The Grand Rapids Tidal Waves (“Tidal Waves,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you provide when visiting our website, contacting our organization, applying to join the team, making a donation, or otherwise interacting with us.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide through our website, including:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing or billing address
• Information submitted through team recruitment or interest forms
• Donation information
• The name of a player you choose to support with a donation
• Messages, questions, or other information submitted through website forms

When you make a donation, payment information may be collected and processed by our third-party payment providers. The Tidal Waves do not directly store complete credit or debit card information on our website.

We may also automatically collect limited technical information when you visit the website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring website, pages visited, and other general website usage information.

How We Use Your Information

We may use information collected through the website to:

• Respond to questions and requests
• Communicate with individuals interested in joining the Tidal Waves
• Process and maintain records of donations
• Attribute a donation to a specific player when requested
• Send donation confirmations or receipts
• Communicate team information, opportunities, events, or updates
• Maintain and improve our website
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Protect the security and integrity of our website
• Meet legal, financial, or administrative obligations

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Team Recruitment

Individuals interested in joining the Grand Rapids Tidal Waves may provide personal information through recruitment, registration, or interest forms on our website.

Information submitted through these forms is used for purposes related to team recruitment, eligibility, communication, practices, tryouts, mini-camps, and other team activities.

Some Tidal Waves opportunities may be available to individuals under the age of 18. When appropriate, additional information or consent from a parent or legal guardian may be required before participation.

Our website and online forms are not intended to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been submitted through the website, we will take reasonable steps to delete it. The FTC identifies names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers and certain persistent identifiers as personal information for purposes of COPPA.

Donations

When you make a donation through our website, we may collect information necessary to process and document your contribution, including your name, contact information, donation amount, and any player designation you choose to provide.

Online donations may be processed using third-party fundraising and payment-processing services. Those providers may collect financial or other information necessary to complete your transaction and are subject to their own privacy policies and security practices.

If you choose to designate a donation in support of a particular Tidal Waves player, we may retain that designation as part of our internal donation records.

Cookies and Website Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functionality, understand website traffic, improve the visitor experience, and help maintain website security.

Third-party services used by the website may also place or access cookies according to their own privacy policies.

You can control or disable many cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function.

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party companies and services to operate portions of our website and organization, including services related to:

• Website hosting
• Donation management
• Payment processing
• Email delivery
• Website analytics
• Spam and security protection
• Embedded video, social media, or other external content

These providers may receive information necessary to perform services on our behalf. Their handling of information may also be governed by their respective privacy policies.

Sharing of Information

We may share personal information when reasonably necessary to operate the Tidal Waves organization, provide requested services, process donations, comply with legal obligations, protect our rights or safety, or work with service providers acting on our behalf.

We do not sell personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Data Security

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information submitted through our website.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use appropriate care when submitting personal information online.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including operational, financial, recordkeeping, legal, and reporting purposes.

Donation and financial records may be retained for longer periods when necessary to meet accounting, tax, or legal requirements.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete or anonymize it.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment services, sponsors, or other external resources.

The Tidal Waves are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of websites operated by third parties. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of those services before providing personal information.

Your Choices

You may contact us to request that we update, correct, or delete personal information you have submitted through the website, subject to information we may need to retain for legitimate administrative, financial, or legal purposes.

You may also unsubscribe from promotional email communications using the unsubscribe instructions provided in those messages, when applicable.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, organizational practices, technology, or legal requirements.

When changes are made, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:

Grand Rapids Tidal Waves
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Email: tidalwavesfootball@gmail.com