Michigan Soccer Training ("we," "us," or "the site") is a free guide to Michigan youth soccer at michigansoccertraining.com. We built it to collect as little about you as possible. This page explains, plainly, what information the site touches and what happens to it.
The short version
- Player card photos never leave your device. The card creator, including AI background removal, runs entirely in your browser. We never receive, store, or see your photos or card details.
- Favorites stay on your device. Video favorites are saved in your browser's local storage only. There is no account and no server copy.
- We don't sell data. We don't sell, rent, or trade any personal information — and we never will.
- No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. (See the Text Messaging section below.)
What we collect
Nothing you don't give us. Browsing the site requires no account, sign-up, or personal information. If you submit a suggestion through our suggestion form, we receive what you type — typically a correction or a video link, plus an email address if you choose to include one so we can follow up. We use it only to act on your suggestion.
Standard hosting logs. Our hosting provider (Vercel) processes basic technical data required to serve the site — IP address, browser type, pages requested. We use aggregate, anonymized analytics to understand which pages help people; we do not build profiles of individual visitors.
What stays on your device
The player card creator processes everything locally in your browser: photos, names, stats, and the AI background-removal model all run on your device. Closing the tab discards them. Video favorites are stored in your browser's local storage under a key named mst-video-favs; clearing your browser data removes them.
Embedded videos (YouTube)
Training videos play through YouTube's privacy-enhanced player (youtube-nocookie.com), which does not set advertising cookies unless you play a video. When you press play, YouTube (Google) processes data under Google's Privacy Policy. Video thumbnails load from YouTube's image servers. We choose the privacy-enhanced player specifically to minimize tracking, and nothing loads until you press play.
Text messaging (SMS)
If we offer text alerts in the future (for example, tryout-date reminders), the following commitments will apply:
- You will only receive texts if you explicitly opt in. Consent to receive texts is never a condition of using this site or purchasing anything.
- No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties, excluding the vendors and platform providers (such as our SMS delivery provider) necessary to send you the messages you requested.
- You can opt out at any time by replying STOP, and get help by replying HELP. Message and data rates may apply; message frequency varies.
- Phone numbers collected for SMS are used solely to deliver the messages you signed up for and are deleted upon opt-out, subject to record-keeping required by carrier rules.
Children's privacy
This site is written for parents, coaches, and players, and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The card creator's on-device design means a child's photo is never transmitted to us. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through our suggestion form, contact us and we will delete it.
Third-party links
We link out to clubs, leagues, YouTube channels, and other external sites. Their privacy practices are their own — check their policies. Our "Find a Pro"-style outbound links pass no personal information.
Changes & contact
If our practices change, this page and its date will change first. Questions or requests (including deletion of anything you've submitted): use the suggestion form and mark it "privacy."