Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 9, 2026
Website: spokanehappyhome.com
Business: Happy Home
Location: Spokane, Washington
Service Type: In-home childcare facility
Happy Home respects the privacy of families, children, website visitors, and community members. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and share information when you visit our website, contact us, inquire about childcare services, interact with our forms, or view content from our Facebook page through the embedded Facebook feed on our website.
By using this website, submitting information to us, or communicating with Happy Home, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information in the following ways:
Information You Provide Directly
When you contact us through the website, email, phone, text message, social media, or an inquiry form, we may collect information such as:
Parent or guardian name
Email address
Phone number
Child’s name
Child’s age or date of birth
Desired childcare schedule
Start date or enrollment needs
Emergency contact information
Authorized pickup information
Health, allergy, medication, dietary, developmental, or care-related information you choose to provide
Messages, questions, or notes you send to us
Enrollment and Childcare Records
If your child enrolls in Happy Home, we may collect and maintain childcare records required or appropriate for providing safe care. These may include:
Enrollment forms
Parent or guardian contact information
Emergency contacts
Authorized pickup persons
Child health information
Immunization records, where applicable
Allergy or medication information
Incident or injury reports
Attendance records
Permissions for photos, video, transportation, field trips, water activities, or other activities, if applicable
Any other records needed to provide safe, licensed, and appropriate childcare services
Child records are treated as confidential and are only accessed by people who need the information to provide care, meet legal requirements, respond to emergencies, or communicate with parents or guardians.
Website and Technical Information
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website hosting provider, analytics tools, security tools, or embedded third-party services. This may include:
IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Time and date of visit
Referring website
General location information based on IP address
Cookie or similar tracking information
We use this information to operate, secure, improve, and understand how visitors use our website.
2. How We Use Information
Happy Home may use collected information to:
Respond to childcare inquiries
Communicate with parents and guardians
Determine availability for childcare services
Process enrollment information
Provide safe and appropriate care
Maintain child records required for childcare operations
Contact emergency contacts if needed
Document attendance, incidents, authorizations, and care-related matters
Send updates related to childcare services
Improve the website and user experience
Protect the safety and security of children, families, staff, and the website
Comply with licensing, legal, regulatory, insurance, or recordkeeping obligations
We do not sell personal information.
3. Children’s Privacy
Happy Home provides childcare services and may collect information about children from their parents or legal guardians for enrollment, safety, emergency, health, and care purposes.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through this website. Website forms and communications are intended for parents, guardians, and adults seeking childcare information.
Information about children is used only for childcare-related, safety-related, communication, licensing, or legal purposes. We take child privacy seriously and do not share children’s information publicly without appropriate parent or guardian permission, except as required by law, licensing rules, emergency circumstances, or child safety obligations.
4. Photos, Videos, and Social Media
Happy Home may occasionally take photos or videos of childcare activities, projects, celebrations, classroom moments, or general program highlights.
Photos or videos of children will only be shared publicly, including on the website or social media, when appropriate permission has been obtained from a parent or legal guardian.
Parents and guardians may request that their child not be photographed, recorded, or included in public posts. We will make reasonable efforts to honor photo and video preferences, subject to safety, legal, documentation, or operational needs.
If you believe a photo, video, or post includes your child and should be removed, please contact us using the information listed in the “Contact Us” section below.
5. Facebook Feed, Facebook App, and Meta Services
Our website may display content from the Happy Home Facebook page using a Facebook feed, Facebook app, Facebook Page Plugin, embedded post feature, or similar Meta/Facebook technology.
This feature allows visitors to view public Facebook page content directly on the homepage or other parts of the website. The feed may display public posts, photos, videos, comments, reactions, page information, or other publicly available Facebook content.
Information Processed by Facebook or Meta
When you view or interact with the Facebook feed on our website, Meta/Facebook may collect information from your browser or device, including through cookies, pixels, embedded content, or similar technologies. This may include technical information such as your IP address, browser information, device information, interactions with the embedded feed, and whether you are logged into Facebook.
Happy Home does not control how Meta/Facebook collects, uses, or processes information through its own services. Your interaction with Facebook content is governed by Meta’s privacy policy, cookie policy, and terms.
Facebook Login
Unless specifically stated otherwise, Happy Home does not use Facebook Login to create user accounts on this website, and we do not request access to your private Facebook profile information through this website.
Public Facebook Page Content
The Facebook app or feed used on this website is intended to display public content from the Happy Home Facebook page. We do not use the Facebook feed to collect sensitive personal information from website visitors.
Facebook Data Deletion Requests
If you interact with our Facebook app, Facebook feed, or connected Facebook services and believe Happy Home has received or stored personal information about you through Meta/Facebook, you may request deletion by contacting us.
Please email us with the subject line “Facebook Data Deletion Request” and include:
Your name
Your email address
A description of the information you want deleted
Any relevant Facebook profile name or page interaction details needed to locate the request
We will review and respond to deletion requests within a reasonable time. If the information is controlled by Meta/Facebook rather than Happy Home, we may direct you to Meta’s privacy tools or support resources.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, embedded scripts, pixels, or similar technologies to:
Operate the website
Improve site performance
Remember basic preferences
Protect against spam or security threats
Display embedded Facebook content
Understand general website traffic and usage
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect how some website features work, including embedded Facebook content.
Third-party services, including Meta/Facebook, may use their own cookies or tracking technologies when embedded content appears on our website.
7. How We Share Information
Happy Home may share information only when necessary and appropriate, such as with:
Parents or legal guardians of the enrolled child
Authorized staff or childcare helpers who need information to provide care
Emergency contacts listed by the parent or guardian
Medical providers or emergency responders in urgent situations
Licensing agencies, regulators, or inspectors when required
Legal, insurance, accounting, or professional advisors
Website hosting, email, security, form, or technology service providers
Government authorities, law enforcement, or child safety agencies when required by law or necessary to protect a child or another person
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
8. Confidentiality of Childcare Records
Childcare records, including enrollment forms, emergency contacts, health information, attendance records, permissions, incident reports, and related documents, are kept confidential.
Access to child records is limited to people who need the information to provide care, support safety, comply with childcare requirements, respond to emergencies, or meet legal obligations.
Parents and legal guardians may request access to their own child’s records, subject to identity verification, applicable law, and childcare recordkeeping requirements.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
These safeguards may include:
Limiting access to childcare records
Using password-protected systems where appropriate
Keeping sensitive records in secure locations
Using secure website hosting and communication tools where available
Reviewing privacy and security practices periodically
No website, email system, text message, or online service is completely secure. Please avoid sending highly sensitive information through unsecured channels unless necessary.
10. How Long We Keep Information
We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
Responding to inquiries
Providing childcare services
Maintaining enrollment and attendance records
Meeting licensing, legal, tax, insurance, or regulatory requirements
Resolving disputes
Protecting child safety
Maintaining business records
Some childcare records may need to be retained for a period of time even after enrollment ends, depending on legal, licensing, insurance, or operational requirements.
11. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on your relationship with Happy Home and applicable law, you may request to:
Access personal information we maintain about you or your child
Correct inaccurate information
Update contact, emergency, medical, or authorized pickup information
Withdraw certain photo or video permissions
Request deletion of information, where legally allowed
Ask questions about how your information is used
Some information may need to be retained to comply with childcare licensing, safety, legal, insurance, or recordkeeping obligations.
12. Communication Preferences
If you provide your contact information, we may contact you about childcare availability, enrollment, scheduling, parent updates, policy updates, emergencies, or other childcare-related matters.
You may ask us to stop sending non-essential communications. However, if your child is enrolled, we may still need to contact you regarding safety, attendance, billing, emergencies, licensing, or care-related matters.
13. Links to Other Websites
Our website may include links to third-party websites or services, including Facebook, Meta, childcare resources, payment providers, or community resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. When you visit another website, you should review that website’s privacy policy.
14. Payments
If Happy Home accepts payments through third-party payment processors, those providers may collect and process payment information such as card details, billing information, transaction history, or related payment data.
Happy Home does not store full payment card numbers unless specifically stated. Payment processing is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the applicable payment provider.
15. Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information when we believe it is necessary to:
Comply with applicable law, regulation, licensing requirement, subpoena, court order, or government request
Protect the safety of a child, parent, guardian, staff member, or other person
Report suspected abuse, neglect, danger, or emergency situations as required or permitted by law
Protect the rights, property, or safety of Happy Home
Investigate or prevent fraud, misuse, security issues, or policy violations
16. Visitors Outside Washington or the United States
Happy Home is an in-home childcare provider located in Spokane, Washington. Our website is intended primarily for families seeking childcare services in the Spokane area.
If you access the website from outside Washington or outside the United States, you understand that your information may be processed in the United States.
17. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our childcare services, website features, Facebook feed/app usage, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When we update the policy, we will revise the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.
18. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy, childcare records, photo permissions, Facebook data deletion requests, or privacy-related concerns, please contact:
Happy Home
Spokane, Washington
Website: spokanehappyhome.com
Email: [Insert contact email]
Phone: [Insert phone number]
For Facebook-related deletion requests, please use the subject line:
Facebook Data Deletion Request