Legal
Children’s Privacy & COPPA
Last updated: September 4, 2026
The short version
MarkIT is not for children under 13.We don’t accept them, we don’t knowingly collect anything from them, and if we find out a member is under 13 we delete the account and the data.
The U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) sets rules for online services that collect personal information from children under 13. MarkIT’s approach is to stay out of scope: rather than run a verifiable-parental-consent program, we don’t let under-13s on the platform at all.
How we keep under-13s off the platform
- We ask for a date of birth at signup, on every way of signing up — email, Apple, and Google — before an account can be used.
- Under-13 signups are refused, and the refusal is enforced on our servers, not just in the app, so it can’t be skipped by an older app version or a modified client.
- An account with no date of birth on file cannot use the features we restrict by age, including the AI Program Uploader and video features that require guardian acknowledgment. Unknown age is treated as restricted, not as adult.
- We are not in the App Store Kids Category and we do not design, market, or advertise MarkIT to children.
If a child under 13 signs up anyway
If we learn that we have an account belonging to someone under 13, we close it and delete the associated data, including any video, promptly.
If you’re a parent or guardian and you believe your child under 13 has created a MarkIT account, email support@markitthrows.comwith the account’s email address. We’ll confirm, delete it, and tell you when it’s done. You don’t need an account to ask, and there’s no cost.
Athletes who are 13 to 17
Athletes between 13 and 17 can use MarkIT. COPPA doesn’t apply to them, but we give them extra protections anyway:
- Before an athlete under 18 can record or upload video, a parent or guardian has to acknowledge a consent screen explaining what gets recorded, where it’s stored, and that their coach can see it. Until then, video capture stays off.
- A minor athlete’s video and training data are visible only to the coach they’re connected to. Videos are served through expiring, signed links — a URL can’t be copied and shared to give someone else access.
- A parent or guardian can request a copy of, or the deletion of, their athlete’s account and data at any time.
- Where an athlete’s safety is involved, we may share their messages with a parent or guardian, program officials, a safe-sport body, or law enforcement — see our Privacy Policy.
- We don’t sell members’ data, we don’t share it with advertisers, and we don’t run behavioural advertising or third-party tracking anywhere in MarkIT.
AI and minors
Our optional AI Program Uploader sends a training document you upload to Anthropic, an AI provider in the United States. It is closed to any account under 13 or with no date of birth on file, and that restriction is enforced on our servers. Full detail is in the AI Program Scanning section of our Privacy Policy.
Canada
In Canada, children’s personal information is treated as sensitive under PIPEDA and Quebec’s Law 25. The protections above apply to all MarkIT members regardless of where they are; they’re not U.S.-only.
Questions
Email support@markitthrows.com. If you’re a parent or guardian, say so in the subject line and we’ll prioritise it.