Privacy Policy

Admirals Basketball Academy

Last updated: October 23, 2026

This policy explains what information Admirals Basketball Academy ("the academy", "we") collects in the Admirals Leadership app and on the academy's leadership website, how we use it, who can see it, and the choices you have. The app and the website are only for the academy's players, their parents, and the academy's coaches and staff.

Who we are

Admirals Basketball Academy runs the Admirals Leadership program: lessons about values and leadership, a chat for the program, and the tools coaches use to guide their players. The academy is responsible for the information described here. You can reach us at info@admiralsbasketball.org.

Accounts

You cannot sign up in the app. The academy creates every account when a player joins the academy, and a parent or guardian agrees to the player having an account at registration. Coaches and staff receive their accounts from the academy.

What we collect

• Account details: name, username, email address, password (stored only in encrypted form), language, and a profile picture if you add one.
• Program work: your answers in lessons, Team Talk posts, quiz answers and scores, activity progress, grades and your coach's comments, badges, achievements, awards, points, rank and leaderboard place.
• Chat: the messages and reactions you send, and the reports, blocks and chat rules you agree to.
• Support tickets: what you write, the screenshots and screen recordings you attach, and your phone's system, model and app version, so we can find the problem.
• Technical information: a sign-in key kept on your phone so you stay signed in, and the server's security logs (IP address, time, the page used).
• Notifications: if you allow them, a notification address for your phone (a push token), so the app can tell you about messages, grades, awards and lessons.
• Error reports: if the app runs into an error, it sends us a short technical report (the error, the screen, the app version and your phone's model and system version), so we can fix it.

What we do not do

• We do not show ads and we do not sell or rent your information.
• We do not use third-party analytics or tracking.
• We do not collect your location, your contacts or anything from your microphone.
• The app opens your photos only when you choose a picture yourself (a profile picture or a screenshot for a support ticket).

How we use your information

• To run the program: lessons, grading, feedback, points, ranks, awards and the leaderboard.
• To let players, coaches and staff talk to each other in the chat.
• To keep the chat safe: the word filter, reports and their review by the staff.
• To answer support tickets and fix problems.
• To keep accounts secure.

Who can see your information

• Your coach sees the work, progress and grades of their players and can message them.
• The academy's managers see what they need to run the program, including chat messages and reports.
• Other players see your name, profile picture, rank, points, leaderboard place and the badges and awards on your profile, and the messages you post in chats you share with them.
• Nobody outside the academy sees your information, except the service providers below.

Service providers

Our website and its data are hosted by our hosting provider on secure servers, which store the information only for us. Apple and Google deliver the app to your phone through their stores. We do not share your information with anyone else, unless the law requires it. If you allow notifications, they are delivered through Expo's push service and Apple's or Google's notification service; a notification carries only a short text (for example who wrote to you) and which screen to open. Translations are made by DeepL, a translation service in Germany: when someone taps Translate on a chat message, or the academy translates an announcement, only that text is sent to DeepL, without any name or account details. On the free plan the academy uses, DeepL may keep these texts for a limited time to improve its translations.

Safety in the chat

Everyone accepts the chat rules before using the chat. Bad words are replaced automatically, and messages can be reported and people can be blocked. Reported and automatically filtered messages are reviewed by the academy's staff, who can delete messages and turn off the chat for a person who breaks the rules.

Children

The program is for players aged 13 and older. A parent or guardian agrees to the player's account when the player is registered with the academy. Parents and guardians can ask us at any time to see, correct or delete their child's information, or to close the account.

How long we keep information

We keep your information while you take part in the program, so you can look back at your earlier seasons. When an account is closed, we delete its information within 30 days, except where the law asks us to keep something. Backups are overwritten in their normal cycle.

Your choices and rights

• You can change your profile picture and your language in the app's Settings.
• You can block people in the chat and unblock them in Settings.
• You can ask the academy to delete your account in the app: Settings > Delete my account.
• You or your parent or guardian can ask to see, correct or delete your information, or to close your account, by writing to info@admiralsbasketball.org. We answer within 30 days.
• You can turn notifications off in the app's Settings or in your phone's settings.

Security

All connections are encrypted (HTTPS), passwords are stored only in encrypted form, and each person sees only what their role allows.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we update this page and the date at the top. Important changes are announced in the app.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your information: write to info@admiralsbasketball.org.

info@admiralsbasketball.org