The Prepared Citizen
Including T.P.C. Training & Consulting and The Prepared Kid

 

Effective Date: August 17, 2026
Last Updated: August 17, 2026

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The Prepared Citizen respects the privacy of the individuals, families, students, instructors, organizations, schools, churches, businesses, and other members of the community we serve.

 

This Privacy Policy explains how The Prepared Citizen, including T.P.C. Training & Consulting, The Prepared Kid, and any other program, division, website, platform, or service operated under The Prepared Citizen brand (collectively, “TPC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, maintains, protects, discloses, and otherwise processes personal information.

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This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through our websites, online registration systems, contact forms, email and text communications, training programs, courses, events, instructor programs, school programs, consulting services, in-person interactions, and other services that link to or reference this Privacy Policy.

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Our privacy practices are guided by a simple principle: we seek to collect only the information reasonably necessary to provide our services, operate our business, protect our participants, and meet legitimate legal and administrative requirements.

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1. WHO WE ARE

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The Prepared Citizen provides education, training, preparedness, safety, emergency-response, medical, firearms, security, and related training and consulting services.

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Programs and services covered by this Privacy Policy include, but are not limited to:

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The Prepared Citizen, our principal brand and preparedness education platform;

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T.P.C. Training & Consulting, which provides professional training, consulting, certification, preparedness, safety, medical, security, firearms, emergency-response, and related services; and

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The Prepared Kid, which provides age-appropriate preparedness, safety, first aid, emergency-response, and related educational programs for children and teenagers.

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For purposes of applicable privacy laws, the entity responsible for determining how personal information is processed is:

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Prepared Citizen Group d/b/a The Prepared Citizen
2640 E League City Pkwy
Ste 104 PMB 1022
League City, TX 77573-3369
United States
privacy@preparedcitizenusa.com
www.preparedcitizenusa.com

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2. SCOPE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

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This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect when you:

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visit or interact with our website;

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submit an inquiry or contact form;

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request information about a program;

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register yourself or another person for training;

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register a child for The Prepared Kid;

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participate in a course, seminar, event, demonstration, consultation, or training program;

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purchase a course, product, certificate, credential, membership, or service;

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communicate with us by email, telephone, text message, social media, or other means;

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participate in a school-, church-, business-, governmental-, nonprofit-, or community-sponsored program;

apply to become an instructor, faculty member, training center, affiliate, contractor, employee, or business partner;

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receive a certificate, credential, continuing-education record, or other training record from us;

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participate in surveys, promotions, evaluations, testimonials, or feedback activities; or

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otherwise interact with TPC.

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This Privacy Policy does not govern third-party websites or services that we do not own or control, even if we link to them.

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3. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

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“Personal information” or “personal data” generally means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or can reasonably be linked to an identified or identifiable individual. The specific information we collect depends on how you interact with The Prepared Citizen, T.P.C. Training & Consulting, The Prepared Kid, or our other programs and services.
 

Identity Information. We may collect identity information such as your name, preferred name, date of birth or age, parent or guardian name, participant identification number, or instructor identification number. We use this information for purposes such as registration, identity verification, course administration, certificate issuance, credential management, and youth-protection measures.
 

Contact Information. We may collect contact information such as your email address, telephone number, mailing address, and emergency contact information. We use this information to communicate with you, schedule or administer training, process registrations, provide customer service, and contact appropriate individuals when necessary for safety or emergency purposes.
 

Registration and Transaction Information. We may collect information relating to your registrations and transactions, including courses selected, course dates and locations, orders, payment status, refunds, and attendance records. We use this information to process registrations, provide our services, maintain business and accounting records, administer refunds, and document participation.
 

Training and Certification Information. We may collect information relating to training and certification, including course attendance, completion status, examination or assessment results, skills evaluations, prerequisite certifications, certification expiration dates, and instructor credentials. We use this information for course administration, credentialing, certification verification, quality assurance, and compliance with applicable training or certification requirements.
 

Parent, Guardian, and Child Information. In connection with The Prepared Kid and other youth programs, we may collect a child's name, age or date of birth, parent or guardian information, authorized pickup information, enrollment information, and other information reasonably necessary to administer the program. We use this information for registration, participant safety, parental authorization, communication, educational services, and appropriate administration of youth programs.
 

Safety and Accommodation Information. We may collect emergency contact information, allergy information, accessibility or accommodation requests, and other information voluntarily provided concerning circumstances relevant to safe participation in our programs. We use this information to promote participant safety, provide reasonable accommodations, and respond appropriately in the event of an emergency.

Professional Information. We may collect information such as your employer, organization, school, department, agency, occupation, professional role, and professional certifications. We use this information in connection with business or organizational training, instructor and faculty programs, credential verification, contracting, and other professional services.
 

Government-Issued or Credential Information. When reasonably necessary for a particular program or service, we may collect information from a driver's license or other form of identification, professional license numbers, instructor credentials, License to Carry information, or other certification or credential information. We use this information only when reasonably necessary to verify identity, eligibility, prerequisites, professional qualifications, or compliance with applicable program requirements.
 

Payment Information. We may collect billing names, billing addresses, transaction information, payment status, and limited payment-card information made available to us by our payment processor. We use this information to process payments and refunds, maintain accounting records, prevent fraud, and administer transactions. Complete payment-card information may be collected and processed directly by third-party payment processors rather than stored by TPC.
 

Communications. We may collect records of communications with you, including emails, text messages, inquiries, customer-service correspondence, feedback, and other communications. We use this information to respond to requests, provide customer service, administer our programs, maintain appropriate records, and improve our services.
 

Photographs, Video, Audio, and Other Media. We may collect photographs, video recordings, audio recordings, testimonials, and similar media in connection with our courses, events, training programs, or promotional activities. We may use this information for documentation, training, educational, marketing, or promotional purposes when appropriately authorized and in accordance with applicable law and any required consent or media release.
 

Device and Internet Information. When you use our website or online services, we may automatically collect information such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring webpage, pages visited, interactions with our website, and approximate location derived from your IP address. We may use this information to operate and improve our website, understand website usage, maintain security, troubleshoot technical issues, prevent fraud, and conduct analytics.
 

Cookie and Analytics Information. We may collect cookie identifiers, session information, website analytics data, and, where used, advertising identifiers or similar information through cookies and related technologies. We use this information to provide website functionality, remember user preferences, understand how visitors interact with our website, improve our services, and, where enabled and legally permitted, support advertising or marketing activities.
 

Preference Information. We may collect information concerning your communication preferences, program interests, marketing preferences, and similar choices. We use this information to personalize communications, provide information that may be relevant to you, and honor your privacy and communication preferences.
 

Other Information You Provide. We may collect other information that you voluntarily provide through forms, surveys, applications, registrations, comments, inquiries, communications, or other interactions with TPC. We generally use this information for the purpose for which you provided it and for other compatible purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
 

We seek to collect only personal information that is reasonably necessary for the services we provide and the legitimate purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We encourage individuals, parents, guardians, schools, organizations, and instructors not to provide sensitive or unnecessary information unless it is specifically requested and reasonably necessary for the applicable program or service.
 

We do not intend to collect Social Security numbers, financial account passwords, or similarly sensitive identifiers through ordinary website forms. Please do not submit such information unless we specifically request it for a legitimate and lawful purpose.
 

4. SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
 

We may obtain personal information directly from you; from a parent or legal guardian; from an organization registering participants; from schools, churches, businesses, governmental organizations, community organizations, training centers, instructors, or other entities with which we have a training relationship; from service providers supporting our operations; from payment processors; from website technologies; and from publicly available or professionally maintained sources when reasonably necessary for instructor, credential, or business verification.
 

When someone provides personal information concerning another person to us, that person represents that they have appropriate authority to provide the information or that another lawful basis exists for the disclosure.
 

5. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
 

We use personal information only for legitimate business, educational, administrative, safety, legal, security, and operational purposes.
 

These purposes may include processing registrations; providing training and educational services; communicating course information; verifying prerequisites; issuing or maintaining training certificates; administering instructor and training-center programs; processing payments and refunds; responding to inquiries; providing customer support; maintaining appropriate training and attendance records; coordinating school or organizational programs; protecting participant safety; responding to emergencies; providing reasonable accommodations; preventing fraud or misuse; improving our programs; maintaining website functionality and security; complying with legal obligations; establishing or defending legal claims; maintaining business records; conducting internal analytics; and communicating information about programs or services that may be relevant to interested individuals.
 

We will not use personal information collected for one purpose for a materially incompatible purpose without providing any notice or obtaining any consent required by applicable law.
 

6. DATA MINIMIZATION
 

TPC endeavors to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for the activity or service being provided.
 

This principle is especially important for The Prepared Kid. A child's participation will not be conditioned on providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the applicable program or activity.

We also encourage schools, parents, instructors, training centers, and organizations working with us not to provide information that is unnecessary for the applicable course or service.
 

7. SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
 

Certain information may be considered “sensitive personal information” or “sensitive data” under applicable law.
 

Depending on the service provided, this may include information concerning a child's identity, health-related accommodation or safety information, precise geolocation if intentionally collected, government identification information, or other legally protected categories of data.
 

TPC will process sensitive personal information only when reasonably necessary for an appropriate purpose and will obtain consent when required by applicable law.
 

TPC does not sell sensitive personal information for monetary consideration.
 

TPC does not sell children's personal information.
 

TPC does not use children's personal information for targeted advertising or behavioral profiling.
 

8. PAYMENT INFORMATION
 

Payments for courses, merchandise, registrations, certificates, instructor fees, or other services may be processed through third-party payment processors.
 

When a third-party payment processor is used, payment-card information is generally transmitted directly to that processor. TPC does not intend to maintain complete payment-card numbers or card security codes on its own systems unless specifically necessary and handled through an appropriately secured and compliant payment environment.
 

We may receive limited transaction information from the payment processor, such as your name, billing information, transaction amount, transaction identifier, payment status, and limited card information such as card type or last four digits.
 

Payment processors operate under their own privacy and security policies.
 

9. COOKIES, WEBSITE ANALYTICS, AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
 

Our website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, analytics technologies, and similar tools.

Some technologies are necessary for website operation, security, registration, shopping-cart functionality, payment processing, account functionality, or remembering user preferences.
 

We may also use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use our website, identify technical problems, measure site performance, and improve our services.
 

If advertising or social-media technologies are enabled, those technologies may collect information concerning interactions with our website. Under some state privacy laws, certain advertising-related disclosures may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or processing for “targeted advertising” even when no money is exchanged for personal information.
 

Where required by applicable law, we will provide mechanisms allowing users to opt out of such processing.

TPC will not knowingly use behavioral advertising technologies to target advertising to children using The Prepared Kid services.
 

10. GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL AND OPT-OUT PREFERENCE SIGNALS
 

Where applicable law requires us to recognize a legally valid browser-based universal opt-out mechanism or opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control, we will process supported signals as required by applicable law.
 

A browser's ordinary “Do Not Track” setting may not necessarily communicate a legally recognized privacy request. Where a legally recognized opt-out signal applies, we will endeavor to honor it in accordance with applicable requirements.
 

11. WHEN WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION
 

TPC does not disclose personal information indiscriminately.
 

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients when reasonably necessary:
 

Service providers and contractors. These may include website hosts, registration platforms, learning-management systems, payment processors, email providers, customer-management platforms, cloud-storage providers, certificate-management systems, IT and cybersecurity providers, accountants, professional advisers, printing and fulfillment providers, and similar businesses supporting TPC operations.
 

Training and credential partners. When a course involves a third-party certification organization, authorized training center, credentialing body, instructor network, or other certification system, necessary participant information may be provided for purposes such as course administration, certification, auditing, instructor affiliation, or credential verification.
 

Schools and sponsoring organizations. When training is arranged through a school, employer, church, governmental entity, nonprofit organization, training center, or other sponsoring organization, we may provide information reasonably necessary to administer the program, such as rosters, attendance, completion status, or certificates, consistent with applicable law and contractual requirements.
 

Professional advisers. We may disclose information to attorneys, accountants, insurers, auditors, consultants, or other advisers when reasonably necessary.
 

Government and legal authorities. We may disclose information when required by law, subpoena, court order, regulatory requirement, lawful governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of TPC, our participants, or others.
 

Business transactions. Information may be transferred as part of an actual or proposed merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, sale of assets, transfer of business operations, or similar transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
 

At your direction. We may disclose information when you ask or authorize us to do so.

Service providers receiving personal information from us are expected to use the information only for appropriate purposes consistent with the services they provide and applicable contractual or legal obligations.
 

12. SALE AND SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
 

TPC does not sell personal information to data brokers in exchange for monetary payment.
 

TPC does not knowingly sell or share personal information concerning children or minors for behavioral advertising.
 

However, certain website advertising, analytics, or social-media integrations may constitute a “sale,” “sharing,” or processing for targeted advertising under the broad definitions contained in some state privacy statutes.
 

If TPC engages in activity legally characterized as a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising, eligible consumers will be provided with any opt-out mechanism required by applicable law.
 

You may also submit an opt-out request using the procedures described in the Your Privacy Rights section below.
 

13. THE PREPARED KID — CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
 

Protecting children's information is a particularly important responsibility for TPC.
 

The Prepared Kid is an educational program designed for children and families. Because certain Prepared Kid activities may involve children under age 13, TPC applies heightened safeguards to children's personal information and will comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule (“COPPA”) when COPPA applies.
 

Parent-Directed Registration
 

Whenever reasonably practicable, online enrollment in The Prepared Kid should be completed by a parent or legal guardian rather than directly by the child.
 

Registration forms may request information concerning a child, such as the child's name, age or date of birth, course enrollment, emergency information, accommodations, or other information reasonably necessary to participate.
 

When that information is provided by an adult about a child through an adult-directed registration process, it will be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
 

Direct Collection From Children Under 13
 

TPC will not knowingly collect personal information online directly from a child under 13 in circumstances requiring parental consent unless we have first provided appropriate notice and obtained verifiable parental consent or another exception permitted by law applies.
 

Where an age-screening mechanism is used, TPC will endeavor to implement it neutrally and will not intentionally encourage children to misrepresent their age.
 

If we learn that personal information has been collected online directly from a child under 13 in violation of applicable requirements, we will take appropriate steps to delete the information or obtain required parental authorization.
 

Information Potentially Covered by COPPA
 

For a child under 13, protected personal information may include the child's name, home address, online contact information, telephone number, persistent online identifier, photographs, video or audio containing the child's image or voice, qualifying geolocation information, and other information covered by applicable law.

Parental Consent

When verifiable parental consent is required, TPC will obtain consent using a method reasonably designed to verify that the person providing consent is the child's parent or legal guardian.
 

The exact verification process may vary based on the nature and sensitivity of the information and the activity involved.
 

Parents' Rights
 

Subject to applicable law and reasonable verification of identity and parental authority, a parent or legal guardian may request information concerning personal information collected online from their child, request to review that information, request correction where appropriate, request deletion, revoke previously provided consent, or direct TPC not to collect or use additional personal information from the child.

Revoking consent or requesting deletion may prevent the child from participating in an activity when the information is reasonably necessary to provide that activity.
 

Requests concerning a child's information should be submitted to privacy@preparedcitizenusa.com with the subject line “Child Privacy Request.”
 

Children's Advertising

TPC does not use personal information collected from children through The Prepared Kid for targeted behavioral advertising.
 

TPC will not disclose a child's personal information to a third party for that third party's independent advertising or marketing purposes.
 

Children's Information Retention
 

Personal information collected online from a child will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, satisfy appropriate legal or recordkeeping requirements, resolve disputes, protect safety, or meet legitimate certification requirements.
 

When the information is no longer reasonably necessary, TPC will take reasonable measures to securely delete or deidentify it.
 

14. THE PREPARED KID — SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
 

The Prepared Kid may be provided through public schools, private schools, charter schools, homeschool organizations, youth organizations, childcare organizations, camps, community organizations, or similar educational settings.
 

Where TPC receives student information from a school or educational institution, TPC will use that information only for purposes reasonably related to providing the authorized educational program and other purposes permitted by applicable law and the agreement with the educational institution.
 

TPC will not use student information supplied by a school for unrelated behavioral advertising or unrelated commercial profiling.
 

When a school is legally permitted to authorize the collection of children's information on behalf of parents, TPC may rely on that authorization only to the extent allowed by applicable law and only for the educational purpose for which the school provided authorization.
 

Where legally required, TPC will provide schools with information concerning our collection, use, disclosure, retention, and security practices.
 

When applicable to a particular school relationship, TPC will cooperate with the school regarding legitimate requests to access, correct, return, or delete student information.
 

TPC recognizes that student information may also be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (“PPRA”), state student-privacy statutes, contractual data-protection requirements, or other laws. TPC will comply with those requirements to the extent they apply to TPC's role and activities.
 

If the terms of an agreement with a school impose stronger student-privacy protections than this general Privacy Policy, TPC will follow the applicable contractual requirements.
 

15. PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEO, AUDIO, AND MEDIA RELEASES
 

TPC may photograph or record training programs, events, demonstrations, or other activities for instructional, documentation, promotional, or marketing purposes.
 

Where authorization is required, TPC will obtain an appropriate media release or other consent.
 

For minors, authorization for promotional use of an identifiable child's photograph, video, testimonial, or similar media should be obtained from a parent or legal guardian when required.
 

TPC will not condition participation in an ordinary Prepared Kid course on granting a promotional media release unless photography or recording is an inherent and clearly disclosed element of the activity.
 

A person may contact TPC to withdraw consent for future optional promotional use. Withdrawal will apply prospectively to the extent reasonably practicable and may not require TPC to recall materials lawfully created, printed, distributed, published, or used before consent was withdrawn.
 

Media used solely for security, incident documentation, training evaluation, certification documentation, or other legitimate operational purposes may be subject to different retention and use requirements.
 

16. MEDICAL, SAFETY, AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
 

Some training programs may require limited information concerning allergies, physical limitations, accessibility needs, emergency contacts, medical considerations, or other circumstances relevant to safe participation.
 

TPC is not a healthcare provider merely because an individual provides such information in connection with a course.
 

TPC will seek to limit collection to information reasonably necessary to address participant safety or accommodations.
 

Participants and parents should not provide detailed medical records unless specifically requested and reasonably necessary.
 

Safety-related information may be disclosed to instructors, staff members, emergency responders, sponsoring organizations, or others when reasonably necessary to protect the participant's health or safety or respond to an emergency.
 

17. FIREARMS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING INFORMATION
 

Certain T.P.C. Training & Consulting programs may involve firearms training, license-to-carry education, professional credentials, emergency medical instruction, security education, instructor certifications, or other regulated or credentialed activities.
 

TPC may collect information reasonably necessary to verify eligibility, identity, prerequisites, course completion, instructor qualifications, or certification requirements.
 

Where a governmental agency, credentialing body, training organization, or other third party maintains the official licensing or credentialing process, participants may be required to provide information directly to that organization.
 

TPC will not intentionally collect government identifiers or sensitive licensing information that is not reasonably necessary for the service being provided.
 

Nothing in this Privacy Policy means that TPC conducts governmental background checks or maintains government criminal-history databases unless TPC expressly provides notice that such activity is required for a particular program and is legally authorized.
 

18. INSTRUCTOR, FACULTY, AND TRAINING-CENTER INFORMATION
 

If TPC establishes or operates an instructor, faculty, affiliate, or training-center network, we may collect information concerning applicants and participants including contact information, professional qualifications, certifications, instructor status, affiliated training center, course activity, certificate issuance, continuing education, payment information, disciplinary or quality-assurance information, and other information reasonably necessary to administer the program.
 

TPC may verify credentials with issuing organizations or other appropriate sources.
 

Certain instructor information may be visible to affiliated training centers, faculty members, program administrators, or the public when necessary to identify authorized instructors or locations.
 

Any public instructor directory will be limited to information reasonably appropriate for that purpose.
 

19. CERTIFICATES AND TRAINING RECORDS
 

TPC may maintain course-completion and certification records for legitimate training, credentialing, audit, quality-assurance, insurance, regulatory, verification, and administrative purposes.
 

These records may include participant name, course, instructor, training location, completion date, certificate number, expiration date, assessment status, and similar information.
 

Where a third-party credentialing organization establishes its own record-retention requirements, TPC may retain or submit records as required by that organization.
 

A request to delete information may therefore be limited when retention is reasonably necessary to preserve the integrity or validity of an issued credential, meet legal requirements, prevent fraud, establish completion of training, respond to an audit, or defend a legal claim.
 

20. EMAIL AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
 

TPC may use contact information to send administrative or transactional communications concerning registrations, course changes, certificates, payments, safety information, account activity, or other services you requested.
 

We may separately send promotional communications concerning upcoming courses, programs, products, or events.
 

Marketing emails will provide an appropriate method for unsubscribing.
 

Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not necessarily prevent us from sending non-promotional communications reasonably necessary to complete a transaction, administer a course, provide a certificate, address safety issues, or manage an existing business relationship.
 

21. TEXT MESSAGES AND TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
 

If you provide a telephone number, we may use it for communications reasonably related to your inquiry, registration, course, event, service, or existing relationship with TPC.
 

Where consent is legally required for automated or promotional text messages or calls, TPC will obtain the required consent.
 

Consent to receive marketing text messages will not be treated as a condition of purchasing a service when applicable law prohibits such a condition.
 

Instructions for opting out of recurring marketing text messages will be provided where appropriate. Transactional or safety-related communications may be treated separately as permitted by law.
 

TPC does not sell telephone numbers or SMS consent information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
 

22. DATA RETENTION
 

TPC does not intend to retain personal information indefinitely simply because it may someday be useful.

Retention periods depend on the nature of the information and the purpose for which it was collected.
 

We consider factors including the duration of our relationship with the individual or organization; the length of time necessary to provide a course or service; certification and credential-verification requirements; legal, tax, accounting, insurance, and contractual obligations; dispute-resolution and limitation periods; fraud-prevention needs; safety requirements; parent or school requests; and applicable privacy-law requirements.
 

Children's personal information receives particular attention and will be retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or another legitimate and lawful purpose.
 

When information no longer needs to be retained, we may delete, destroy, aggregate, or deidentify it using measures appropriate to the nature of the information.
 

23. DATA SECURITY
 

TPC uses reasonable administrative, technical, organizational, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, acquisition, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.
 

Depending on the nature of the information and our systems, safeguards may include access controls, authentication measures, secure service providers, encryption where appropriate, software updates, backups, employee or contractor access restrictions, security monitoring, secure disposal practices, and vendor-management procedures.
 

Access to children's information and other sensitive information should be limited to individuals with a legitimate need to access it.
 

No website, electronic transmission, information system, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, TPC cannot guarantee absolute security.
 

If a data-security incident occurs, TPC will investigate and provide legally required notifications to affected individuals, regulators, or other authorities as required by applicable law.
 

24. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
 

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to TPC, you may have rights regarding your personal information.
 

These rights may include the right to confirm whether we process your personal information; access information maintained about you; obtain a portable copy of certain information; correct inaccurate information; request deletion of information; opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information; opt out of targeted advertising; opt out of certain profiling; limit certain uses of sensitive personal information; withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and exercise privacy rights without unlawful discrimination or retaliation.
 

TPC may voluntarily honor a reasonable privacy request even when a particular statutory privacy law does not require us to do so, unless honoring the request would conflict with legitimate legal, security, certification, contractual, or operational requirements.
 

How to Submit a Request
 

Privacy requests may be submitted to:

Email: privacy@preparedcitizenusa.com
Subject: Privacy Rights Request
 

or
 

Mail:
Privacy Request
The Prepared Citizen
2640 E League City Pkwy
Ste 104 PMB 1022
League City, TX 77573-3369
United States
 

Please provide enough information for us to understand the request and reasonably verify your identity.

TPC will not require you to create a new account solely to exercise a privacy right where applicable law prohibits such a requirement.
 

Verification
 

To protect personal information from unauthorized disclosure or deletion, we may take reasonable steps to verify the identity and authority of the person making the request.
 

The verification information requested will depend on the nature and sensitivity of the information involved.

A parent or guardian requesting information concerning a child may be required to verify both identity and parental or guardianship authority.
 

Authorized Agents
 

Where permitted by applicable law, you may designate an authorized agent to submit a privacy request on your behalf.
 

We may require appropriate evidence that the agent is authorized to act for you and may separately verify your identity where permitted by law.
 

Response
 

We will respond to verified privacy requests within the period required by applicable law.

If additional time is legally permitted and reasonably necessary, we may notify you of an extension.

Certain requests may be denied or limited where an exception under applicable law permits or requires us to retain or process information.
 

25. APPEALING A PRIVACY DECISION
 

If TPC denies a privacy request and applicable law provides a right to appeal, you may appeal our decision by emailing privacy@preparedcitizenusa.com with the subject line:
 

“Privacy Request Appeal.”
 

Please identify the original request and explain why you believe the decision should be reconsidered.

TPC will review the appeal and respond within the period required by applicable law.
 

Where required, our response will provide information concerning how you may submit a complaint to the appropriate state attorney general or privacy regulator.
 

26. TEXAS PRIVACY RIGHTS
 

Texas residents may have rights under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act and other applicable Texas privacy laws.
 

Where the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act applies to TPC's processing, eligible Texas consumers may request confirmation of whether personal data is being processed, access to personal data, correction of inaccuracies, deletion of qualifying personal data, a portable copy of qualifying personal data, and opt-out of qualifying targeted advertising, sales of personal data, or certain profiling.
 

TPC will not discriminate against an eligible Texas consumer for exercising an applicable privacy right.

Where Texas law requires consent before processing sensitive data, TPC will obtain the required consent.

For known children whose information is subject to parental-consent requirements, TPC will obtain parental consent as required by law.
 

Texas residents may exercise applicable rights using the procedures described above.
 

27. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
 

If TPC becomes subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, California residents will receive the rights and disclosures required by that law.
 

Depending on applicability, those rights may include rights to know, access, correct, delete, obtain information concerning disclosures, opt out of sale or sharing, limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, and receive equal service and pricing when exercising privacy rights.
 

TPC does not knowingly sell or share personal information of consumers under 16 without any affirmative authorization required by applicable California law.
 

If we engage in activity qualifying as “sale” or “sharing” under California law, we will provide an appropriate method for eligible consumers to opt out and will honor qualifying opt-out preference signals when required.

Nothing in this section should be interpreted to state that TPC is presently subject to the CCPA if applicable statutory thresholds have not been met.
 

28. PRIVACY RIGHTS IN OTHER U.S. STATES
 

Residents of other states may have privacy rights under their state's comprehensive consumer privacy, children's privacy, biometric privacy, student privacy, data-breach, or other applicable laws.

TPC will honor legally applicable rights based on the individual's jurisdiction and our obligations under the applicable law.
 

Where a state provides rights broader than those expressly described in this Privacy Policy, TPC will provide those rights when legally required.
 

29. BIOMETRIC INFORMATION
 

TPC does not intend to collect or process biometric identifiers for the purpose of uniquely identifying individuals unless specifically disclosed and lawfully authorized.
 

Ordinary photographs, videos, or security images will not intentionally be converted into facial-recognition templates or other biometric identifiers by TPC unless a separate notice and any consent required by applicable law are provided.
 

If TPC later adopts fingerprint authentication, facial recognition, voiceprints, or another biometric identification system, this Privacy Policy will be updated and additional notices or consents will be provided where required.
 

30. PRECISE GEOLOCATION
 

TPC does not intend to continuously track the precise physical location of participants through its ordinary website.
 

A third-party mapping, registration, mobile, or event service may process location information if a user affirmatively chooses to use location-based functionality.
 

If TPC intentionally collects precise geolocation information that constitutes sensitive data under applicable law, it will obtain any consent required by law and limit use to an appropriate disclosed purpose.
 

31. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES
 

Our website or communications may contain links to services operated by third parties, such as social-media platforms, map providers, payment processors, certification organizations, course partners, retailers, governmental agencies, or external educational resources.
 

TPC does not control the privacy practices of unaffiliated third parties.
 

When you leave our website or independently provide information to another organization, that organization's privacy policy and terms govern its handling of your information.
 

We encourage users, and particularly parents, to review the privacy practices of third-party services before providing personal information.
 

32. SOCIAL MEDIA
 

TPC may maintain pages or accounts on third-party social-media platforms.
 

Information you provide through a social-media platform may be processed by both TPC and the platform provider.
 

Public comments, photographs, messages, reactions, or other information posted through social media may be visible to other users depending on your account settings and the nature of the platform.
 

Parents and children should not publicly post sensitive personal information through TPC social-media pages.
 

33. DEIDENTIFIED AND AGGREGATED INFORMATION
 

TPC may create aggregated or deidentified information that cannot reasonably be linked to a particular individual.
 

We may use such information for program evaluation, curriculum development, statistical analysis, business planning, instructor quality improvement, reporting, or similar legitimate purposes.

Where required by law, we will maintain deidentified information in deidentified form and will not attempt to reidentify it except as legally permitted.
 

34. LEGAL COMPLIANCE, SAFETY, AND PROTECTION OF RIGHTS
 

TPC may use, preserve, or disclose personal information when we reasonably believe doing so is necessary to comply with applicable law or legal process; respond to a lawful request from authorities; investigate fraud or misconduct; enforce agreements; protect TPC's rights or property; prevent or respond to a safety threat; protect a participant, child, instructor, employee, or member of the public; respond to an emergency; or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
 

Nothing in this Privacy Policy limits disclosures otherwise required by law.
 

35. BUSINESS TRANSFERS
 

If TPC undergoes a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale, financing, restructuring, transfer of assets, succession, bankruptcy, or similar business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
 

Any successor receiving personal information will be expected to process it consistently with applicable law and any privacy commitments legally binding at the time of transfer.
 

36. INTERNATIONAL USERS
 

TPC is based in the United States and primarily provides services in the United States.
 

If you access our website or provide personal information from outside the United States, your information may be processed and stored in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

Those jurisdictions may have privacy laws different from those in your home country.
 

If TPC begins intentionally offering services subject to international privacy regimes requiring additional disclosures or safeguards, we will update our practices as appropriate.
 

37. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
 

TPC may update this Privacy Policy as our programs, technologies, vendors, business practices, or legal obligations change.
 

When we revise the Privacy Policy, we will update the “Last Updated” date above.
 

If a change materially affects how we use personal information already collected, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by applicable law.
 

We encourage users to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
 

38. CONTACT US
 

Questions, concerns, complaints, parental requests, or privacy-rights requests may be directed to:
 

The Prepared Citizen
Attn: Privacy
2640 E League City Pkwy
Ste 104 PMB 1022
League City, TX 77573-3369
United States
 

Email: privacy@preparedcitizenusa.com
Website: www.preparedcitizenusa.com
 

For requests involving a child enrolled in The Prepared Kid, please use the subject line:
 

Child Privacy Request
 

For other statutory privacy requests, please use:
 

Privacy Rights Request
 

For an appeal of a previously denied privacy request, please use:

Privacy Request Appeal

OUR PRIVACY COMMITMENT

The Prepared Citizen exists to help individuals, families, children, and communities become more capable and prepared. Protecting the people we serve includes protecting information entrusted to us.

We therefore strive to collect only what we reasonably need, use it for legitimate purposes, protect it appropriately, provide meaningful choices concerning its use, and apply heightened safeguards when information involves children.