YOUTH SPORTS COMMERCE, INC. PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: March 26, 2025
INTRODUCTION
Youth Sports Commerce, Inc. d/b/a Youth Inc. ("Youth Inc.," "we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our websites, mobile applications, social media accounts, digital platforms (collectively, the "Properties"), make purchases through our e-commerce platform, subscribe to our newsletters, or otherwise interact with us online or offline.
This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our services (the "Services"), including parents, athletes, coaches, and other visitors. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you may not access or use our Services.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
1.1 Information You Provide to Us
We may collect the following types of information that you voluntarily provide to us:
•Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, username, password, and other registration information.
•Profile Information: Information you add to your profile, such as your child's age, sports interests, team affiliations, school affiliations, and geographic location.
•Transaction Information: When you make a purchase, we collect payment information, billing address, shipping address, purchase history, and other information related to your transactions.
•Communications: Information you provide when you contact us for customer service, respond to surveys, or otherwise communicate with us.
•Newsletter Subscriptions: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and subscription preferences.
•User-Generated Content: Information you provide in product reviews, forum posts, comments, or other interactive features of our Properties or Services.
1.2 Information We Collect Automatically
When you use our Properties or Services, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
•Device Information: Information about your device, including IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information.
•Usage Information: Information about how you use our Properties or Services, including pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, and actions taken.
•Location Information: General location information based on your IP address or more precise location if you grant permission.
•Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. For more information, see our Cookies and Tracking Technologies section below.
1.3 Information from Third Parties
We may receive information about you from third parties, including:
•Social Networks: If you connect your social media accounts to our Properties or Services, we may receive information from those platforms.
•Business Partners: Our business partners, including youth sports organizations and tournament operators, may share information with us.
•Public Sources: We may collect information about you from publicly available sources.
•Ambassador Network: Information shared through our ambassador program related to youth sports and athletic development.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use your information for the following purposes:
2.1 Provide and Improve Our Services
•To provide you with access to our Properties and Services
•To process and fulfill your orders and transactions
•To personalize your experience and deliver content and product offerings relevant to your interests
•To improve our Properties, products, and Services
•To develop new products, services, and features
•To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
2.2 Communication and Marketing
•To send you newsletters, updates, and other communications about our Properties or Services
•To provide you with information about products, services, and events that may interest you
•To administer referral programs, contests, sweepstakes, surveys, or other promotional activities
•To facilitate communications between users where applicable
•To provide personalized recommendations and content based on your interests and preferences
2.3 Safety, Security, and Compliance
•To protect the safety and security of our users and Properties
•To detect, prevent, and address fraud, unauthorized access, violations of our terms, and other harmful or illegal activity
•To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes
•To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies
2.4 Analytics and Research
•To understand how users access and use our Properties and Services
•To analyze trends, usage, and activities
•To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
•To conduct research and develop insights about youth sports participation and development
3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:
3.1 Within Youth Inc.
We may share your information among our subsidiaries and affiliates to provide and improve our Properties or Services.
3.2 Service Providers
We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as:
•Payment processors
•Order fulfillment and shipping providers
•Customer service providers
•Marketing and advertising partners
•Analytics providers
•Email and hosting service providers
•Technology and development vendors
3.3 Business Partners
We may share information with our business partners, including:
•Youth sports organizations and tournament operators
•Merchandise suppliers and manufacturers
•Our ambassador network of athletes and coaches
•Event partners and sponsors
3.4 Social Networks
If you connect your account to social media platforms or use social features, your information may be shared with these platforms, subject to their privacy policies.
3.5 Legal and Safety Purposes
We may share your information:
•To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes
•To respond to lawful requests from public authorities
•To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property
•To detect, prevent, or address fraud or security issues
•To enforce our terms and policies
3.6 Business Transactions
If we engage in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or other business transaction, your information may be transferred or shared as part of that transaction.
3.7 With Your Consent
We may share your information with third parties when you consent to such sharing.
4. YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS
4.1 Account Information
You can review and update your account information by logging into your account settings.
4.2 Marketing Communications
You can opt out of receiving promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in the emails or by contacting us. Even if you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or orders.
4.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
4.4 Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
•The right to access and obtain a copy of your personal information
•The right to correct inaccurate information
•The right to delete your personal information
•The right to restrict or object to the processing of your personal information
•The right to data portability
•The right to withdraw consent
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information in the "Contact Us" section below.
5. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Our Properties and Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected personal information from a child under 13, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete such information.
For users between the ages of 13 and 18, we encourage parents to monitor and guide their online activity. While we collect information related to youth sports participation, we design our Properties and Services with appropriate safeguards for younger users.
6. DATA SECURITY
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We implement physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information and regularly review and update our security measures to ensure that they are appropriate. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your personal information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from the Properties or Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Properties or Services from within a secure environment.
7. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When determining how long to retain information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process the information, and applicable legal requirements. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
8. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND FEATURES
Our Properties and Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications, or features. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party services. Any information you provide to those third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot protect the safety and privacy of information that you provide to a third party outside of our environment. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you access. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Properties or Services.
9. SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
Our Properties or Services may include social media features, such as the Facebook "Like" button, or widgets, such as the "Share This" button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Properties or Services, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Properties or Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
10. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Our servers are located in the United States of America. If you are accessing the Properties or Services from outside of the United States of America, please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information, as described above, in the United States of America, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We have implemented appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy when transferred internationally.
11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date, and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access our Properties or Services to be informed of how we are protecting your personal information.
12. PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
This Privacy Notice for California Residents applies solely to the personal information of individuals who reside in the State of California. We have provided this Privacy Notice for California Residents to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations (the "CCPA"), and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Your Rights and Choices: California residents have certain specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes those rights and how California residents may exercise them.
•Access to Specific Information; Data Portability Rights. California residents have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you: (a) the categories of personal information we collected about you; (b) the categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you; (c) our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information; (d) the categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information, if any; (e) the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request); and (f) if we disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.
•Deletion Request Rights. California residents have the right to request that we delete any personal information that we collected from them and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers, if any, to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to: (a) complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you; (b) detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities; (c) debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; (d) exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law; (e) comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.); (f) engage in public or peer-reviewed research in accordance with Section 1798.105 (d)(6) of the CCPA; (g) enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us; (h) comply with a legal obligation; or (i) make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
•Exercising Your Rights. To exercise the access, data portability and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by email at privacy@youthinc.com.
Only a California resident, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that a California resident authorizes to act on the California resident's behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to that California resident's personal information.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within any 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must: (a) provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that you are the individual about whom we collected personal information or that you are an authorized representative of that individual; and (b) describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.
•Response Timing and Format. We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of the verifiable consumer request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
•Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not: (a) deny you goods or services; (b) charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties; (c) provide you a different level or quality of goods or services; or (d) suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services. However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your personal information's value and contain written terms that describe the program's material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time.
Contact Information: If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice for California Residents, the ways in which we collect and use your information described in this notice, your choices and rights regarding such use or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at the email or postal address at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
13. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
13.1 Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies and similar technologies:
•Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of our Properties and Services
•Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors and analyze how users use our Properties and Services
•Functionality Cookies: Enable us to personalize content for you
•Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our Properties and Services, the pages you visit, and the links you follow
13.2 How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
•Understand how you use our Properties and Services
•Remember your preferences and settings
•Improve the performance and functionality of our Properties and Services
•Personalize your experience
•Deliver relevant advertising
•Analyze the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
13.3 Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third parties on our Properties and Services. These third parties may include analytics providers, advertising networks, and social media platforms. These third-party cookies are subject to the respective third parties' privacy policies.
13.4 Cookie Management
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of our Properties and Services.
14. CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@youthinc.com Address: 1900 Market Street: Philadelphia, PA 19103