Trust

Security and privacy come first.

Recruiting involves young people and sensitive records. These are the rules we are building around.

Security and privacy by design.

Honest status: this page describes our design commitments. THE READ does not yet host real accounts, and this website stores no personal data. Legal text is in draft: see the privacy and terms placeholders.
Roles

Role-based access

Planned roles: athlete, guardian, evaluator, coach, recruiting coordinator, administrator. Each sees only what their role needs.

Minors

Minors’ data protection

Collect the minimum, hide contact details until the athlete or guardian allows it, and involve guardians for athletes under 18.

FERPA

FERPA awareness

Education records, such as transcripts, are handled under FERPA principles: shared only with consent or an allowed exception. Your institution’s counsel makes the final call.

Consent

Athlete-controlled visibility

Athletes and guardians decide which programs see profile sections, and can change it at any time.

Privacy

Private by default

Staff notes and Staff Scores are visible only inside the program that wrote them.

Accountability

Audit trail

Changes to locked grades and permission changes are logged.