Last Updated: August 28, 2026
Learning Through Play Childcare Center, LLC (“Learning Through Play,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide through our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and handle information submitted through our website, including information provided through our enrollment, waitlist, contact, and tour forms.
1. Information We Collect
When you use our website or submit a form, we may collect information such as:
- Parent or guardian full name
- Phone number
- Email address
- Child’s name or initials
- Child’s age or date of birth
- Desired enrollment start date
- Food allergies or medical considerations that you voluntarily provide
- Questions, comments, or other information submitted through our forms
- Information you voluntarily provide when requesting a tour or contacting our Admissions Office
We may also automatically collect limited technical information, such as browser type, device information, IP address, and website usage information, depending on the website technologies and services we use.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information you provide to:
- Respond to your questions and requests
- Communicate with parents and guardians about enrollment opportunities
- Process and manage enrollment waitlist inquiries
- Respond to tour requests
- Provide information about our programs and services
- Contact you regarding your child’s potential enrollment
- Improve our website and visitor experience
- Maintain website security and prevent misuse
- Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
We will use information for legitimate business and enrollment-related purposes and will not use submitted information for purposes unrelated to our services without appropriate notice or permission.
3. Information About Children
Our website may allow parents or guardians to voluntarily provide information relating to a child, including the child’s name or initials, age, date of birth, and information about food allergies or medical considerations.
We ask that parents or legal guardians provide information about children through our website.
Please do not submit unnecessary personal information about a child through our website.
Information relating to a child will be handled for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to enrollment inquiries, evaluating enrollment needs, communicating with families, and providing appropriate information regarding our childcare programs.
4. Food Allergies and Medical Information
Our Priority Intake Form may allow parents or guardians to voluntarily provide information about a child’s food allergies or medical considerations.
This information is requested so that our Admissions Office can better understand a family’s needs when responding to an enrollment inquiry.
Please provide only information that is necessary for us to understand your inquiry. Submission of information through the website does not by itself establish an enrollment relationship or guarantee placement.
5. How We Share Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share information when reasonably necessary with trusted service providers that help us operate our website, process forms, deliver communications, maintain website security, or provide other website-related services.
We may also disclose information when required by law, legal process, or governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, website, users, or community.
6. Email Communications
When you submit an inquiry or Priority Intake Form, we may use the email address you provide to respond to your request and provide confirmation or enrollment-related communications.
If you submit your information through our enrollment or waitlist forms, you may receive an automated confirmation email acknowledging receipt of your submission.
You may contact us if you no longer wish to receive non-essential communications from us.
7. Website Forms
Information submitted through our website forms may be securely transmitted to our business email and/or third-party services used to operate our website and process form submissions.
We take reasonable steps to protect information submitted through our forms. However, no method of transmitting or storing information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
8. Cookies and Website Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Improve website performance
- Maintain website security
- Support website features and functionality
You may be able to control or disable certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features.
9. Third-Party Services
Our website may contain or use third-party services, such as mapping, social media, analytics, hosting, form-processing, or other website technologies.
These third-party services may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy practices of any third-party service they access through our website.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to help protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, maintain appropriate business records, respond to inquiries, manage enrollment communications, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
The length of time information is retained may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
12. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the ability to request information about personal data we maintain about you or request correction or deletion of certain information.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact our business directly using the contact information available on our website.
13. Children’s Privacy
Our services are intended to support families seeking childcare and early education services. We recognize the importance of protecting children’s information.
Parents and legal guardians should submit information about children through our website only when they are authorized to provide that information.
We do not ask children to independently submit personal information through our website.
14. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms and other external services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external website you visit.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, business practices, or applicable requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date shown at the top of this page.
We encourage visitors to periodically review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact:
Learning Through Play Childcare Center, LLC
1115 Bluff Industrial Blvd
Columbia, SC 29201
Admissions Office