1. Our commitment

Go LeagueReady is software for running youth sports leagues, so a player record will often belong to a child under 13. We take that seriously. This Children's Privacy Policy explains how we handle children's information under the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

Go LeagueReady is not directed to children and children do not create accounts or use the service directly. Every player record is created and managed by an adult: an authenticated parent, legal guardian, or league administrator.

This page is part of, and should be read alongside, our main Privacy Policy.

2. What we collect about a player

An adult provides a limited set of information needed to place a child in the right division and run the season safely:

First and last name
Date of birth (used to place the player in the correct age group)
Jersey number and t-shirt size
Allergies (optional, provided for game-day safety). Allergy information is sensitive personal information under California law (CPRA) and other state laws. We use it only to alert the player's coach for game-day safety, we never share it outside the team, and we do not use it for any other purpose.
Parent or guardian contact details and an emergency contact

3. What we never collect or do

We never collect or store photos of children on our servers.
We never show advertising to children, and we run no advertising on the product at all.
We never sell children's information or share it for marketing or behavioral advertising.
We do not ask a child for information directly, and we do not require a child to disclose more than is reasonably necessary to take part in a league.
We do not collect Social Security numbers, home addresses, or medical history beyond the optional allergy note.

4. Verifiable parental consent

Before a child's record is active, we obtain verifiable parental consent (VPC) through one of two paths:

Public registration (double opt-in): when a parent registers their child through a league's public registration link, we email the parent or guardian a confirmation link. The player record is not activated, no fee is collected, and no in-app messaging participation is created, until the parent confirms by clicking that link.

League-administrator-added players: when a league administrator adds a player directly (for example, from a paper registration form), we email the parent or guardian an invitation that names the league, identifies the child, explains exactly what information is held, asks them to confirm they are the child's parent or guardian, and asks them to consent by setting their account password before they access the child's data. The email also warns anyone who is not the parent or guardian not to proceed.

The direct notice we send to the parent contains the six items the FTC requires: (1) we collected the parent's online contact information for the purpose of obtaining consent, (2) the categories of personal information we collect from the child (listed in section 2 above), (3) that the parent's consent is required, (4) the means by which the parent can provide consent (clicking the confirmation link in the email, plus signing in with the password they set), (5) that the parent can withdraw consent at any time by deleting the child's record, and (6) the operator's name and contact information (Ravencord Inc., privacy@goleagueready.com).

We use email-based consent because we do not disclose children's personal information to third parties for the third parties' own purposes. Children's information is shared only with our service providers (under contract, to operate the service) and with a background-check provider only when the request relates to a coach who is being screened, never about the child. If our practices ever change to include disclosure of children's information to third parties for their own purposes, we will adopt a stronger VPC method before that change takes effect.

5. How a player's information is used

A player's information is used only to operate the league: building divisions and rosters, scheduling, recording scores and statistics, and sending the parent transactional updates such as match reminders and weather cancellations. It is not used for any other purpose.

6. Who can see a player's information

A player's information is visible only inside their own league: to the league administrator, the player's assigned coach, and the player's own linked parent or guardian. It is never visible to other families. We share it with our service providers only as needed to run the service, under contract, as described in our Privacy Policy and Subprocessors page. We disclose it outside the league only if required by law or to protect a person's safety.

7. Parental rights

As a parent or guardian, you can at any time:

Review the personal information we hold about your child.
Correct or update that information.
Obtain a copy of your child's information in a readily-usable format (CSV); email privacy@goleagueready.com to request.
Delete your child's record entirely. You can do this yourself from the parent dashboard, from the mobile app (Settings → Children), by asking the league administrator to remove the player, or by emailing privacy@goleagueready.com. If the child was your only link to a team chat, your participation in that team chat is also withdrawn so you stop receiving messages about a team your child has left.
Refuse further collection or use of your child's information by deleting the record. The parent's own account, which carries the link to the child's record, can also be deleted in-app from Settings → Account.

8. Data retention

We keep a player's information only while it is needed to run the league. When a parent, guardian, or league administrator deletes a player record, the deletion is comprehensive: the player record is removed immediately from the active database, along with their structured data (match stats, season stats, attendance, registration history). Notifications that personally addressed the child by name are removed at the same time. If the child was the parent's only link to a team chat, the parent's participation in that team chat is also withdrawn so the parent stops receiving messages about a team their child has left. Encrypted backups may retain a copy for up to 30 days, after which the data is purged from backups too. Financial records (payment receipts, tax artifacts) are kept for the period required by US tax law.

9. Contact the operator

Go LeagueReady is operated by Ravencord Inc. For any question about children's privacy, or to review or delete your child's information, contact us at privacy@goleagueready.com or at the address below. We respond to verified parental requests promptly.

10. Changes

If we change how we handle children's information, we will update this page and, where the change is material, notify parents and league administrators by email before it takes effect.

Children's Privacy Policy (COPPA)