A Partner in Safety & Security
Lifetouch is your partner in ensuring student safety, data, and financial security, backed by protective commitments and services.
Lifetouch’s Privacy Pledge
Lifetouch was the first school photography company to keep school data safe by signing a voluntary, enforceable privacy pledge.
Equipment and processes designed with student safety in mind
The best image, data and privacy practices in the industry
Payment sites meet industry’s strict standards for use of financial information
Background checks on all employees who work in your school
Data Privacy
Lifetouch complies with all applicable federal, state, and local data security and privacy requirements, and maintains rigorous safeguards to protect the information entrusted to us.
As a service provider delivering staff and student photography services to schools nationwide, Lifetouch upholds its obligations under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), as well as all relevant state privacy and data protection laws practices.
Safety and Security Checklist for School Photography
We created this checklist to help schools and families feel confident in their choices, and to highlight the standards we believe every photographery partner should meet.
These are the same standards we are proud to upload every day.
The Only School Photography Provider with SOC 3 Compliance
Lifetouch has achieved SOC 3 compliance, an independent validation of the security measures we use to help safeguard customer and student information. Supported by ongoing SOC 2 assessments, this certification reflects our continued commitment to keeping data protected across our photography and ordering platforms.
Lifetouch Portal
The Lifetouch Portal offers a safe, secure way to manage your school’s Picture Day images. Eliminate the risk of sending data via email, jump drives, and CDs/DVDs to get your images into your Student Information Systems and yearbook.
Even better! With the Lifetouch Portal you can download images for certificates, photo directories, awards, and more.
Trusted Employees
All of our photographers are Lifetouch employees and are required to pass a background check before they are authorized to work in a school or academic facility. We take extra steps to ensure the screening process complies with state and local requirements.
Secure Online Ordering
Our website makes ordering school pictures faster, easier, and more secure. Users can only access and view images specific to their student. These security measures ensure a safe experience when interacting with Lifetouch online.
Additionally, Lifetouch is annually certified to meet strict credit card security standards, so parents can feel confident their payment information is protected.
SmileSafe® Safety Cards
For more than 15 years, Lifetouch has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the U.S. and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP).