Privacy Policy
Manuel Soccer Link Academy (“the Academy,” “we,” “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of players, parents, guardians, staff, and visitors to this website. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, how it is used and protected, and the choices available to you.
1. Who We Are
Manuel Soccer Link Academy is a football academy based in Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana. For any question about this policy or about your personal information, contact us at [email protected], by phone at +233 24 008 8802 / +233 24 073 2151, or by WhatsApp at +233 24 073 2151.
2. Information We Collect
- Player registration details: full name, date of birth, gender, playing position, school or club, and playing experience
- Parent or guardian contact details: name, email address, telephone number, and home location
- Medical and emergency contact information, provided for player safety and welfare
- Messages and details submitted through our contact, sponsor enquiry, and scout enquiry forms
- Basic technical information collected automatically by the website, such as browser type and pages visited (see our Cookie Policy)
3. How We Use Information
We use personal information to:
- Process and manage player registrations and programme enrolment
- Communicate with parents and guardians about training, fixtures, and academy matters
- Protect player health and safety, including responding to medical emergencies
- Respond to enquiries from parents, sponsors, scouts, and clubs
- Meet our legal, safeguarding, and administrative obligations
We do not use children's personal information for marketing purposes.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Where a minor's information is collected, we rely on the consent of a parent or legal guardian, given at the point of registration. Other information is processed on the basis of legitimate academy interests (such as responding to an enquiry) or to fulfil our obligations to registered players and their families.
5. Children's Information and Player Profiles
Many of our players are minors. We do not publish a minor's name, age, photograph, video, or performance information publicly without the written consent of a parent or guardian. Requests from scouts or clubs for player information are reviewed by academy staff before anything is shared; see our Safeguarding Policy for detail on how this works.
6. Sharing of Information
We do not sell personal information. Information may be shared with academy coaching staff on a need-to-know basis, with emergency services where necessary for player safety, and with service providers who help operate this website (such as our email or form provider) under contractual confidentiality obligations. Player information is shared with a scout, club, or sponsor only after a specific request has been reviewed and, where the player is a minor, only with parental or guardian consent.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy. [RETENTION PERIOD — to be confirmed by the Academy, in line with applicable Ghanaian data protection requirements.]
8. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Rights
Parents and guardians may request access to, correction of, or deletion of information held about themselves or their child, subject to applicable law and our safeguarding obligations. To make a request, contact us using the details in Section 1.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date.
Effective date: [DATE].