PRIVACY POLICY
Elite Youth Tour
Effective Date: May 6, 2026 | Last Updated: May 6, 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Elite Youth Tour (“EYT,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website, including the youth bowlers, parents, guardians, coaches, and event participants who make up our community.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit https://www.eliteyouthtour.com (the “Site”), register for events, create a profile, purchase merchandise, or otherwise interact with our services. Please read this policy carefully. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described here.
2. Who We Are
Elite Youth Tour is a youth bowling organization that has served youth bowlers since 2012. We host tournaments and events across the United States.
Our website address is: https://www.eliteyouthtour.com
For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us at:
•Email: diandra@eliteyouthtour.com
•Mailing Address: 2917 S Hillock Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60608
3. Information We Collect
We collect several categories of information depending on how you interact with our Site and services.
3.1 Information You Provide Directly
•Registration & Profile Data: Name, date of birth, age division, contact email, parent/guardian name and contact information when you create an EYT profile or register for membership.
•Event Registration: Bowler name, age, division, coach or team information, and any special accommodation requests submitted during event sign-up.
•Newsletter Sign-Up: Your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter via our third-party form provider (LeadConnector/HighLevel).
•Purchase / Shop: Billing name, shipping address, email address, and payment information when purchasing merchandise. Payment card details are processed directly by our payment provider and are not stored by EYT.
•Donations: Name, email, and payment details processed by PayPal when you make a donation. PayPal’s privacy policy governs that transaction.
•Contact Form: Your name, email address, and any message you submit through our contact page.
•Comments: Your name, email address, and comment content if you leave a comment on our blog.
•Job Applications / Volunteer Interest: Information submitted via Typeform when applying to join our team.
3.2 Information Collected Automatically
•Log Data: Your IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of visits, and referring URLs.
•Cookies & Similar Technologies: Session cookies, login cookies, and preference cookies as described in Section 5.
•Device Information: Device type, operating system, and screen resolution.
•Analytics Data: Aggregated site usage data collected through analytics tools to understand how visitors use our Site.
3.3 Information from Third Parties
•Gravatar: If you use a Gravatar-linked email when commenting, an anonymized hash of your email is sent to Gravatar to retrieve your profile picture. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
•Social Media Embeds: Content embedded from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, or other platforms may allow those platforms to collect data about your visit per their own privacy policies.
•Sponsors & Partners: We may receive limited information about participants in joint events or promotions with our sponsors.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
•To operate and improve the Site and our services.
•To register participants in events and manage tournament operations.
•To communicate with you about events, membership, results, and news.
•To send newsletters and promotional updates to subscribers (you may unsubscribe at any time).
•To process shop orders, payments, and donations.
•To display bowler results, photos, and champion listings on our Site (see Section 8 on Minors).
•To respond to your inquiries and support requests.
•To detect and prevent spam, fraud, or security threats.
•To comply with applicable legal obligations.
5. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Our Site uses cookies — small text files stored in your browser — for the following purposes:
•Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment and opt in, your name, email, and website are saved in cookies for one year so you don’t have to re-enter them.
•Session Cookies: A temporary cookie is set when you visit our login page to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and expires when you close your browser.
•Authentication Cookies: When you log in, cookies save your login state. These last two days (or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”) and are removed when you log out.
•Preference Cookies: Screen display and settings cookies last for one year.
•Editorial Cookies: A cookie recording the post ID of content you just edited lasts one day and contains no personal data.
You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. However, some parts of our Site (such as login and profile features) may not function properly without cookies.
6. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data only in the following circumstances:
•Service Providers: With third-party vendors who assist us in operating the Site and services (e.g., hosting providers, email platforms, payment processors, newsletter tools such as LeadConnector/HighLevel). These parties are contractually obligated to protect your data.
•Event Results: Bowler names, age divisions, and tournament results may be published publicly on our Site, social media, and in press releases as part of our core mission to recognize youth bowlers.
•Sponsors & Partners: With event sponsors in connection with sponsored tournaments or scholarship programs, limited to what is necessary for the event.
•Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of EYT, our participants, or others.
•Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, with appropriate notice to affected users.
•Password Resets: Your IP address is included in password reset emails generated by our platform.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, including:
•Account/Profile Data: Retained for as long as your profile is active and for a reasonable period afterward. You may request deletion at any time (see Section 9).
•Event Records: Tournament results, champion listings, and participation records may be retained indefinitely as part of EYT’s historical archive of youth bowling.
•Comments: Retained indefinitely to facilitate spam detection and comment moderation, unless you request deletion.
•Purchase Records: Retained as required for tax, accounting, and legal purposes.
•Newsletter Subscriptions: Retained until you unsubscribe.
8. Children’s Privacy & COPPA Compliance
Elite Youth Tour serves youth bowlers, many of whom are under the age of 13. We are committed to complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
•We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. Registration and profile creation for participants under 13 must be completed by a parent or legal guardian.
•Parents and guardians may review the personal information of their child, request corrections, and request deletion by contacting us (see Section 9).
•Publicly posted event results (names and division placements) for minor participants are published as part of our mission and with the reasonable expectation of participants in public sporting events. If you have concerns about a minor’s information being displayed, please contact us.
•We do not direct marketing communications at children.
If you believe we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, please contact us immediately so we can remove it.
9. Your Rights & Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
•Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
•Correction: Request that inaccurate or incomplete data be corrected.
•Deletion: Request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
•Portability: Request an exported file of the personal data you have provided to us.
•Opt-Out of Marketing: Unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us.
•Cookie Preferences: Adjust cookie settings through your browser (see Section 5).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in Section 2. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
10. Security
We implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. These include SSL/TLS encryption for data in transit, access controls, and secure hosting practices.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.
If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
11. Third-Party Links & Embedded Content
Our Site contains links to and content from third-party websites and platforms, including:
•Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X
•Payment & Donations: PayPal
•Forms: LeadConnector / HighLevel (newsletter), Typeform (job applications)
•Media: YouTube or other video embeds
Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited those websites directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, set cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you by email or prominent notice on the Site.
Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:
•Website: https://www.eliteyouthtour.com/contact/
•Email: diandra@eliteyouthtour.com
•Mailing Address: 2917 S Hillock Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60608
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