Effective date: November 8, 2026
By-U Sports (“By-U Sports,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a local sports media company covering high school and college sports in Houma-Thibodaux and the Bayou Region of Louisiana. This policy explains how the By-U Sports mobile app for iPhone and Android (the “App”) handles your information. Short version: the App does not collect, store, sell, or share any personal information about you.
1. What the App Does
The App shows public content that we already publish on by-usports.com and our official channels:
- A scoreboard of local final scores
- News stories from by-usports.com
- A photo gallery of our published game photos
- “Watch”: By-U Sports videos and live streams from our YouTube channel
- The Group Chat podcast, delivered by its public RSS feed
- Links to By-U Sports on Facebook, X, and YouTube
- An optional list of your favorite teams
2. Information We Do Not Collect
The App has no user accounts, no login, and no in-app purchases. We do not collect:
- Your name, email address, phone number, or other contact information
- Your precise or approximate location
- Your contacts, photos, files, camera, or microphone
- Payment or financial information
- Device identifiers or advertising identifiers
- Usage analytics, browsing history, or crash data
The App does not contain any analytics, advertising, or tracking software development kits (SDKs). We do not track you across other companies’ apps or websites, and we do not sell or share your personal information.
3. Favorite Teams Stay on Your Device
If you choose favorite teams, that choice is saved only on your device using the phone’s local storage. It is never sent to us or anyone else. You can change your favorites in the App at any time. Deleting the App deletes them.
4. How the App Gets Content
To load scores, stories, and photos, the App requests public content from by-usports.com (including the standard WordPress posts feed) and requests our podcast RSS feed. As with any request to a website, the servers hosting that content may automatically receive basic technical information needed to deliver it, such as your IP address and device or browser type, in standard server logs. We do not use this information to identify you, build a profile of you, or track you, and the App does not attach any personal information or identifier to these requests.
5. Third-Party Services and Links
Some parts of the App involve services run by other companies, and their own privacy policies apply:
- YouTube (Google): Videos and live streams in “Watch” are played using YouTube’s embedded player. When you play a video, YouTube may collect information under its own terms. See the Google Privacy Policy and YouTube Terms of Service.
- Facebook, X, and YouTube links: Tapping a social link takes you to that service’s website or app. Its privacy policy and terms apply, not ours.
- Podcast audio: Podcast episodes are streamed from the host listed in our public RSS feed. That host may receive standard technical information (like your IP address) needed to deliver the audio.
We don’t control these third parties and aren’t responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies.
6. Children’s Privacy
The App is made for a general audience of local sports fans, including students, families, and alumni. It is not directed specifically to children under 13. Because the App has no accounts and does not collect personal information from anyone, it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under the relevant age of digital consent in your country), as required by the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar laws. Parents should know that tapping outbound links or playing YouTube videos involves third-party services that have their own policies and age requirements. If you believe a child has somehow given us personal information, contact us using the details below and we will delete it promptly.
7. Data Security and Retention
Because we don’t collect personal data through the App, we don’t store or keep any personal data from it. The App loads content over secure (HTTPS) connections.
8. Your Choices and Rights
Since we don’t hold personal data from the App, there is usually nothing for us to access, correct, or delete. You control the only data the App stores, your favorite teams, and you can clear it by changing your favorites or deleting the App. If you have a privacy question or request under the laws where you live, contact us and we will respond.
9. Push Notifications and Advertising
The App does not currently send push notifications or show ads. If we add notifications, advertising, analytics, or any other feature that collects or uses data, we will update this policy before the feature launches. We will also update our App Store and Google Play privacy disclosures and ask for your permission in the App where the law or platform rules require it.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the new version on this page and change the effective date above. We will give more notice of significant changes where required.
11. Contact Us
By-U Sports
Owners: Casey Gisclair and Abby Lazard
Website: https://by-usports.com
Email: byusports985@gmail.com
