Privacy Policy

Most Recent Update: Jul 17, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Palo Verde Elementary District, collects, uses, and discloses personal information of its customers, prospective customers, and visitors to its website at www.pvesd.org.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Information collected directly from you:

• We may collect personal information directly from you, for example through a web form, during an online or in-person registration, while setting up an account with us, or when you contact us for customer support.

• Personal information we collect directly from you may include first and last name, address, email address, and phone number.

Information collected from your device:

• Our website may use tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information from your device, including for example your IP address, browser and operating system information, geographic location, referring website address, and other information about how you interact with the website.

• Our website may also use cookies to personalize your experience and enable certain features such as keeping track of items you put in your shopping cart. You may disable cookies in your web browser; however, parts of our website may not function properly. More information about blocking and deleting cookies is available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

• Our email campaigns may also use tracking technologies such as web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser type and version, and email engagement statistics.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

• We use information collected directly from you to provide you with our products and services, customer service and support, and other relevant information. We may also use this information to market our products and services to you, including by email and text message subject to your consent.

• We use information collected automatically from your device to provide our website to you, to optimize our website, and to assist with our information efforts.

• No mobile opt-in data will be shared with third parties.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

• We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics uses and processes your information in accordance with its privacy policy available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

• We use MySchoolBucks as our payment processor. MySchoolBucks uses and processes your payment information in accordance with its privacy policy available at https://login.myschoolbucks.com/users/etc/getprivacy.action?clientID=schoolbucks

• We may also share your personal information if necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

EMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGE 

Text Messaging Communication

Palo Verde Elementary District uses text messaging to provide timely and important information to parents and guardians. These messages may include school closures, emergency alerts, attendance notifications, and general school updates.

• Opting In: Parents provide their mobile phone number during the annual registration process via ParentVue. By providing a mobile number and indicating their preference for text communication in ParentVue, parents are opting in to receive text messages from the district and their child's school. Parents can manage their communication preferences at any time through their ParentVue account.

• Message Frequency: Message frequency will vary depending on school events, emergencies, and student attendance. We aim to send messages only when necessary to provide important information.

• Cost: Message and data rates may apply, depending on your mobile phone plan. Please check with your mobile carrier for details.

• HELP: For help regarding text messages from Palo Verde Elementary District, reply HELP to any message received.

• STOP: To stop receiving all text messages from Palo Verde Elementary District, reply STOP to any message received. Please note that opting out may mean you miss important school notifications, including emergencies.

YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, or to request that your personal information be corrected or deleted. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@pvesd.org or 623-327-3680.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Please review it frequently.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at info@pvesd.org or 623-327-3680