Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 21, 2026

The Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB) respects the privacy of students, families, employees, and visitors to our website. This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit csdb.org, how CSDB uses and protects that information, and the choices available to you.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit csdb.org, CSDB and its website service providers may automatically collect limited technical information, including:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Date and time of the visit
• Pages viewed and links selected
• Length of the visit
• Referring website
• General geographic location derived from an IP address

CSDB uses this information to operate and secure the website, understand how visitors use it, improve navigation and accessibility, evaluate communications, and enhance website performance.

CSDB does not use this information to personally identify individual visitors unless necessary to investigate a security concern or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

Information You Provide

CSDB may collect information you voluntarily provide through:

• Contact and information-request forms
• Event registrations
• Surveys
• Email subscriptions
• Employment applications
• Records requests
• Payment services
• Other website forms and features

Depending on the purpose, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, relationship to CSDB, and the content of your request.

CSDB uses voluntarily submitted information to respond to requests, provide services, process registrations or applications, distribute requested communications, maintain appropriate records, and fulfill CSDB’s educational and public responsibilities.

Please do not submit confidential student, medical, financial, or other sensitive information through a general contact form or email unless CSDB specifically directs you to use that method.

Cookies and Google Analytics

CSDB uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functions and understand how visitors use csdb.org. A cookie is a small data file placed on a visitor’s device by a website or service provider.

CSDB uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics may collect information such as:

• Pages visited and links selected
• Date, time, and length of visits
• Browser, device, and operating-system information
• General geographic location
• Referring website
• IP address and related technical information

CSDB uses Google Analytics information in an aggregated form to measure website traffic, improve navigation and accessibility, evaluate communications, and better serve website visitors. CSDB does not use Google Analytics to collect student education records or intentionally identify individual visitors.

Google may process information according to its own Privacy Policy.

Visitors may manage or block cookies through their browser settings. Visitors may also prevent Google Analytics from collecting information by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Disabling cookies may affect how certain website features operate.

CSDB does not sell personal information collected through its website or use Google Analytics information for commercial targeted advertising.

How Information Is Used

CSDB may use information collected through the website to:

• Respond to questions and requests
• Provide educational and public services
• Process registrations, applications, or subscriptions
• Communicate school news, events, closures, and other information
• Improve website content, navigation, accessibility, and performance
• Monitor and protect website security
• Comply with legal, regulatory, reporting, and records-retention obligations
• Support other purposes disclosed when the information is collected

CSDB limits its collection and use of personal information to purposes related to its educational mission, operations, and legal responsibilities.

How Information May Be Shared

CSDB may share information collected through the website:

• With CSDB employees who need the information to respond to a request or provide a service
• With service providers performing work on CSDB’s behalf
• When authorized or requested by the person who provided the information
• To protect the safety, security, rights, or property of CSDB and its community
• When required by a court order, public-records law, or other legal obligation
• As otherwise permitted or required by law

CSDB does not sell personal information collected through its website.

Student Information and Education Records

Student education records and personally identifiable student information are protected in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Colorado Student Data Transparency and Security Act, other applicable laws, and CSDB policies.

CSDB’s Registrar and Student Records page provides information about:

• Student records requests and authorizations
• Personally identifiable student information
• CSDB’s collection and use of student data
• School service contract providers
• School service on-demand providers
• Student-records retention
• CSDB Board Policy JRCB

This Website Privacy Policy applies to information collected through CSDB’s public website. It does not replace CSDB’s student-data privacy protections, FERPA notices, records procedures, or Board policies.

CSDB does not knowingly disclose personally identifiable student information through the public website except with appropriate authorization or as otherwise permitted or required by law. CSDB does not intentionally send student names, education records, or other personally identifiable student information to Google Analytics.

Children’s Privacy

CSDB’s public website provides information for students, families, employees, and community members. It is not intended to collect personal information directly from children under age 13 without appropriate authorization.

Children should not submit personal information through the public website without the involvement of a parent, guardian, teacher, or other authorized adult. If CSDB learns that personal information was collected from a child inappropriately, CSDB will take reasonable steps to delete or otherwise address the information.

Online educational services used by enrolled students may be governed by separate notices, agreements, Board policies, and student-data protections.

Third-Party Services

CSDB uses third-party service providers to operate certain website features. These services may include:

• Website hosting and content management
• Website analytics
• Accessibility tools
• Embedded videos and media
• Maps and calendars
• Online forms and surveys
• Notifications and email subscriptions
• Employment applications
• Payment services

These providers may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies and their agreements with CSDB. CSDB seeks to use service providers that appropriately safeguard the information they process on CSDB’s behalf.

External Links

CSDB’s website contains links to websites operated by government agencies, community organizations, educational partners, and other outside entities.

When you follow an external link, you leave csdb.org and become subject to the external website’s terms and privacy practices. CSDB is not responsible for the content, security, accessibility, or privacy practices of websites it does not operate. Visitors should review the privacy policy of any external website they use.

Public Records

CSDB is a Colorado public entity. Information submitted to CSDB may be considered a public record and may be subject to inspection, retention, or disclosure under the Colorado Open Records Act and other applicable laws.

CSDB may also be required to retain submitted information according to state records-retention requirements. CSDB cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information when its disclosure is required by law.

Information Security

CSDB uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, email system, data-storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors submit information electronically at their own risk.

Information Retention

CSDB retains information only as long as reasonably necessary for educational, operational, security, archival, or legal purposes. Retention and disposal are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, Board policies, and state records-retention requirements.

Accessing or Correcting Information

You may contact CSDB to ask about personal information you submitted through the public website or to request that inaccurate information be corrected.

Whether CSDB can provide, correct, or delete information will depend on applicable education, employment, public-records, and records-retention laws. Requests involving student education records must follow CSDB’s FERPA and student-records procedures described on the Registrar and Student Records page.

Changes to This Policy

CSDB may update this policy to reflect changes in law, technology, website functions, or school practices. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was most recently revised.

Continued use of the website after an update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

Contact CSDB

Questions or concerns about this policy or CSDB’s website privacy practices may be directed to:

Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
33 North Institute Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Email: info@csdb.org
Phone: 719-578-2100