Privacy
Last updated October 11, 2026
This site asks nothing of you. There are no accounts, no sign-ups, no cookies and no advertising. This page explains the little that does happen.
Who runs this site
The ESTF Provider Finder is run by Palmetto NavigatEd, a project of the Palmetto Promise Institute. Palmetto NavigatEd’s privacy policy covers its main website, its forms and its messages. This page describes this site specifically, which works differently.
The site was designed and built by keresai.com, which does not run it and receives no information about the people who visit it.
What we do not collect
- No accounts or sign-ups. There is nothing to register for, and no form sends your details anywhere.
- No cookies. The site sets none.
- No analytics, advertising or tracking. The site loads no third-party scripts.
- Nothing is loaded from other services. Fonts, the map and the search data all come from this site, so no other company learns that you visited.
What stays in your browser
- Your location. If you use “near me”, your browser asks your permission first. The location is used only on your device, to sort results by distance, and is never sent anywhere.
- Your search. Searching happens on your device. What you type, and a ZIP code or town if you give one, becomes part of the page address so that you can bookmark or share it.
- Your colour theme. If you choose light or dark mode, your browser remembers it. That is not a cookie and it never leaves your device.
What the server records
Like every website, the server that delivers these pages notes each request: the IP address, the browser, the page asked for (including any search that is part of the address) and the time. Those logs are kept by Palmetto NavigatEd’s hosting provider to run and secure the site, and are covered by Palmetto NavigatEd’s privacy policy.
Links to other sites
When you open a provider’s website you leave this site, and that site’s own privacy policy applies. We ask your browser not to tell the provider’s site which page you came from.
Children
This site collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
What we publish about providers
Approved providers come from the South Carolina Department of Education’s public list. We still take extra care:
- We do not publish email addresses — not even ones a provider typed into their own description — because published addresses draw phishing and spam.
- We do not put a precise pin on a private home. Where a provider is registered at what looks like a residence, we show the town and a general area.
- We remove login details, such as usernames and passwords, that a provider included in a description by mistake.
If you are a provider and something here is wrong, or you would rather not be listed, contact Palmetto NavigatEd. The state’s own list is separate, and only the Department can change it.
Changes
If this site changes what it does with information, this page will change with it, and the date at the top will say so. See also the terms of use.