type, browser identifiers, and standard analytics data collected securely via cookies to improve website functionality.

3. How We Use Your Data

The data we collect from you allows us to operate effectively. We strictly limit the use of this data to the following core purposes:

• Admissions: To directly process admissions and communicate regarding ongoing student enrollment.
• Identity verification: To strictly verify the identities of authorized parents/guardians for child pick-up and drop-off safety protocols.
• Platform quality: To provide, maintain, and iteratively improve our educational platform and public website.
• Compliance: To fully comply with all regulatory and legal requirements mandated for educational institutions operating in India.
• Security: To detect, prevent, and respond to potential fraudulent activity and ensure the utmost safety of our digital environment.

4. Data Sharing & Security Practices

We do not, and will never, sell your data to any third parties. Our business is education, not data brokerage.

We only share selected data with trusted, verified service providers such as secure hosting environments and encrypted payment processors who are legally and contractually bound to protect your information under strict confidentiality agreements.

To maintain the integrity of your personal information, we enforce TLS encryption across all data transmissions and employ robust role-based access controls within our management systems.

5. Your Privacy Rights

You remain fully in control of the data you share with PAPA ESCOLA. You reserve the right to:

• Access: Request a complete copy of the personal data we hold about you or your child.
• Correction: Request immediate correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: Request complete deletion of your personal data from our systems, subject to legal data retention requirements for registered educational institutions.

To exercise any of these fundamental rights, please reach out directly to our dedicated Data Protection Officer at privacy@papaaescola.in.