Effective date: 2026-07-07
Core Rule
Hockey Anchor is a parent/guardian decision-support platform.
It is not directed to children.
Children do not create accounts.
Parents or legal guardians submit information regarding their own player.
What This Means
Hockey Anchor may handle youth/player context because hockey decisions often involve a player's age, level, goals, team situation, school context, development needs, family priorities, or recruiting questions.
That information should come from a parent or legal guardian. Release 1 is not built for child-owned accounts or direct child self-service.
Under-13 Player Context
Under-13 player context may be handled only through parent/guardian submission and strict data minimization.
For Release 1:
- A parent or legal guardian must be the user.
- Children do not create accounts.
- Hockey Anchor avoids direct child contact information.
- Hockey Anchor avoids full birthdates unless necessary.
- Hockey Anchor collects only the player context needed for the Family Decision Review.
- Parents may request deletion through the Account Deletion process.
What Families Should Share
Families should share only what is needed to understand the decision.
Helpful information may include:
- Player age or birth year when relevant.
- Current level or team context.
- Family priorities and constraints.
- Decision options being considered.
- Known facts, timing, costs, travel, school considerations, or development concerns.
- Questions the family wants help thinking through.
What Families Should Avoid Sharing
Families should avoid sharing:
- Full birthdates unless necessary.
- Direct child contact information unless necessary.
- Medical, mental health, legal, disciplinary, eligibility, or school records unless essential.
- Private communications unless essential to understanding the decision.
- Other families' private information.
Families should summarize situations whenever possible.
Do not upload private communications unless they are essential to understanding the decision.
Sensitive Youth Information
Some youth/player information is especially sensitive, including injury, medical, mental health, discipline, legal, eligibility, family conflict, and school records.
Hockey Anchor should request and use this information only when necessary for the review. If a decision depends on medical, legal, mental health, school, league, or eligibility rules, families should also consult qualified professionals or official sources.
Privacy And Public Use
Individual family cases are private by default.
Hockey Anchor will not use a family's private case publicly as proof, marketing, or an example without permission and de-identification.
Retention And Deletion
Youth/player data follows the Release 1 retention rules:
- Active account: retained while active.
- Closed account: default deletion after 12 months.
- Financial/payment records: retained only as legally or operationally required.
- Analytics: may be retained only in anonymized form.
Parents or legal guardians may request deletion through the Support or Contact page.