For parents & guardians
Your child's account is always under your control. You decide if and when they get access — and you can change your mind anytime.
For clubs & organizations
Choosing Team Bloom sends a clear signal to families: your club puts children's safety first. COPPA compliance is built in — not bolted on.
A note for club directors. When your club runs on Team Bloom, you're telling every family that you've chosen a platform with real child protections — verifiable parental consent, age-gated invitations, and full audit trails. That's a trust signal you can put in your welcome packet, your registration page, and your parent handbook.
1. Data We Collect from Children Under 13
We collect only what is necessary to operate a youth sports roster. A child's account is never created without parental consent.
Name
First and last name for the team roster
Date of birth
Used for age verification and team placement
Email address
Collected from the parent at the time of consent — used for the child’s login
Device tokens
Push notification tokens, only while consent is active
At the moment of consent, we also record the parent's IP address, browser user-agent, and the version of the consent text they agreed to. This creates an auditable record that protects both the parent and the organization.
2. How a Child Gets Access
Players under 13 never receive a direct login invitation. Here is how the process works:
- 1
Coach adds the player to the roster
The child appears on the team roster as a name, date of birth, and jersey number. No account is created.
- 2
Parent or guardian is invited
The coach links a parent to the player. The parent receives an invitation to create their own account.
- 3
Parent reviews and grants consent
On their dashboard, the parent sees a consent prompt explaining what access means. They enter the child’s email and confirm. Consent is recorded with a timestamp, IP, and the exact text they agreed to.
- 4
Child receives their invitation
Only after the parent grants consent does the child receive an email invitation to create their account and join the team.
3. Your Rights as a Parent
COPPA gives parents specific rights over their child's data. Here is how Team Bloom supports them:
Review your child’s data. See what information we hold about your child, including roster details and account activity, from your account settings.
Suspend access temporarily. Pause your child’s account at any time. They’ll be signed out and unable to log in until you re-enable access. Your original consent record is preserved.
Revoke consent and remove access. Permanently revoke your consent. Your child’s account is deactivated, push tokens are deleted, and channel memberships are removed. You can grant consent again later if you choose.
Request your child’s data. Ask us for a complete export of your child’s information in a standard format.
Request deletion. Ask us to permanently delete your child’s account and all associated data. We’ll confirm deletion and retain only the audit record of the request itself.
All of these actions are available from Settings → Account → Child app access in your Team Bloom account, or by contacting us directly.
4. How We Use Children's Data
We never sell, share, or use data from players under 13 for advertising, profiling, or any purpose beyond operating the team management features their parent consented to. No exceptions.
What we do
- Display the child's name and jersey number on the team roster
- Show team messages in channels the child is a member of
- Send push notifications for team events and messages (while consent is active)
- Allow the child to view the team calendar and schedule
What we never do
- Sell or share children's data with third parties
- Use children's data for advertising or behavioral profiling
- Allow children to post publicly visible content
- Collect more data than necessary for team management
- Continue data collection after consent is revoked
5. Third-Party Services
When a child has an active account, the following categories of service providers may process their data in the course of normal platform operation:
Hosting & database
Transactional email
Push notifications
All third-party SDKs in the mobile app are configured with COPPA-mode flags enabled for sessions involving users linked to players under 13. We do not use analytics or tracking SDKs for children's sessions.
6. What This Means for Your Organization
If you run a youth sports club, choosing a platform that protects children isn't just the right thing to do — it's a competitive advantage. Parents notice, and they remember.
Trust signal for parents
Tell families your club uses a platform with real child protections. Put it in your welcome packet, registration page, and parent handbook.
Reduced legal risk
Team Bloom handles the consent mechanics — age gating, audit trails, and revocation flows — so your admin volunteers don’t have to.
App store ready
Our mobile apps include the COPPA declarations required by the App Store and Play Store. Your club’s parents download a compliant app, not a liability.
No extra admin work
COPPA enforcement is automatic. Coaches add players to the roster, link parents, and the consent flow takes over. No forms to print, no boxes to check.
7. Consent Text Versioning
The exact text shown in the consent modal is versioned. When a parent grants consent, the version of the text they agreed to is recorded alongside their consent record. If we make meaningful changes to the consent text, we bump the version number and update this page. Parents who previously granted consent under an earlier version are not required to re-consent unless the changes are material to the scope of data collection or usage.
The current consent text version is v1, effective May 2026. Previous versions are available upon request.
8. Questions or Requests
If you have questions about this policy or want to exercise any of your parental rights, contact us:
Mailing address:Smart Spark Academy, LLC · Team Bloom is a product of Smart Spark Academy.