Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

Last Updated: September 2026

1. Permitted Operational Use

MyAthlete is designed exclusively for the legitimate administration, governance, training, and athletic operations of sports clubs, academies, and athletic organizations. Permitted uses include:

• Managing club rosters, household accounts, training squads, and contact directories.
• Collecting club membership dues, term fees, kit orders, and competition entries via integrated payment workflows.
• Recording pitchside attendance, safety check-ins, and athletic performance data.
• Maintaining safeguarding records, Garda/police vetting verification, and coaching credentials.
• Publishing club documents, constitutions, meeting minutes, and official announcements.

2. Storage & Fair Use Policy

MyAthlete provides unlimited operational storage to active clubs without arbitrary gigabyte limits. To maintain platform performance and fair resource allocation, storage usage is subject to the following rules:

• Legitimate Club Records: Operational storage is restricted to genuine sports club administrative files (PDF policies, compliance certificates, emergency contact logs, incident reports, kit store merchandise photos, and competition timing archives).
• File Size Caps: A hard application-level ceiling of 25 MB applies to standard operational files and attachments. Sanctioned competition timing files (.hy3, .ev3, .sd3, .lef, .zip) are permitted up to 50 MB. Files exceeding these caps are automatically rejected.
• Exclusion of Native Video Hosting: Due to bandwidth, transcoding, and unit economic constraints, direct native video hosting or video streaming is strictly prohibited on standard storage. Video requirements (such as technical race analysis, match highlights, or training drills) must be hosted on third-party video platforms (such as unlisted YouTube or Vimeo) and embedded via URL.
• Prohibited File Types: Users may not upload executable binaries (.exe, .dll, .elf, shell scripts), operating system disk images (.iso, .dmg), raw non-operational archives, cryptocurrency mining scripts, or copyrighted commercial entertainment media.
• Automated Scanning: All file uploads undergo automated magic byte header inspection and antivirus screening. Files with disguised extensions or malicious signatures will be blocked and logged.

3. Child Safeguarding & Member Welfare

As an operating system managing youth sports organizations, MyAthlete strictly prohibits:

• Transmitting abusive, threatening, sexually explicit, defamatory, or harassing messages via any club broadcast channel or chat thread.
• Uploading unauthorized photos, videos, or identifying media of minors in violation of club media consent policies.
• Falsifying Garda vetting, police background checks, or safeguarding qualifications.
• Circumventing Scoped Permissions to view emergency medical vaults or minor contact records without authorized club clearance.

4. Data Integrity & Anti-Fraud Rules

Users and administrators must not:

• Input fraudulent performance records, falsified seed times, or fabricated scores to circumvent qualification standards or event entry criteria.
• Intentionally provide false Date of Birth, Gender, or National Governing Body registration IDs, compromising the Self-Healing Database and invalidating insurance or age-group eligibility.
• Fabricate or manually forge digital consent signatures, parental approvals, or medical acknowledgments.

5. Security & Platform Integrity

Users may not:

• Attempt to probe, scan, reverse-engineer, or test the vulnerability of the MyAthlete infrastructure or authentication systems.
• Introduce malware, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or logic bombs into the platform.
• Engage in automated scraping, data extraction, or denial-of-service attacks against platform APIs.
• Share login credentials or Multi-Factor Authentication codes with unauthorized parties.

6. Enforcement & Reporting

Violation of this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a material breach of the Terms of Service. Badduck Limited reserves the right to:

• Immediately delete or quarantine non-compliant files or media.
• Suspend or permanently terminate user accounts or entire Club Subscription Agreements without notice or refund.
• Report severe violations—including child protection concerns, financial fraud, or computer misuse—to appropriate statutory authorities (such as An Garda Síochána or Tusla in Ireland).

7. Contact & Violations Reporting

To report suspected violations of this policy: legal@myathlete.ie