Effective Date: 07/31/2025
Last Updated: 07/31/2025
Welcome! This Privacy Policy explains how the Minnesota Partnership for Achievement (“we,” “us,” “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information of individuals in Minnesota in compliance with the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA).
We are the data controller under MCDPA. Our Chief Privacy Officer is:
Name: Cristine Trooien
Contact: cristine.trooien@minnesotaachievement.org
You may contact our CPO for privacy questions or complaints.
We collect only personal data that is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary for specified purposes. Categories may include:
Identifiers (e.g. name, email)
Professional or demographic data
Usage and analytics data
We do not collect sensitive data—such as race, health, biometrics, minors’ data (unless under COPPA rules)—without express consent.
Data is collected for clearly defined purposes such as:
Providing information and services
Website analytics and improvements
Communications and updates
Processing for any additional purposes will only occur with your consent or if compatible with original purposes.
We limit data collection to what is necessary to fulfill stated purposes. We retain personal data only as long as necessary and in compliance with applicable laws.
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, including a documented data inventory to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of personal data.
We do not sell personal data or use data for targeted advertising or profiling.
Should we do so in the future, you will have a clear and easy opt‑out mechanism, separate from this policy, to decline such processing.
Minnesota residents have the following rights at no charge (twice per year max unless requests are excessive):
Access their personal data
Correction of inaccurate data
Deletion of data, where not required to be retained
Correction & challenge profiling decisions, including the right to request reasons, data used, future steps to influence outcome, and reevaluation of decisions based on corrected data
Withdrawal of consent, with no discrimination for exercising rights.
We respond to rights requests within 45 days, and if needed, may extend another 45 days with notice. If a request is denied, we will provide a clear appeal process and notification of the right to appeal to the Minnesota Attorney General.
Any material change to this Privacy Policy will be communicated electronically to affected individuals. You will have the opportunity to withdraw consent for materially changed processing. We also will post updates to this policy and include the effective date.
We engage third‑party service providers under written agreements requiring them to:
Process data only per our instructions
Maintain confidentiality
Delete or return data upon request
Allow oversight and compliance audits
These contracts ensure they support us in meeting our MCDPA obligations.
We will not discriminate against individuals for exercising their MCDPA rights (e.g. access, deletion, opt‑out) in terms of pricing or service accessibility.
Certain organizations or data categories may be exempt (e.g. small businesses, HIPAA, GLBA entities). However, we voluntarily apply these principles even if exemptions may apply.
For more information on the MCDPA and consumer rights:
Minnesota Attorney General’s MCDPA guide (Minnesota Attorney General)
