Guardian controls
For users under 18
If you’re the parent or guardian of a player under 18 on Root{Sport}, you have direct control over what personal information is collected, what’s visible to other users, and who can contact your child. This page explains what those controls are and how to use them.
Default: maximum privacy
Every new profile starts private. Nothing is public, nothing is shared with scouts or recruiters, and no one outside the child’s team can see contact information. Privacy has to be explicitly opted into, step by step, by you.
This is aligned with California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) and Maryland’s Kids Code, which require maximum privacy defaults for minors.
Consent
Different things need different consents. Public recruiting profile? One consent. Contact from scouts? A separate consent. Sharing academic data (GPA, test scores, school)? Yet another. We don’t bundle these together — each is a discrete choice, and you can revoke any of them at any time.
Contact from scouts and recruiters
If your child has a recruiting profile, college coaches and scouts may want to express interest. All of that contact routes through your inbox first. The scout never messages the player directly. You approve, reject, or ignore each request. If you approve, the scout can contact the player only through monitored channels, and every interaction is logged.
Access logs
Every time someone views your child’s profile — scout, coach, another parent — it’s logged with who, when, and what was accessed. You can see this log in the family hub. This is both for your peace of mind and for our compliance with data-access transparency requirements.
Data export and deletion
Request a full export of everything we have on your child at any time — we aim to deliver within 30 days. Request deletion and we purge within 60 days, retaining only audit records required by law.
What your child can’t do without you
- Make their profile public.
- Enable scout/recruiter contact.
- Share academic data (GPA, test scores, school).
- Post content with their precise location.
- Delete consent records you’ve set.
- Change the email on file without verifying with you first.
When your child turns 18
At 18, the child becomes an adult under our data model. We ask them whether they want to take over their profile, keep guardian controls in place, or delete the account. Until they respond, we hold the status quo.