Privacy Statement & Policy
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Privacy Statement • Montessori Institute of North Texas
At the Montessori Institute of North Texas, we believe privacy is not a trend—it’s a right.
We do not track you.
We do not retarget you.
We do not fingerprint your device.
We do not monitor your behavior.
Our website does not use surveillance-based advertising, third-party analytics platforms, or embedded trackers disguised as convenience. We have intentionally chosen not to include Google Analytics, Facebook Pixels, Hotjar, or similar behavioral tracking tools.
Why? Because we believe in digital dignity.
Privacy Policy
Data Collection & Consent
We do not collect personal data unless you explicitly provide it. This may occur when submitting forms for course inquiries, newsletter sign-ups, or event registration. Any personal information you submit is handled with care and used solely for the purpose stated at the point of collection.
Lawful Basis for Processing
In accordance with GDPR (for EU users) and CCPA (for California residents), any data we collect is processed on the basis of consent, contractual necessity, or legitimate interest directly related to the services we provide.
Third-Party Services
We use carefully selected tools such as Spark Plugin and Stripe for enhanced functionality and secure online payments. These services have set our two functional cookies as part of their operation, which is visible in the report provided on this page (specifically. for CSRF site-spoof protection and CAPTCHA bot filtering). These cookies are limited in scope and do not involve behavioral profiling or ad targeting. No data from these services is used to create external advertising audiences.
Data Storage & Security
All data submitted through our website is stored securely in compliance with industry standards. We do not sell, lease, or trade your information to third parties.
Your Rights
You may request access to the personal data we hold about you, request correction or deletion, and withdraw consent at any time. To do so, please contact us at info@montessori-mint.org
Children’s Privacy
Our website may include stock photography that features children, used with proper licensing for illustrative purposes only. We do not collect personal data from children, and the site is not directed at users under the age of 16 in any data-collecting capacity.
A Final Statement on Privacy as Practice
At the Montessori Institute of North Texas, privacy is more than a technical setting or a line in our policy—it is a reflection of our broader respect for human dignity. While this document outlines how we handle privacy on our website, the values behind it extend across our work as educators, administrators, and members of the Montessori community.
We hold ourselves accountable to ethical standards. Privacy, transparency, and trust are integrated into how we engage with children, trainees, our partners, and the public, both online and off.
Your visit to our site is yours alone. You are not a data point. You are not a marketing profile. You are a person engaging with a mission-driven educational institution—and that deserves respect, not surveillance.
We are proud to use a minimalist, human-centered approach to our website infrastructure. Our cookie usage is limited to strictly necessary technical functions, maintaining accessibility performance by blocking spambots. Independent scans can confirms this.
In a world where data is treated as currency, MINT chooses not to cash in.
We see this as Montessori ethics, applied to the digital realm.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about how we designed our website to be private by design, reach out. We’d be glad to share our process.
In a digital world dominated by surveillance and data mining, we choose a different path.
MINT believes it is entirely possible to sustain a mission-driven organization without tracking, targeting, or compromising the dignity of our visitors.
Help Us Sustain a Privacy-Respecting Website
IMaintaining a website that respects your privacy isn’t free. We don’t offset costs by selling data, running ads, or embedding trackers—because our values come first. We put energy into auditing and disabling pre-packaged cookies we don’t want.
The cost to run our website each year is approximately $500. Your donation helps us keep this digital space aligned with our mission and free of surveillance-based funding models.
If this approach resonates with you, we invite you to support it.
MINT is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and donations are tax-deductible where applicable.
