ParentingFirst Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

By creating a ParentingFirst account, theseterms will automatically apply to you – you should make sure therefore that you read them carefully before creating an account. We are offering you this web app to use for your own personal use without cost, but you should be aware that you
are not allowed to copy or modify the app, any part of the app, or our trademarks in any way. You are not allowed to attempt to extract the source code of the app, and you also should not try to translate the app into other languages or make derivative versions. The app itself and all the trademarks, copyright, database rights, and other intellectual property rights related to it still belong to the ParentingFirst team.

ACCEPTABLE USE
ParentingFirst offers a way for parents of LMU/Lehigh first-year students to receive parenting advice and learn about resources at LMU/Lehigh. To use ParentingFirst you must be 18 years of age or older and be a parent of a first-year LMU/Lehigh student who meets all of the following criteria: (a) received an invitation to participate in ParentingFirst directly from a source authorized by HeadsUP Labs/Lehigh Health Risk Behavior Lab to send invitations to participate in ParentingFirst; (b) received a link to the ParentingFirst web app; and (c) created an account ParentingFirst.

VOLUNTARY NATURE OF PARTICIPATION
Participation in ParentingFirst is entirely voluntary. You may choose not to participate, or, if you agree to participate, you may stop at any time. Your decision not to participate will not involve any penalty or loss of benefits to which you or your student are otherwise entitled.

POTENTIAL RISKS/BENEFITS
Risks associated with program participation include feeling uncomfortable or embarrassed due to the personal nature of some of the covered topics. A decision by you not to participate in the program or to discontinue your participation will in no way jeopardize your eligibility for any services or benefits to which you or your student are otherwise entitled. Your participation in ParentingFirst may benefit your child’s transition to college and success during their first year. Your participation (or lack thereof) in using ParentingFirst also help us evaluate the feasibility of making the program available to parents of first-year students at different universities across the country.

DATA USAGE
If you are using ParentingFirst outside of an area with wi-fi, you should remember that your terms of agreement with your mobile network provider will still apply. As a result, you may be charged by your mobile provider for the cost of data for the duration of the connection while accessing the website, or other third-party charges. In using ParentingFirst, you’re accepting responsibility for any such charges, including roaming data charges if you use the website outside of your home territory (i.e., region or country) without turning off data roaming. If you are not the bill payer for the device on which you are using the website, please be aware that we assume that you have received permission from the bill payer for using the website.

PRIVACY POLICY (Last updated May 2026)
ParentingFirst (“we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our mobile application (the “application”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the ParentingFirst application. We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “last updated” date of this privacy policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this privacy policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised privacy policy by your continued use of the application after the date such revised privacy policy is posted.

COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. Much of the information collected via the application depends on your actions and the permissions you grant or deny within the application.

PERSONAL DATA
Includes personally identifiable information that you voluntarily give to us when electing to create an account to use ParentingFirst. This data includes your student’s gender, your gender, university, number of children in or graduated from college, occupation, email address, and any other information you provide in your profile. The application also employs a standard social media authentication option via Google for user login and collects profile photo and name, and grants ParentingFirst these permissions. Data-related information about your ParentingFirst account and authentication are detailed in the next section.

ACCOUNT DATA & PRIVACY SETTINGS
You have the option to authenticate with an existing Google account or create a new username and password as well as uploading a profile photo manually. If you choose to authenticate with Google, you will be prompted to enter your credentials for the platform and then permit or deny ParentCandor access to your email address and profile picture associated with your Google account. This allows you to skip the steps associated with registering a new username a password and uploading a profile photo. Regardless of whether you choose to create your account manually or log in with existing credentials, you will have an opportunity to complete a public profile which includes your profile photo (if you choose to provide one), location, child’s gender, number of children in/graduated college, and your child’s phone number in which you can tell other parents a bit about yourself. Importantly, none of your personal data will be viewable by other users accessing the application.

DERIVATIVE DATA
Includes information our servers automatically collect when you access the application, such as your native actions that are integral to the application such as pages within the website you visit. Importantly, none of your actions in the app will be viewable by other users accessing the application.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the application to:
1. Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for internal use.

2. Create and manage your account.
3. Generate a personal profile to make your future visits to the application more personalized.
4. Increase the efficiency and operation of the application.
5. Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the application.
6. Notify you of updates to the application.
7. Request feedback and contact you about your use of the application.
8. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
9. Respond to product and customer service requests.
10. Send you a newsletter.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
ParentingFirst will not share your personal, Facebook, derivative, or mobile device data with third parties.

TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
WEBSITE ANALYTICS
We may also partner with selected third-party analytics vendors such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, and/or Heap Analytics to allow tracking technologies on the application through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the application, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand application usage. By accessing the application, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We employ the most advanced technologies and internal protocols (layered security, https protocol, SSL certificates, TSL encryption in transit, etc.) to transmit, secure, store, and protect all application data. These protocols safeguard privacy between communicating applications and their users on the internet. Also used to secure bank and credit card transactions online, these protocols ensure that no third party may eavesdrop or tamper with submitted data.

POLICY FOR CHILDREN
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a do-not-track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.

OPTIONS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:
• Logging into your account settings and selecting “delete account”

• Contacting us using the contact information provided below
Upon your request to terminate your account, we willdeactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, enforce our terms of use and/or comply with legal requirements.

EMAILS AND NOTIFICATIONS
If you no longer wish to receive emails and pushnotifications from us, you may opt out by contacting us using the contact information provided below.

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California civil code section 1798.83, also known as the“shine the light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about ParentingFirst’sdata privacy, terms or conditions please contact the ParentingFirst team at: ParentingFirst @lmu.edu