Last updated: May 14, 2026 Effective immediately upon acceptance at registration.
Be The Blessing ("we," "us," or "Be The Blessing") operates the Montana Fouts Pitching Retreat ("Retreat"). We take the privacy of parents, guardians, and athletes seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the choices and rights you have.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and forms part of our Terms & Conditions. Capitalized terms used but not defined here have the meanings given in the Terms & Conditions.
PARENTS, READ CAREFULLY — ESPECIALLY IF YOUR ATHLETE IS UNDER 13. This Policy contains specific provisions, including Enhanced Parental Notice under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"), about how we collect and use personal information from children under the age of 13.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
montanafouts.com and any related subdomains,It does not apply to third-party websites, services, or platforms that we link to or that you visit independently. Those are governed by their own privacy policies.
Be The Blessing Email for privacy requests: pitchingretreats@montanafouts.com Web: https://montanafouts.com
_fbp/_fbc cookies; if you register or purchase, we also send Meta a hashed (irreversible) version of your email and phone number. We use this to measure website activity, attribute and improve our advertising, and reach similar audiences. You can opt out at any time — see Section 7 and "Your Privacy Choices."We do not knowingly collect Social Security numbers, financial-account credentials, government-ID numbers (beyond what Stripe may collect for fraud prevention), or biometric identifiers used for identification (such as facial recognition). The performance/mechanics video we capture is used for athletic instruction and promotion, not for biometric identification.
We use the information described above to:
We do not sell personal information for money. We do share limited personal information — such as device identifiers, Meta cookies (_fbp/_fbc), and hashed email/phone — with Meta (Facebook) for advertising measurement and, where applicable, retargeting and similar-audience creation. Under some state privacy laws this is treated as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can opt out at any time using "Your Privacy Choices" (see Section 7), and we honor browser-based opt-out signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC).
For visitors and residents of jurisdictions that require a lawful basis (e.g., GDPR), we rely on:
We share information only as described below.
We share information with vendors who perform services on our behalf, under written agreements that restrict their use of the information to providing services to us:
| Vendor | Purpose | Categories of data |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Payment processing | Name, email, billing data, card details (collected directly by Stripe), transaction metadata |
| Twilio | SMS, OTP verification | Phone, OTP codes, message logs, consent timestamps |
| SendGrid | Transactional email | Name, email, message content/metadata |
| Airtable | Registration database | Identifiers, registration data, payment status, check-in token |
| Vercel | Web and server hosting | All data passing through our application, server logs, IP |
| Webflow | Landing-page hosting | Page visit data, form submissions, cookies |
| Meta (Facebook) | Advertising & conversion measurement (Meta Pixel + Conversions API) | IP, device/browser data, Meta cookies (_fbp/_fbc), hashed email/phone, website event & conversion data |
| Photo/video contractors | Capture and editing of Media | Audio-visual recordings, mechanics video |
We post Media on platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, Threads, and Pinterest. Once posted, those platforms' privacy policies apply to that content. For Athletes under 13, separate parental opt-in is required before public posting on any of these platforms (see Section 8).
We may disclose information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or appropriate to:
If Be The Blessing is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to standard confidentiality protections and, where applicable, your consent.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for essential site function, analytics, and advertising measurement. In particular, we use the Meta Pixel and Meta Conversions API to understand how visitors move through our site and to measure and improve our advertising; this involves sharing the data described in Sections 3.2 and 6.1 with Meta. Meta may further use that data subject to its own Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.
Your Privacy Choices — how to opt out of advertising tracking:
pitchingretreats@montanafouts.com about specific technologies in use.Disabling essential cookies may prevent registration or check-in from functioning correctly. Opting out of advertising tracking does not affect your ability to register, pay, or attend.
This Section is our Enhanced Parental Notice under 16 C.F.R. Part 312 (the FTC's COPPA Rule, as amended effective April 22, 2026).
Before we collect personal information from or about an Athlete under 13, we obtain verifiable parental consent using one or more FTC-approved methods, which may include:
We do not rely on a single generalized signature to satisfy multiple consents. VPC for internal data processing is obtained separately from the additional opt-in described in Section 8.5.
We will not publicly post the image, video, or voice of an Athlete under 13 on any public social-media platform unless we have a separate, distinct, affirmative parental opt-in for that public disclosure. You may grant or refuse this opt-in at registration. Refusing this opt-in does not affect your Athlete's ability to participate, but the Athlete may still appear in non-public internal records and in incidental background footage in venue.
For Athletes under 13, we apply the following data-retention schedule:
| Data category | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Registration record and contact info | 24 months after the last Retreat the Athlete attended, then deleted or de-identified |
| Health & accommodation info | Deleted within 90 days of the Retreat unless required for an incident report |
| Payment metadata | 7 years for tax/accounting (Stripe retains card data per its own policy) |
| OTP & SMS logs | 12 months |
| Identifiable Media used in active marketing | While in active use; reviewed annually; deleted when the asset is no longer needed for the business purpose for which consent was obtained |
| Identifiable Media not in active use | Deleted or de-identified within 24 months of capture |
| Incident reports | 7 years (or longer if required by law) |
| Waitlist records (joined a waitlist but did not convert) | Deleted within 12 months of waitlist entry |
| Friend Transfer and Release records | Deleted within 24 months of the related Retreat |
| Store credit balances | Retained until the credit is redeemed or expires (max 12 months from issuance), then deleted with a small audit-trail record kept per Section 9 |
When a retention period ends, we securely and permanently delete or de-identify the data, including from backups on the schedule on which backups rotate.
At any time, the Parent of an Athlete under 13 may:
To exercise these rights, email pitchingretreats@montanafouts.com from the email associated with the Parent's registration. We will verify your identity before acting.
We maintain a written children's data security program consistent with COPPA's information-security requirements. It includes:
For Athletes age 13 and older, we generally apply the same retention schedule shown in Section 8.6, except that the under-13–specific deletion timelines do not apply by force of COPPA. We will, however, delete or de-identify personal information when it is no longer needed for the business purpose for which it was collected, unless we are required to retain it for a longer period by law (tax, employment, litigation hold, etc.).
You may request deletion at any time by emailing pitchingretreats@montanafouts.com. Some information may be retained in archival or backup systems for a limited period before deletion completes.
10.1 Safeguards. We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information against loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. These include TLS transport encryption, at-rest encryption for sensitive fields, role-based access controls, vendor-diligence agreements, regular security review, and a written incident-response plan.
10.2 No system is perfect. Despite reasonable safeguards, no system is fully secure.
10.3 Breach notification. If we become aware of a security incident that has resulted in, or is reasonably likely to result in, unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of personal information, we will:
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
Where state law permits, you may submit a request through an authorized agent. We will verify both the agent's authority and your identity before acting.
We respect the Global Privacy Control ("GPC") signal sent by some browsers and extensions and treat it as a valid opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for users in jurisdictions that recognize GPC.
Email pitchingretreats@montanafouts.com from the email associated with your registration, with the subject line "PRIVACY REQUEST" and a description of what you are asking for. We will:
Requests are free. We may charge a reasonable fee for repeated, excessive, or manifestly unfounded requests, as permitted by law.
13.1 DNT. Some browsers transmit a "Do Not Track" signal. Because no consistent DNT standard has emerged, we currently do not respond to DNT signals in a uniform way.
13.2 GPC. We honor the Global Privacy Control signal as a valid opt-out of "sale" or "sharing" of personal information in jurisdictions that recognize GPC (see Section 11).
13.3 No cross-context behavioral advertising of children under 16. We do not knowingly engage in cross-context behavioral advertising of any individual we know or have reason to believe is under 16, regardless of any other signal.
We are based in the United States. If you access the Retreat or our website from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States and may be processed in other countries where our service providers operate. By using our services or registering for the Retreat, you consent to such transfers.
Our website and emails may include links to third-party sites (e.g., social-media platforms, vendor partners). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Review their policies before submitting information.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date reflects the current version. Material changes that affect how we handle previously collected information will be communicated by email. Continued use of our services after notice constitutes acceptance.
Be The Blessing Privacy inquiries: pitchingretreats@montanafouts.com Web: https://montanafouts.com
For COPPA-specific concerns about a child's information that have not been resolved by us, you may contact the Federal Trade Commission at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov or the relevant state attorney general.