PRIVACY POLICY
Open the Path

Open the Path is a program of Open the Lid, LLC ("Open the Lid, LLC," "we," "us," or "our"), which operates this Website at openthepath.net. We provide it as a public service to our users.

Your privacy is important to us. Our goal is to provide you with a personalized online experience that provides you with the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you. We understand that disability is a personal and private subject, and we want you to feel comfortable visiting our website. This Privacy Policy has been written to describe the conditions under which this web site is being made available to you. The Privacy Policy discusses, among other things, how data obtained during your visit to this web site may be collected and used. We strongly recommend that you read the Privacy Policy carefully. By using this web site, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept the terms of the Privacy Policy, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the web site or any materials obtained from it. If you are dissatisfied with the web site, by all means contact us; otherwise, your only recourse is to disconnect from this site and refrain from visiting the site in the future. All capitalized terms not defined here are defined in our Terms and Conditions.

The process of maintaining a web site is an evolving one, and Open the Lid, LLC may decide at some point in the future, without advance notice, to modify the terms of this Privacy Policy. Your use of the web site, or materials obtained from the web site, indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy at the time of such use. The effective Privacy Policy will be posted on the web site, and you should check upon every visit for any changes.

Young People and Minors

Open the Path serves people ages 14 to 24, which means some of the people using this Website are under 18. We are committed to protecting the privacy of young people and vulnerable adults, and we encourage parents, guardians, and caregivers to take an active role in their young person's online activities and interests.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 18, we ask that you involve a parent, guardian, or caregiver before submitting personal information through this Website. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information you would like removed, contact us using the details at the end of this policy and we will delete it.

Links to Other Websites

Open the Lid, LLC's Website may provide links to third-party web sites for the convenience of our users. If you access those links, you will leave this web site. We do not control any third-party websites and cannot represent that their policies and practices will be consistent with this Privacy Policy. For example, other web sites may collect or use personal information about you in a manner different from that described in this document. Therefore, you should use other web sites with caution, and you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any web site before submitting personal information.

Types of Information We Collect

Non-Personal Information

You may use our website without submitting any personal information. In that case, the only information we collect will be non-personal information obtained through the use of cookies. These are small computer files transferred to your device, which allow us to know how often people visit our site and the pages they visit while at our site. The information collected by cookies allows us to monitor how many people are using our site and which are the most popular features of our site.

Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. You do not have to accept our cookies in order to productively use our site.

Third parties may use their own cookies when you click a link to their site or service. We do not control the third party use of cookies, or how they manage the information they gather through them. You should review the privacy policy of other sites you visit or link to from our site to understand how they use the information they collect through the use of cookies.

Personal Information

Personal information is information that is associated with your name or personal identity. Open the Lid, LLC uses personal information to better understand your needs and interests and to provide you with better service.

On this Website you may request information, ask a question, or ask us to contact you by submitting a form. The types of personal information you provide to us may include your name, phone number, email address, your preferred way of being contacted, your county or region, whether you are a student, parent, counselor or school staff member, and anything you choose to tell us about your situation, your interests, or your support needs.

You choose what to tell us. You do not need to describe your disability or share medical information to contact us or to ask a question.

Service Providers

We use third-party services to operate this Website and to manage the messages you send us. These currently include Squarespace, which hosts the Website and processes form submissions, and the tools we use to route those submissions into our internal contact records. These providers process information on our behalf and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.

How We Use Your Information

Open the Lid, LLC may use non-personal data that is aggregated for reporting about the Website's usability, performance, and effectiveness. It may be used to improve the experience, usability, and content of the site.

We use the personal information you send us to respond to you, to help you understand whether our programs may be a fit, to help you complete an application if you ask us to, and to communicate with you about the services you have asked about.

Information Sharing

Open the Lid, LLC does not sell, rent, or lease any individual's personal information or lists of email addresses to anyone for marketing purposes, and we take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the security of this information.

If you ask us to help you connect with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services or with your school, we will share only the information needed to do that, and only with your knowledge.

Open the Lid, LLC reserves the right to supply personal information to any organization into which we may merge in the future or to which we may make any transfer in order to enable a third party to continue part or all of our mission. We also reserve the right to release personal information to protect our systems or business, when we reasonably believe you to be in violation of our Terms and Conditions or if we reasonably believe you to have initiated or participated in any illegal activity. In addition, please be aware that in certain circumstances, Open the Lid, LLC may be obligated to release your personal information pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, or other orders.

SMS and Mobile Information

We do not share, sell, rent, or disclose mobile phone numbers, SMS opt-in data, or any information collected through our text messaging program to third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile information collected through our SMS program is used solely to deliver the messages you have consented to receive.

Information Transferred to the United States

Given the international scope of the internet, personal information may be visible to persons outside your country of residence. Our services are provided in the United States and information you submit is stored and processed in the United States. If you are located outside the United States and are unsure whether this Privacy Policy conflicts with applicable local rules, you should not submit your information.

Security

Open the Lid, LLC makes every effort to protect personal information submitted by users of the web site, including using security software. No server, however, is 100% secure, and you should take this into account when submitting personal or confidential information about yourself on any web site, including this one. Open the Lid, LLC assumes no liability for the interception, alteration, or misuse of the information you provide. Please use care when you access this web site and provide personal information.

Health Information

Please do not send us medical records, diagnoses, or other health information through the forms on this Website. This Website is not a secure channel for health information. If we need documentation from you as part of an application, we will tell you how to send it safely.

Opting Out

From time to time Open the Lid, LLC may email you announcements, surveys, or other information. If you prefer not to receive any or all of these communications, you may opt out by following the directions provided in those emails, or by contacting us.

To stop receiving text messages, reply STOP to any message. You may also contact us at outreach@openthelid.com to request removal from our SMS list.

Your Choices

You may ask us what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Contact us using the details below.

If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at Lydia@openthelid.com.

Last updated September 10, 2026