Privacy Policy

Big Blue Handball Founcation ("Big Blue," "we," "us," or "our") is a nonprofit organization based in New York operating youth handball clinics, school partnerships, festival activations, court restoration, and related community programs. We operate as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (status pending verification). EIN: [pending].

Questions about this policy can be sent through our contact page.

• From parents and guardians: name, email, phone, ZIP code, the child's first name, age or grade, school, and any notes you choose to share on sign-up or interest forms.
• From volunteers and coaches: name, email, phone, availability, and background-check information where required.
• From schools and partners: contact name, school name, role, and program logistics.
• From donors: name, email, billing address, and donation amount. Payment card details are collected and processed by our third-party payment processor; we do not store full card numbers on our servers.
• At clinics and events: photos and video of participants and attendees (see Section 4).
• Automatically from the website: standard log data such as IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and referring page, plus cookies as described in our Cookie Policy.

Our website and forms are directed to parents, guardians, schools, and adult supporters — not to children. We do not knowingly allow children under 13 to submit information directly to us through the site. All information about a child is provided by a parent or guardian (or a school partner acting under appropriate authority).

If you believe a child has submitted information to us directly, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

Our clinics, school visits, festival activations, and community events are photographed and video recorded. We use these images and recordings to communicate our mission, including on our website, social media, newsletters, grant reports, sponsor decks, and press materials.

If you do not want your child (or yourself) photographed or featured, you can: (a) tell the on-site coach or program lead at check-in, (b) request a photo opt-out on the sign-up form, or (c) contact us at any time to have an identifiable image removed from our owned channels. We honor opt-out requests on a going-forward basis and will make reasonable efforts to remove existing images from our website and social accounts.

School-partner programs may be subject to additional photo-release procedures handled by the school in line with FERPA and district policy.

• Operate and improve our programs (clinics, school visits, events, court restoration, mentorship).
• Communicate with families, volunteers, partners, and donors about programs, schedules, safety, and impact.
• Send tax-acknowledgment receipts and donor updates.
• Report impact to funders, sponsors, and the public.
• Maintain the safety and security of our programs and website.
• Comply with law and respond to lawful requests.

We do not sell personal information. We share information only with:

• Service providers who help us operate (email, form, hosting, analytics, and payment processors), bound by contract to handle information on our behalf.
• School and program partners when needed to run a specific program your child is enrolled in.
• Authorities when required by law, subpoena, or to protect the safety of participants.
• Successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, or organizational transition, consistent with this policy.

Information about our nonprofit programs is kept separate from the commercial operations of Handball House, Handball Network, MegaWall, and Handball TV. Nonprofit donor funds are not commingled with commercial league revenue.

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described above and to meet legal, tax, and grant-reporting obligations. We follow reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards consistent with the New York SHIELD Act, but no system is perfectly secure.

• Access, correction, deletion: contact us to review or update information we hold about you or your child, or to request deletion.
• Email opt-out: use the unsubscribe link in any email or contact us directly.
• Photo/video opt-out: see Section 4.
• Cookies: see our Cookie Policy.
• California, EU/UK residents: you may have additional rights (access, portability, deletion, objection). Contact us to exercise them.

Our site links to other organizations in the Handball House ecosystem and to third-party tools (such as our payment processor). Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.

For privacy questions, opt-outs, or data requests, reach us through our contact page. We are based in New York, NY.