Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 26, 2026

The Ohio Athletic Committee (“OAC”) values your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard personal information when you use register.ohioathletics.com.

1. Information We Collect

When registering accounts or enrolling athletes in tournaments, we collect:

  • Account & Guardian Info: Parent/guardian name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
  • Athlete Info: Athlete name, birthdate, grade, wrestling club/school affiliation, weight, and past tournament experience.
  • Payment Data: Credit/debit card information processed securely through encrypted third-party payment gateways. OAC does not store full payment card numbers on our servers.
  • Usage & Device Data: IP addresses, browser types, and cookie identifiers for site performance and user session maintenance.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

  • Process tournament registrations, bracket placements, and weigh-in verifications.
  • Communicate event updates, schedule changes, mat assignments, and results.
  • Maintain points leaderboards and historical tournament rankings.
  • Verify eligibility for state tournaments, district qualifiers, and division levels.
  • Send administrative notices, transaction receipts, and customer support responses.

3. Information Sharing & Public Rosters

  • Public Brackets & Results: Athlete names, team affiliations, weight divisions, and match outcomes are matters of public sports record and will be published on OAC tournament brackets, live scoring sites, and archival rankings.
  • Third-Party Vendors: We share data with secure service providers essential for platform operations (e.g., payment processors, hosting services, event scoring software). We do not sell personal information to third parties.

4. Data Security & Storage

We implement industry-standard administrative, physical, and technical measures to safeguard your personal data. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method is 100% secure.

5. Contact & Data Rights

To update your account details or inquire about stored personal information, please contact us at [email protected].