Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Notice

Last Updated 09/15/25

If your child is under the age of 13, you must acknowledge receipt and review of this NOTICE, agreement to its terms, and Consent to the collection and dissemination of your child’s personal information as described in this NOTICE.  

Prep Baseball Report LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, 4750 S. Vernon Ave., McCook, IL 60525 (“PREP” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to privacy and data protection. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and its rules (collectively, “COPPA”) require us to inform parents and legal guardians (as used in this policy, “parents” or “you”) about our practices for collecting, using, and disclosing personal data from children under the age of 13 (“children” or “child”). This notice (“COPPA Notice”) provides additional details regarding the practices described in PREP’s Privacy Policy, including the Children’s Privacy section.

This COPPA Notice only applies to the data collection practices of PREP for its websites and services directed to children under the age of 13, and the use of a child’s personally identifiable information by PREP on its website (www.prepbaseball.com) (the “Site”) and in its business (collectively “Practices and Services”).  This Notice supplements the Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms not defined in this COPPA Notice are otherwise defined in the Privacy Policy.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or concerns about this COPPA Notice, the personal information we have collected about your child, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights discussed herein, please contact us at:

Email:  [email protected]

Tel: 708.387.0500

Mail:  Prep Baseball Report LLC, 4750 S. Vernon Ave., McCook, IL 60525

PARENTAL CONSENT

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 unless and until we have obtained verifiable parental consent from you by clicking on the “Accept” button. 

If a parent chooses not to provide consent, or withdraws consent later, the child’s access to certain features or areas of the Practices and Services may be restricted or disabled.

We take special precautions to protect the privacy of children with our Practices and Services. If you have a question about whether a particular Practice or Service is directed to children, please contact us by sending an email or calling us. .

INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

When a child engages with PREP’s Practices and Services, we will collect or receive such child’s personal information, either directly from the child, or the parent, or from third parties. We endeavor to collect only as much information as is reasonably necessary for the child to participate as a player in the PREP event and may record and make available on the Site the child’s performance and statistics. The types of information we may collect, and use include:

  • First and Last Name 
  • Parent or Guardian Email Address
  • Mailing Address, Email Address, and Phone Number
  • Date of Birth
  • Unique User ID
  • Player videos
  • Player performance statistics
  • Player name, image, likeness

We may also ask for certain information that is not personally identifiable, such as:

  • School Name
  • School Address
  • School City/District
  • School Grade

We store a child’s username and password on our system when the child registers for the Site. We may also store the IP address from which the child accesses the Site in connection with the child’s use.

We use cookies, and other similar technology, to collect information about use of the Site, time spent, actions performed such as logging in and out, and the pages visited.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

We use the information collected from children for both internal purposes and for display purposes, such as:

  • Account Creation & Management: Creating an account or user profile, verifying the child’s age, and obtaining parental consent.
  • Service Functionality: Enabling use of the Site with personalized settings. This may include communicating with the child multiple times through email or other forms of communication such as video conferencing technology.
  • Analytics & Improvements: Understanding how players interact with the Site to improve features, optimize performance, and enhance user experience.
  • User Support: Processing and responding to inquiries or requests for technical assistance.
  • Legal Compliance & Safety: Detecting security incidents, preventing fraud, and complying with legal obligations, including COPPA.
  • Posting of child player videos and performance statistic, and age, name, schools attended on the Site

We may use the non-personally identifiable data we collect to improve the Practices and Services and to deliver a better and more personalized experience.

HOW WE SHARE OR DISCLOSE INFORMATION

We do not share, sell, rent, or transfer children’s personal data other than as described in this section.

Some Practices and Services allow children to make information, including personal data, available for others who may view it on the Site.  We may also post to the Site videos and personal information about a child which can then be viewed online. PREP requires parental consent prior to posting the child’s personal information publicly. We do not control the types of information your child can make available or publicly post. We encourage parents to educate their children about safety online and to carefully monitor their children's use of social features to ensure they do not disclose their personal information through them.

Your consent is not re quired for aggregated data, or for data that does not identify any individual or device. 

If PREP is involved in a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of PREP’s assets or business, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding or event, we may transfer the child’s personal data to the buyer or other successor.

PARENTS’ RIGHTS

Access, Review, Update, and Deletion of Information

Parents have the right to access, review, delete, update, and prevent further collection of their child’s personal information at any time. To do so, please contact us at the email or phone number listed in Section 1. We may require you to verify your identity to ensure the security of the child’s account.

Withdrawal of Consent

Parents may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us. Upon withdrawal, we will promptly delete the child’s personal information from our records, unless retention is required by law. Revoking consent will limit the child’s access to certain features within the Site.

DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION

Security Measures

We employ reasonable security measures (technical, administrative, and physical) designed to protect children’s personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Data Retention

PREP retains personal data in a form which permits identification of a child for as long as necessary to provide the Practices and Services in which the child is participating, or for other business purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. We are required by law to keep some types of information for certain periods of time (e.g., statute of limitations). When personal information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or de-identify it.