Privacy Policy – Next Goal USA

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide through our contact, evaluation, or newsletter forms, including your name, email address, phone number, date of birth, country, sport, position, athletic background, academic information, highlight video links, and any other details you choose to share.

We also automatically collect technical data when you browse our site, such as browser type, device information, IP address, referring pages, and usage statistics, through cookies and analytics tools described in our Cookies Policy.

We use your information to:

• Evaluate your student-athlete profile and prepare a personalized assessment.
• Contact you regarding opportunities in the U.S. college system.
• Communicate with U.S. college coaches and universities on your behalf when you authorize it.
• Send service-related updates, newsletters, or marketing communications you have opted into.
• Improve our website, services, and user experience.
• Comply with legal obligations and prevent fraud or misuse.

We never sell your personal information.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent — when you submit an evaluation, subscribe to our newsletter, or accept non-essential cookies.
• Contract — when processing is necessary to provide the recruiting guidance you requested.
• Legitimate interests — to operate, secure, and improve our services, provided your rights do not override these interests.
• Legal obligation — when we must process data to comply with applicable law.

We may share your information with U.S. college coaches and universities only with your authorization, as part of the recruiting process. We also rely on trusted third-party providers who process data on our behalf strictly to deliver our services, including:

• Hosting and infrastructure providers.
• Database, authentication, and storage services.
• Email delivery providers for transactional and marketing messages.
• Analytics providers to understand site usage.
• Form, video hosting, and customer-support tools.

These providers are bound by contractual obligations to keep your data confidential and to use it only for the purposes we instruct. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

Because our services connect international athletes with U.S. universities, your personal data will be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. When personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms.

We retain your personal information for as long as needed to provide our services, maintain your athlete profile, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it. You may request earlier deletion at any time (see Your Rights below).

We implement industry-standard administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Request deletion of your personal data.
• Restrict or object to certain processing activities.
• Request data portability in a structured, commonly used format.
• Withdraw your consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@nextgoalusa.com. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the CPRA, provides you with the following rights:

• Right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and the categories of sources and recipients.
• Right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• Right to correct inaccurate personal information.
• Right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.
• Right to limit the use of sensitive personal information.
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.

We do not sell or share personal information as defined under the CCPA. To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us at contact@nextgoalusa.com. You may use an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf, subject to verification.

Our services are directed to student-athletes and their parents or legal guardians. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 14 without parental consent. If you believe a child under 14 has provided us personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our site, analyze traffic, and remember your preferences. See our Cookies Policy for details and how to manage your preferences.

Next Goal USA may update this policy periodically to reflect legal changes or improvements to our services. The updated version will always be available on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your data rights, please contact us at: contact@nextgoalusa.com.