Saint Francis High School understands the importance of protecting the privacy of its families and visitors to sfhs.com (and its associated websites). This privacy policy explains how we treat information in order to maintain your privacy.

What personal information do we collect?

Personal Information is specific to you and includes such things as your email address or name and mailing address. This type of information is sometimes called "personally identifiable information." (PII)  The only PII collected through our websites is information you choose to supply or which is supplied in association with our Admissions Program, Institutional Advancement, Auxiliary Programs or daily operations at Saint Francis High School.  We will only share information with subsidiaries, affiliates, legal successors and trusted third parties, and only to the minimum amount required to provide necessary services. For example, if a service only requires an email address we will not also share a phone number. 

How do we use your information?

Any of the Information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To process requests for information
• To personalize your experience
• To improve customer service or enhance our programs 
• In association with enrollment or operations

Except as explicitly stated, information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than what is necessary to comply with legal requirements or as otherwise disclosed to you at the point of collection. If you wish to make any changes to the information collected or wish to have information removed from our systems please contact us via the information below. 

How do we protect your Information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. We also partner with other companies that hold to even higher standards of security for processing any financial or medical data. All supplied sensitive information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. We do not directly process transactions or store credit card or other payment information electronically. That information is managed by companies we partner with and you may review their privacy policies and practices separately. 

Do we use cookies?

According to Google, “cookies are small pieces of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. They help that website remember information about your visit, which can both make it easier to visit the site again and make the site more useful to you”. This is how we use cookies. Our cookies do not access, collect or reveal any personal information or other data stored on your computer.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. Outside parties, as used herein, does not include trusted third parties, such as trusted business partners, vendors, contractors or third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, servicing you or our subsidiaries or affiliated entities so long as: they protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy by, for example, agreeing to keep this information confidential and refraining from selling or disclosing it to other persons or entities without your consent; or you otherwise authorize or consent to the disclosure of such information to such other parties. We may also release your Information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect others or ours rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Regarding SMS Campaigns

In compliance with 10DLC regulations, Saint Francis High School does not require the collection of cellular or mobile phone numbers. Submission of such information in any way to the school is voluntary and optional. By providing us with your text/sms enabled phone number you are consenting to its use by us for either phone calls and/or text messages. The use of such information will be for the operation and advancement of Saint Francis High School and its programs. In regards to any specific text/sms campaigns, you may request to OPT-OUT at any time by contacting the school. Otherwise, you agree to our continued use of SMS technologies in communications with you. For the safety of our students and the community, emergency communications will be exempt from the OPT-OUT and permission for such usage is implied by providing such phone numbers when you visit Saint Francis High School or when enrolling a student in any programs at our school. 

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties

California Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal Information to outside parties without your consent. We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not collect any Information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline. If our website has links to other non-profit, educational, or private organizations, you are subject to that site's Privacy Policy when you leave this site. Reference in this website to any specific service, company, or organization does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by Saint Francis High School and we are not responsible for the contents of any "off-site" web page referenced from this site.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our website privacy policy. 

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Our website and the privacy policy may change at any time. Privacy during your continued use of our website will fall under the terms of the policy at the time of such usage.