Privacy Policy

Association Montessori International of the United States (AMI/USA) is committed to maintaining the privacy of visitors to our website. We collect no personal information when you visit our website unless you provide that information.

This document describes how AMI/USA ("we", "us", "our"), processes the personal information we collect about our users, whether they are an individual or an organization ("user", "you", "your") of our products and services (collectively, "Services").

This Privacy Policy for AMI/USA describes:

the personal information we collect and how we use it,
with whom we share your information,
the measures we take to protect the security of your personal information, and
how you can communicate with us about your rights and choices.

GENERAL

AMI/USA collects the information you provide at time of membership renewal and event registrations solely for the purpose of operating the association and delivery of the activities you participate in and electronic communication you receive. AMI/USA does not sell or use your data for any other purpose. AMI/USA does not itself collect or hold payment or credit card or banking information.

If you browse through our website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically, but this information does not identify you personally. We use this information to assist us in making our website more useful to our visitors, to learn more about the number of visitors to our website and the types of technology used by our visitors. We automatically collect and store information such as the following:

Internet domain from which you accessed our website
Your IP address
Type of browser and operating system used to access our website
Date and time you accessed our website
Pages you visited
If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website

“COOKIES”

“Cookies” are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session (session cookies) or saved on a user’s hard drive to identify that user or information about that user the next time logging in to a website (persistent cookies). This website does not use persistent cookies or any other persistent tracking technology. One or more of our component sites may use session cookies to provide streamlined navigation. These session cookies are deleted from the component’s server after your session ends, and information from them is not collected or saved.

VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED INFORMATION

We do not collect or store personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide it. If you provide personally identifiable information (for example, by sending an e-mail, by creating a member profile, or by filling out a form and submitting it through our website), we use that information only to respond to your message and to help us provide you with the information and services that you request.

When you voluntarily submit information through our website, you consent to the use of the information for the stated purpose. When users click the “SUBMIT” button on any of the Web forms or any of the website menus found on our site, they are indicating voluntary and informed consent to the use of the information they submit for the stated purpose. For example, if a user or a member submits a request for membership through our website, that user voluntarily authorizes us to use the information submitted for membership and related purposes. We collect or use personally identifiable information for sales, marketing, or other commercial purposes only when you agree to receive promotional emails from partner organizations.

RETENTION OF COLLECTED INFORMATION

We destroy the information we collect when the purpose for which it was provided has been fulfilled, unless we are required to keep it longer by statute, regulation or policy.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This website may contain links to other websites, such as government websites and private websites. Once you go to a website via a link provided by our website, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of that website. It is recommended that you read the privacy policy of any website that you visit. We do not control or guarantee the lawfulness, accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained in a website to which we provide a link. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we do not endorse organizations or individuals maintaining sites to which we provide a link; nor do we endorse any views expressed or any products/services offered.

INTERACTION WITH CHILDREN AND MINORS

This website does not offer content to children and minors.

PROTECTION OF INFORMATION

For website and server security purposes and to ensure this service remains available to all users, our computer system employs software programs for monitoring network traffic, identifying unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or determining unlawful activities that can cause damage to the website, among other things. If our software programs disclose evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, we may provide such evidence to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server or to cause damage to our website are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under applicable state and federal laws.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

AMI/USA maintains official pages or accounts on several third-party websites (for example, Facebook) in order to better engage with our members and the public, as well as to promote awareness of our activities, events, news and information. Your activity on these third-party websites is governed by the security and privacy policies of the relevant third-party websites. It is recommended that you review the privacy policies of third-party websites before using them to ensure that you understand how your information may be used. You should also adjust privacy settings on your account on any third-party website to match your privacy preferences.

INFORMATION SECURITY

We are committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information and have established safeguards to help protect such information. For example, to protect your privacy, TNPA uses passwords to help verify authorized user identity before granting access anywhere your personal information is stored. All online monetary transactions are done on a secure server. This means that information entered on the transaction page is encrypted before transmission. Though we strive to ensure the security of your information on our systems, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

While TNPA is a U.S. based organization we do now and may in the future have members or strategic alliance partners in other countries, including Canada. We may transfer your personal information to recipients in countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected, in particular to the United States of America. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When we transfer your information to other countries, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed to you at the time the data is collected.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

You have rights regarding the personal information we maintain about you. We also offer you choices about what personal information we collect from you, how we use that information, and how we communicate with you.

You have the right to:

limit the sharing of your information with third parties.
obtain confirmation that we hold personal information about you.
request access to and receive information about the personal information we maintain about you.
receive copies of the personal information we maintain about you.
update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
have the processing of your personal information restricted or object to the processing of your personal information.
have the information blocked or deleted, as appropriate.

To exercise these rights, please contact us as set forth below. You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us. We will apply your choices going forward.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, or if you would like us to update information or preferences you provided to us, please contact us at montessori@amiusa.org or by postal mail at:

Association Montessori International of the United States (AMI/USA)
Attention: Privacy Policy
P.O. Box 34910
Alexandria, VA 22314-4910

Updated August 1, 2025