Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 14, 2026
TravelSoftball.com respects the privacy of players, parents, coaches, teams, instructors, and visitors who use our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information TravelSoftball.com may collect, how we use it, when information may be shared with third parties, how advertising and analytics technologies may operate on the site, and the choices available to users.
By using TravelSoftball.com, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use TravelSoftball.com.
Information may include:
- Name or public display name
- Email address
- Phone number when voluntarily provided
- City and state
- Age group
- Graduation year
- Softball position
- Current or previous team information
- Player biography
- Photos voluntarily uploaded or submitted
- Coach, instructor, or team information
- Tryout information
- Messages or inquiries sent through the website
- Account or profile information
- Technical information about use of the website
We may also automatically receive limited technical information when visitors use the site, such as browser type, device type, IP address, referring pages, pages viewed, and general interaction with the website.
Player Profiles
TravelSoftball.com allows players and their parents or legal guardians to create public softball profiles designed to help players connect with teams, coaches, instructors, and other opportunities.
Public player profiles may include information such as:
- Public display name
- Age group or graduation year
- City and state
- Primary and secondary positions
- Bats and throws information
- Current team
- Softball experience
- Player biography
- Photos
- Whether the player is looking for a team or tryout opportunity
Users should only submit information they are comfortable making publicly available.
TravelSoftball.com does not intend for public player profiles to display sensitive personal information such as a player's street address, private email address, private phone number, date of birth, school identification number, financial information, or login credentials.
Information About Minor Players
Many travel softball players are minors. TravelSoftball.com is designed so that parents or legal guardians can create and manage profiles on behalf of minor players.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental or legal guardian involvement or consent.
Where the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, applies, we take steps designed to comply with applicable requirements.
Parents or legal guardians should review any information submitted about a minor before it is published.
We do not knowingly make the following information publicly available for minor players unless it is intentionally provided and appropriate for the service:
- Street address
- Private phone number
- Private email address
- Exact date of birth
- Financial information
- Passwords or account credentials
Parents and legal guardians may request access to, correction of, or deletion of information associated with their child's profile by contacting TravelSoftball.com.
Teams, Coaches, and Instructors
Teams, coaches, and instructors may submit information intended to help players and families discover softball opportunities.
Public listings may include:
- Name
- Organization or team name
- City and state
- Age group
- Coaching or instructional specialty
- Biography or description
- Public contact method
- Website or social media information
Users submitting listings are responsible for ensuring that they have the right to publish the information they provide.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through TravelSoftball.com to:
- Create and display player, team, coach, instructor, and tryout listings
- Operate and improve the website
- Respond to inquiries or support requests
- Allow users to update or manage profiles
- Help players and families discover softball opportunities
- Maintain site security and prevent abuse
- Understand how visitors use the site
- Improve content, features, and navigation
- Measure website performance
- Display advertising
- Comply with legal obligations
Public Information
Certain parts of TravelSoftball.com are public by design.
Information submitted for a public player, team, coach, instructor, or tryout profile may be visible to anyone who visits the website and may also be indexed by search engines.
Users should not submit confidential or highly sensitive information to public profile fields.
Contact Information
TravelSoftball.com may provide tools that allow visitors to contact players, parents, teams, coaches, or instructors.
Where possible, we may use protected contact methods rather than displaying private email addresses or phone numbers directly on public pages.
We do not sell private player or parent contact information to advertisers.
Information Sharing
We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
We may share or allow processing of limited information with service providers that help us operate, host, secure, analyze, maintain, or monetize the website.
These service providers may include hosting providers, analytics providers, advertising providers, security providers, email or communication providers, and other technology vendors.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, or legal process
- Protect the rights or safety of TravelSoftball.com, its users, or others
- Investigate fraud, abuse, security issues, or violations of site policies
- Complete a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
Cookies and Similar Technologies
TravelSoftball.com and third-party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, measure site performance, understand visitor activity, maintain security, and support advertising.
Cookies are small data files that may be stored in a visitor's browser or device.
Similar technologies may include pixels, web beacons, local storage, device identifiers, and IP addresses.
Visitors may be able to limit or block cookies through browser settings, although disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.
Google AdSense and Advertising
TravelSoftball.com may use Google AdSense and other advertising services to display ads.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's visits to TravelSoftball.com or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies may enable Google and its advertising partners to serve personalized advertisements based on visits to this website and other sites on the Internet where permitted.
Advertising providers may use technologies including cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, browser information, or other identifiers for purposes such as:
- Delivering advertisements
- Measuring advertising performance
- Limiting repeated advertisements
- Detecting fraud or invalid activity
- Providing personalized advertising where permitted
- Providing non-personalized advertising where appropriate
Visitors can manage personalized advertising preferences through Google's Ads Settings:
Visitors can also learn more about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use Google services:
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
Other third-party advertising vendors or networks may also use cookies or similar technologies if enabled on TravelSoftball.com.
Where required, users may also be able to opt out of certain interest-based advertising through industry tools such as:
Advertising and Children
TravelSoftball.com does not knowingly use information about children under 13 to create behavioral advertising audiences.
Google policies prohibit personalized advertising based on the past or current activity of users known to be under 13 or activity on areas directed to children under 13.
If TravelSoftball.com determines that a page or section of the website is subject to COPPA or should receive child-directed treatment, we may take steps to request non-personalized or child-directed ad treatment as appropriate.
Analytics
TravelSoftball.com may use analytics services to understand how visitors use the site.
Analytics information may include:
- Pages viewed
- Approximate location derived from IP address
- Device type
- Browser type
- Referring website or source
- Time spent on pages
- General website interaction
Analytics information is used to understand site performance and improve the TravelSoftball.com experience.
Consent
Where required by applicable law, TravelSoftball.com may request consent before enabling cookies, analytics, personalized advertising, or other technologies that require consent.
Consent requirements may vary depending on a visitor's location.
Data Security
TravelSoftball.com uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration.
However, no website, database, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users should avoid sending sensitive information through public profile fields or unsecured communications.
Data Retention
We may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the website, maintain profiles, provide requested services, comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud or abuse, and resolve disputes.
Profiles may remain available until they are deleted, removed, or no longer needed for the purpose for which they were submitted.
Your Choices and Rights
Depending on applicable law and your relationship with TravelSoftball.com, you may be able to request:
- Access to information associated with your profile
- Correction of inaccurate information
- Deletion of a profile or personal information
- Removal of publicly displayed information
- Information regarding how personal information is used
Parents and legal guardians may make these requests on behalf of minor players when appropriate.
Third-Party Links
TravelSoftball.com may contain links to team websites, tournament sites, college websites, social media pages, advertisers, or other third-party websites.
TravelSoftball.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
Users should review the privacy policies of third-party sites before providing personal information to them.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as TravelSoftball.com changes, new services are introduced, advertising or analytics providers change, or legal requirements evolve.
When the policy is updated, the "Last updated" date at the top of this page will also be updated.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to request access to or deletion of personal information, or have concerns about information displayed on TravelSoftball.com, please contact us using the contact information provided on the website.