The Barron Foundation — Legal
Privacy Policy
How The Barron Foundation collects, uses, and protects your information.
The Barron Foundation — Legal
How The Barron Foundation collects, uses, and protects your information.
Substantially Updated — May 2026
We’ve substantially updated this Privacy Policy to reflect how we handle survivor stories, press inquiries, and Family Court Awareness Month materials — and to better explain your rights under California, state, and international privacy laws. Please review the changes below.
The Barron Foundation (“we,” “our,” or “the Foundation”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information. It applies to barron-foundation.org and to all programs operated by The Barron Foundation, including Family Court Awareness Month.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. Ever.
We take extra care with the sensitive information shared by protective parents, survivors, and families in active court proceedings. If you are in an active case, please read the Stories Submissions section below.
When you use our contact forms, donation inquiries, sign sponsorship forms, or email signup, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and any message you choose to send us.
Donations are processed through PayPal and Venmo. We do not collect or store your credit card or payment information. Please review PayPal’s and Venmo’s privacy policies for information on how they handle payment data.
Like most websites, we may collect certain technical information automatically, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on our site. This information is used only to improve our website and understand how visitors use it.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enable core functionality, remember your preferences, and understand site usage. This site is hosted on Squarespace, which sets certain cookies by default; you can review Squarespace’s cookie policy at squarespace.com. We also load fonts from Google Fonts, which may result in a third-party request to Google. You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time, though some parts of the site may not work as intended if you do.
In addition to the payment processors and form services described below, this site relies on: Squarespace (hosting and analytics), Google Fonts (typography), Google Forms and Google Sheets (order intake and response storage for shop launches and similar campaigns), Formspree (form processing for our contact and stories forms), PayPal and Venmo (donations and payments), and linked social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok). Each has its own privacy policy, which governs data handled by that service.
We use the information we collect to:
• Respond to your inquiries and messages
• Process and fulfill sign sponsorship orders
• Send movement updates and newsletters (only if you opted in)
• Improve our website and programs
• Fulfill our nonprofit mission of protecting children in family courts
Forms on this website are processed through one of two services depending on the form’s purpose:
The Stories page invites protective parents, survivors, and caregivers to share their experiences with family court. We treat these submissions with extraordinary care:
• Consent levels are your choice. When you submit a story, you explicitly tell us whether we may publish it with your first name, publish it anonymously, or treat it as information-only (never published). We honor whichever option you select. We will never publish a story without your explicit permission.
• Active cases are strictly confidential. If your case is still in court, we will not publish your story. Your submission is read only by staff with a direct need to know, and is held internally.
• Identifying details are protected. Before publishing any story, we change or withhold names, locations, case numbers, court identifiers, and any other details that could identify you, your child, or the opposing party — unless you have explicitly given us written permission to include them.
• You can withdraw at any time. If you submitted a story and change your mind — whether it’s been published or not — email info@barron-foundation.org and we will remove it from publication and delete our copy.
• We do not share your story with press or partners without your consent. Journalists sometimes ask us for survivor sources. We will never pass your contact information to a journalist, filmmaker, or partner organization without asking you first.
• We are not mandatory reporters in the counseling sense. We are a nonprofit advocacy organization, not licensed counselors or attorneys. Sharing your story with us does not create any legal or therapeutic relationship.
If you have concerns about a story you previously submitted, contact us at info@barron-foundation.org or 478.227.6393.
When journalists, producers, or researchers submit inquiries through our press form, we collect your name, outlet, email address, inquiry type, and any message you send. We use this information only to respond to your inquiry and to support coverage of The Barron Foundation’s work. Press contact information is retained for reference and is not shared outside the Foundation without your permission.
Family Court Awareness Month (FCAM) is an annual November campaign now operated under The Barron Foundation. If you request proclamation templates, submit a proclamation or resolution, register a participating jurisdiction, or contact the FCAM team, we handle your information under this same privacy policy. Participating jurisdiction names may be published as part of the FCAM public map and campaign materials; individual advocate names are never published without permission.
If you sign up for our movement updates or newsletter, you may unsubscribe at any time by contacting us at info@barron-foundation.org. We will never send you unsolicited commercial email.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Our website is intended for adults, and protective parents may of course reference their own children’s experiences when they submit stories. If you believe a child under 13 has independently provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at info@barron-foundation.org and we will delete it. This policy complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information. However, no internet transmission is completely secure. We encourage you to use caution when submitting personal information online.
Our website may contain links to third-party sites including PayPal, Venmo, social media platforms, and partner organizations. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.
You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of any personal information we hold about you. You may also ask us to stop contacting you, limit how we use your information, or provide a copy of what we have on file. To exercise these rights, contact us at info@barron-foundation.org or 478.227.6393. We will respond within 30 days.
California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete it, the right to correct inaccuracies, and the right to opt out of any sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your California rights, contact us at the address above.
Residents of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws have similar rights to access, correct, delete, and restrict use of their personal information. We honor these rights for all users regardless of residency.
The Barron Foundation is based in the United States, and our website is hosted in the United States. If you access our site from outside the U.S., your information will be transferred to and processed in the U.S. If you are an EU or UK resident, you have rights under GDPR; contact us to exercise them.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version will always be available at barron-foundation.org/privacy-policy.
Questions about this Privacy Policy? Contact us at:
The Barron Foundation
info@barron-foundation.org
478.227.6393
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