Creative Foundations Privacy Policy

 

Creative Foundations, Inc.

Privacy Policy & SMS Terms and Conditions

Effective Date: December 16, 2025

Last Updated: December 16, 2025

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Creative Foundations, Inc. ( Creative Foundations, we, our, or us ) collects, uses, protects, and limits the disclosure of personal information obtained through our website www.creativefoundations.org, our services, and our SMS messaging program.

 

Creative Foundations complies with all applicable privacy and security laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

 

This notice discloses the privacy practices for www.creativefoundations.org. In this document, we address:

         What personally identifiable information (PII) is collected from you through this website

         How and why we collect information

         How we use and protect your information

         With whom information may be shared

         Your choices and rights regarding your data

         Our SMS messaging practices

Scope of This Policy

By using this website or opting into our SMS program, you consent to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use this website or services.

This policy does not replace our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, which governs the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI).

How we collect your information

We collect information about our website visitors in a variety of ways. By visiting this website, you agree to our collection and use of your personal data as described below. If you do not agree with the terms set out below, please do not visit this website.

Information We Collect

Voluntary Data Collected

The personally identifiable information (PII) comes from data you voluntarily supply to us when you fill out a form on this website.

We collect PII you voluntarily provide when completing forms on this website, including:

         Name

         Company or organization

         Email address

         Phone number

         Appointment and service-related details

         Social media information you choose to provide

o   If you provide social media details, we may retrieve publicly available information about you or your organization from social media.

 

Involuntary Data Collected

This website collects:

         Cookie Data

         IP address (used only for website security)

         Browser and device information

         Language preferences

         Pages visited and time spent on the site

 

All automatically collected information is anonymized and cannot be used to identify you personally.

Cookies and Analytics

We use cookies and Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager to collect anonymous, aggregated traffic data and improve user experience. User data is all anonymous. 

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A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive to help us improve your access to and your experience on our site.

Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Through cookies, we collect anonymous traffic data including browser information, device information, and language.

All of this involuntary data we collect is anonymized and contains no PII. For example, we do not have the ability to find the IP address of a specific (named) website visitor.

How We Use Your Information

We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us, if you have filled out a form.

Additionally, we use traffic data to provide an overview of how people are accessing and using www.creativefoundations.org.

It is not used for any additional purpose.

We never sell, rent, or share your information with any third party, except for third-party software we use to respond to you.

Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)

Creative Foundations maintains a separate Notice of Privacy Practices explaining how PHI is used and disclosed under HIPAA.

Available at: https://www.creativefoundations.org/notice-of-privacy-practices

Mobile Data Restrictions

We will not share mobile phone numbers, text messaging originator opt-in data, or consent with third parties or affiliates for any marketing or promotional purposes. This information will only be shared with service providers to facilitate delivery of text messages as required (e.g., SMS platform providers) and will not otherwise be shared with any other third parties.

How we protect your information

We are committed to managing all data, including personally identifiable information, in accordance with all relevant laws and regulations, including Europe s General Data Protection Regulation.

Retention and deletion

We do store this data both on our servers and as emails that are generated on form submissions. We will not retain data longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws and regulations. We will periodically delete this data, if no longer needed.

Data breach policy

In the event of a data breach, we will notify you of the details of the event, including what personally identifiable information was exposed and when the breach occurred. In situations where it may not be practical to contact all impacted parties, we will take reasonable steps to publicize the statement (including publishing on the website).

When we disclose your information

We may disclose personally identifiable information to any third party when disclosure is required by law, or desirable to permit us to exercise or preserve our legal rights or take action regarding potentially illegal activities or to protect the safety of any person.

In the event of a merger or acquisition, or any other transfer of data ownership, we will notify you of the change prior to the transfer of ownership.

Children

This website is not intended for children under the age of 18 and does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that this website has collected the personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18, please contact us.

Contact Us

Email: compliance@creativefoundations.org

Phone: (740) 555-1035