PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: July 21, 2026

Last Updated: July 21, 2026

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center (“Little Sunshine’s,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of the families, prospective families, employees, applicants, and visitors who interact with our childcare center, website, online forms, communication platforms, and related services.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you:

  • Visit our website at https://littlesunshinesearlylearning.com/

  • Submit an inquiry, request information, or schedule a tour; Apply for enrollment or join a waitlist;

  • Communicate with us by telephone, email, text message, social media, or a childcare-management platform;

  • Apply for employment;

  • Enroll a child or receive childcare services from Little Sunshine’s Learning Center; or

  • Otherwise interact with our business.

By using our website, submitting information to us, or communicating with Little Sunshine’s Learning Center, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.

A. Parent, Guardian, and Family Information

We may collect information such as:

  • Parent or guardian name;

  • Mailing address;

  • Email address;

  • Telephone number;

  • Preferred method of communication;

  • Relationship to the child;

  • Emergency contact information;

  • Authorized pickup information;

  • Employer or workplace information;

  • Tour preferences and scheduling information;

  • Family childcare needs and requested start date; and

  • Any other information you voluntarily provide.

B. Child Information

When a parent or legal guardian inquires about or enrolls a child in our program, we may collect information such as:

  • Child’s name;

  • Date of birth and age;

  • Gender, when voluntarily provided;

  • Requested classroom or program;

  • Enrollment and attendance information;

  • Emergency contact information;

  • Authorized pickup persons;

  • Allergies, dietary restrictions, medical conditions, medications, or accommodation needs;

  • Immunization and health records;

  • Developmental, behavioral, or educational information;

  • Custody documents or other legally required records;

  • Photographs, videos, or classroom activity information, when authorized; and

  • Other information necessary to provide safe and appropriate childcare services.

We collect child-related information from parents, legal guardians, authorized adults, healthcare providers, government agencies, or other sources permitted by law. Our website and inquiry forms are intended for adults. Children should not submit personal information directly through our website.

C. Enrollment and Childcare Records

We may collect and maintain records required to evaluate enrollment, provide childcare services, comply with licensing requirements, communicate with families, and protect the health and safety of children in our care.

These records may include:

  • Enrollment applications and agreements;

  • Attendance and sign-in or sign-out records;

  • Tuition and billing information;

  • Incident, injury, medication, and health reports;

  • Parent communications;

  • Progress reports or classroom observations;

  • Meal, nap, toileting, and activity information;

  • Licensing and compliance documentation; and

  • Records required by applicable federal, Missouri, or local law.

D. Payment Information

When you make a payment, we or our payment-processing provider may collect:

  • Billing name and address;

  • Credit or debit card information;

  • Bank account or electronic payment information;

  • Transaction amount;

  • Payment history; and

  • Other information necessary to process tuition, registration fees, deposits, or other charges.

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center may use third-party payment processors. We may not directly store complete payment-card information when payments are processed through those providers.

E. Employment Information

If you apply for employment, we may collect:

  • Name and contact information;

  • Résumé and employment history;

  • Education, certifications, and professional qualifications;

  • References;

  • Availability and scheduling information;

  • Background-check information;

  • Information required by childcare licensing authorities; and

  • Other information related to your application or employment.

F. Website and Device Information

When you visit our website or use an online form, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • Internet Protocol address;

  • Browser type;

  • Device type;

  • Operating system;

  • Pages viewed;

  • Links selected;

  • Date and time of visits;

  • Referring website;

  • Approximate geographic location; and

  • Information collected through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies.

G. Communications

We may retain information contained in communications with you, including:

  • Emails;

  • Text messages;

  • Telephone call notes;

  • Voicemail messages;

  • Website-form submissions;

  • Social-media messages;

  • Tour requests;

  • Childcare-platform messages; and

  • Customer-service or enrollment communications.

2. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Respond to questions and requests;

  • Contact prospective families;

  • Schedule and confirm tours;

  • Provide information about our programs;

  • Process enrollment and waitlist requests;

  • Determine whether our program can meet a child’s needs;

  • Provide childcare and educational services;

  • Maintain child health and safety;

  • Communicate with parents and authorized family members;

  • Manage attendance, billing, tuition, and payments;

  • Send operational notices, closures, emergency alerts, reminders, and updates;

  • Send marketing communications when permitted by law and authorized by the recipient;

  • Personalize and improve our website and services;

  • Analyze website traffic and advertising performance;

  • Maintain records required for licensing, insurance, tax, employment, and legal purposes;

  • Evaluate employment applications;

  • Prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity;

  • Enforce our agreements and policies;

  • Protect the rights, safety, and property of children, families, employees, visitors, and Little Sunshine’s Learning Center; and

  • Comply with applicable federal, Missouri, and local laws and regulatory requirements.

3. Text Messages and Telephone Communications

When you provide your telephone number, you may receive communications related to your inquiry, tour, enrollment, account, childcare services, billing, emergencies, closures, or other operational matters.

When you separately consent to receive promotional or marketing communications, Little Sunshine’s Learning Center may also send information about enrollment opportunities, programs, events, reminders, or special announcements.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.

Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of purchasing childcare services. You may withdraw your consent to marketing text messages at any time by replying STOP or by contacting us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below. You may reply HELP for assistance.

Stopping marketing messages may not prevent us from sending nonmarketing communications that are necessary to manage an existing inquiry, enrollment, account, emergency, safety matter, or childcare relationship, when permitted by law.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:

  • Keep the website functioning properly;

  • Remember preferences;

  • Understand how visitors use our website;

  • Measure website performance;

  • Improve content and user experience;

  • Evaluate advertising and marketing campaigns; and

  • Detect security issues or misuse.

You may adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation or functionality of portions of the website.

5. How We Disclose Information

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center does not sell or rent personal information for money.

We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances:

  • Keep the website functioning properly;

  • Remember preferences;

  • Understand how visitors use our website;

  • Measure website performance;

  • Improve content and user experience;

  • Evaluate advertising and marketing campaigns; and

  • Detect security issues or misuse.

You may adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation or functionality of portions of the website.

A. Service Providers

We may provide information to trusted vendors that help us operate our business, such as providers of:

  • Website hosting;

  • Childcare-management software;

  • Customer-relationship management systems;

  • Email and text-message services;

  • Scheduling and tour-booking services;

  • Payment processing;

  • Accounting and payroll;

  • Cloud storage and document management;

  • Website analytics;

  • Digital advertising;

  • Information technology and cybersecurity;

  • Background checks;

  • Insurance; and

  • Legal or professional services.

These providers are permitted to use information only as necessary to provide services to us or as otherwise allowed by law and their agreements with us.

B. Licensing and Government Authorities

We may disclose information to childcare licensing authorities, regulatory agencies, law-enforcement agencies, courts, child-protective services, public-health authorities, or other government entities when required or permitted by law.

C. Health, Safety, and Emergency Situations

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Protect the health or safety of a child or another person;

  • Respond to an emergency;

  • Obtain medical assistance;

  • Report suspected abuse or neglect;

  • Investigate an incident;

  • Comply with mandatory-reporting responsibilities; or

  • Prevent fraud, harm, or unlawful activity.

D. Business Transactions

Information may be disclosed as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, sale, reorganization, transfer of assets, or similar business transaction. Any successor organization may continue to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless you are notified otherwise.

E. With Your Direction or Consent

We may disclose information when you request, authorize, or consent to the disclosure.

6. Photographs, Videos, and Child Information

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center may photograph or record children for classroom documentation, parent communication, special events, security, training, or promotional purposes.

We will obtain any authorization required by our enrollment agreements, center policies, licensing requirements, or applicable law before using an identifiable child’s image for public advertising, social media, or promotional materials.

A parent or legal guardian may contact us with questions about an existing photograph or media authorization. Certain internal, safety, legal, licensing, or recordkeeping uses may continue when permitted or required by law.

7. Children’s Online Privacy

Our website, tour forms, enrollment inquiries, and online communications are intended for parents, legal guardians, and other adults. They are not intended for children to use independently.

We do not knowingly request or encourage children under 13 to submit personal information directly through our public website.

If we learn that a child under 13 submitted personal information to us through the website without appropriate parental involvement or authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information unless retention is required for safety, legal, licensing, or other lawful purposes.

A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has submitted information directly to us may contact us using the information below.

This section does not prevent us from collecting information about an enrolled or prospective child from the child’s parent, legal guardian, authorized representative, healthcare provider, government agency, or another legally permitted source.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These safeguards may include:

  • Access controls;

  • Password-protected systems;

  • Secure third-party platforms;

  • Staff confidentiality practices;

  • Restricted access to child and family records;

  • Physical document protections; and

  • Vendor and technology-security measures.

However, no website, electronic transmission, storage system, or security measure is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of information.

If we experience a security incident involving personal information, we will investigate the matter and provide notices as required by applicable law.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide childcare services;

  • Manage an inquiry, tour, waitlist, enrollment, or account;

  • Maintain licensing and childcare records;

  • Process payments and maintain financial records;

  • Meet insurance, employment, tax, and accounting requirements;

  • Resolve disputes;

  • Enforce agreements;

  • Protect health and safety; and

  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected. When information is no longer required, we may securely delete, destroy, de-identify, or archive it as permitted by law.

10. Your Privacy Choices

Subject to applicable law and recordkeeping requirements, you may contact us to:

  • Request access to personal information we maintain about you;

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;

  • Ask us to delete certain information;

  • Update your communication preferences;

  • Withdraw consent for marketing communications; or

  • Ask questions about how your information is used.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We may also decline or limit a request when retaining the information is reasonably necessary for childcare services, licensing, safety, legal compliance, payment records, dispute resolution, or other lawful purposes.

Parents and legal guardians may request access to or correction of information concerning their child, subject to custody arrangements, legal restrictions, center policies, and applicable law.

11. Email and Marketing Preferences

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by selecting the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us.

Even after opting out of promotional communications, you may continue to receive service-related messages concerning:

  • Tour appointments;

  • Enrollment;

  • Tuition or billing;

  • Your child’s care;

  • Emergencies or closures;

  • Safety or health information;

  • Policy updates; or

  • Other administrative matters.

12. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website or communications may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, payment processors, childcare applications, or other services.

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center does not control the privacy, security, or content practices of third parties. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider’s own terms and privacy policy.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing information to them.

13. Information Processing in the United States

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center is located in the State of Missouri, United States. Information provided to us may be collected, stored, and processed in the United States.

If you access our website from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in a country with privacy laws that differ from those in your location.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, or legal obligations.

The updated version will be posted on our website with a revised “Last Updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through email, text message, our childcare-management platform, or another reasonable method when appropriate.

Your continued use of our website or services after an updated policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy, to the extent permitted by law.

15. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:

Little Sunshine’s Learning Center

2183 Muegge Rd.

St. Charles, Missouri 63303

Telephone: 636-317-1492

Email: [email protected]

Website: littlesunshinesearlylearning.com

Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line of an email concerning this Privacy Policy.

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Little Sunshines Daycare & Learning Center

2183 Muegge Rd. St. Charles, MO. 63303

636-317-1492

Hours: 6AM- 6PM