Who we are
Everyone Plays CIC is a Community Interest Company registered in England & Wales (company number 17281597), incorporated 18 June 2026, with its registered office at 9 Venn Court, Plymouth, PL3 5NS.
We trade as Plymouth Kickabouts when running grassroots football sessions in Plymouth. Both names refer to the same legal entity, which is the data controller for all personal data described in this policy.
We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as a data controller under registration number ZC185354.
What personal data we collect
We only collect the information we genuinely need to run sessions safely, keep in touch, and meet our legal obligations as a CIC.
When you register to play
- Name, date of birth
- Preferred name (optional). Used in session communications and on team sheets shared with other players booked for the same session. See Why we collect it below for the team sheet disclosure.
- Email address and mobile number
- Emergency contact name, relationship, and number
- Any medical conditions, medication, or accessibility needs you choose to share. We strongly encourage everyone to share anything relevant. This information is only seen by session leads and is used solely to keep you safe. If you are completing registration on behalf of someone under 18, please share any conditions or needs we should be aware of for their safety.
- If you are under 18: your parent or guardian's name, relationship, email, mobile, and their consent record
- A timestamped record of which consent options you agreed to, and the exact wording you saw at the time
- Match statistics (appearances, results, goals and assists in Next Goal Wins, Player of the Match placements, clean sheets) recorded after each session you attend. These are linked to your anonymous player number, not your name.
If you join a waitlist for a future product (such as the Unlimited membership tier), we store your email address and the product you expressed interest in. No other data is collected at that point.
When you attend a session
- Your name on the attendance list for that session
- Session fees paid (currently £5 per session, recorded in our payment records)
- Any safeguarding or injury incident notes that involve you (rare, but retained where they exist)
When you contact us or subscribe
- Name, email, organisation (if applicable), and the content of your message
- Email address if you subscribe to our newsletter, plus a record that you submitted your email via our subscribe form.
When you donate or sponsor
- Name, email, donation amount, handled by our payment partner Stripe
- We do not see or store your card or bank details. Those are processed by the payment provider directly
When you use the website
- Basic technical data (browser, device type, anonymised IP). See Cookies & the website below
We never collect: ethnicity, religion, sexuality, immigration status, political views, or financial information beyond what's needed for a donation.
Why we collect it
Each piece of information has a specific purpose. We don't keep anything "just in case."
| Why we need it | What we use |
|---|---|
| Knowing who's coming so we can run safe sessions (registers, team balancing, pitch-side safety) | Name, DOB, session attendance |
| Contacting you about your session (weather cancellations, pitch changes, urgent updates) | Email, mobile |
| Responding to a medical emergency on the pitch | Emergency contact, medical notes |
| Safeguarding: protecting players from harm, especially under-18s | Guardian details, incident notes |
| Collecting session fees and keeping HMRC-compliant records | Payment records |
| Sending the newsletter (only if you opt in) | Email, consent record |
| Promoting sessions with photos/video (only if you opt in, adult sessions only) | Images you appear in |
| Tracking our social impact for funders | Anonymous, aggregated attendance numbers. Never your individual data |
| Running the Plymouth Kickabouts fantasy leaderboard and tracking session performance | Match statistics linked to anonymous player number only. Name never used. |
Photography and video
We only record or photograph for promotional purposes or session highlights, never for any other reason, and only where permitted by the venue, our insurance, and the law.
We do not record or photograph any Under-18 session. Photography and video only take place at specific adult sessions, and we will flag this in advance on the relevant session's booking page. Only players who have opted in are included in anything we publish from these sessions, we do not name or tag anyone, and identification, where possible, is limited to your anonymous player number.
If you change your consent preference, please allow up to 48 hours before a flagged session for it to be reflected. If you'd like us to remove or edit something already published, including group photos, please contact us and we will do so within a reasonable time where practical.
We do not proactively review historic posts when someone withdraws consent or leaves the club, this applies on request. Removing something shared more widely, including by others, may not always be possible, but we will make reasonable efforts.
Team sheets shared with other players in your session
When a team sheet is confirmed for a session, your preferred name (or full name if no preferred name is set) is included in a team sheet email sent to all other players booked for the same session. This is limited to players who have a confirmed paid booking for that session. If you prefer not to use your real name, you can set a pseudonym as your preferred name on your Plymouth Kickabouts profile page at any time. Preferred names must be appropriate; the club reserves the right to ask you to change a preferred name, or to reset it, if it is unsuitable.
Our legal basis for processing
Under the UK GDPR we must tell you the "lawful basis" we're relying on for each type of processing.
Contract / necessary for the service
Your name, DOB, emergency contact, and basic attendance records. We need these to run sessions you've signed up to. You can't opt out of these and still attend.
Consent
Newsletter signups, WhatsApp group membership, photo/video use, optional wellbeing surveys. You opt in at registration and can withdraw that consent any time (see Your rights).
Wellbeing survey responses are stored without any link to your identity, our database has no field connecting a response to your player profile. No director, coach, or volunteer can see an individual player's score. We only ever see anonymous, combined averages across all participants, used to evidence our impact to funders.
Appearing on the public fantasy leaderboard (an optional, off-by-default opt-in you choose at registration or from your profile page at any time). Club communications by email including session reminders and booking alerts (consent at registration or via profile page). Last-minute session cancellation alerts (consent at registration or via profile page). WhatsApp Community membership (consent at registration for adults; guardian consent at registration for under-18s).
Booking confirmations, payment receipts, safety alerts, and guardian-consent emails are sent on the basis of contract or legal obligation and do not require a separate marketing consent. All other email communications require explicit opt-in consent.
Legal obligation
Payment and attendance records are retained for 7 years to meet HMRC requirements. Safeguarding records may be retained longer where the law requires it.
Legitimate interests
Incident logs, and our need to contact you about safety-critical changes to a session you're registered for. We've balanced this against your rights and believe it's proportionate, but you can object (see Your rights).
Recording basic match statistics (appearances, results, team selection, Player of the Match, clean sheets, and Next Goal Wins goals and assists) against your profile. We use these to run sessions, pick balanced teams, and support safeguarding, so we rely on our legitimate interest in delivering the sessions you've signed up to rather than asking for your consent. These stats stay private to you and the volunteers who run sessions, unless you separately opt in to the public leaderboard (see Fantasy leaderboard and player numbers). You can object to this processing at any time (see Your rights).
How we use anonymised data
To win funding and show the difference our sessions make, we report on our impact to grant funders and in our CIC annual reports. We only ever use anonymised, aggregated figures for this, for example the total number of sessions delivered, broad age ranges, and the postcode districts we reach. Your name and individual records are never included, and the numbers are grouped so that no single person can be identified. Because this information no longer identifies anyone, we rely on our legitimate interest in demonstrating our community impact rather than asking for your consent. If you'd still prefer your attendance not to be counted even in anonymised totals, just let us know (see Your rights) and we'll exclude it.
Where & how we store your data
- All personal data is stored on UK or EU-based servers covered by UK GDPR or an equivalent standard.
- Access is restricted to a small number of DBS-checked volunteers and trustees on a "need-to-know" basis.
- Sensitive tables (medical notes, safeguarding records) are stored with additional access controls and are never included in routine exports or shared outside of a safeguarding context.
- Our website uses HTTPS encryption; all form submissions are encrypted in transit.
- We review our security and access controls at least annually.
How long we keep it
| What | How long |
|---|---|
| Active player registration & emergency contact | While you're an active player, plus 3 years after your last session. |
| Medical & accessibility notes | While you're active; deleted within 6 months of you leaving, unless an incident means we're legally required to retain them |
| Payment & attendance records | 7 years (HMRC requirement) |
| Safeguarding incident records | Up to 25 years, where required by safeguarding guidance (e.g. IICSA recommendations) |
| Newsletter subscription | Until you unsubscribe, plus a record that you opted in (for consent audit purposes) |
| Photo / video consent | Until you withdraw consent or ask us to remove it |
| Contact form messages | 2 years after the enquiry is resolved |
| Match statistics and leaderboard data | Duration of active participation plus 2 years, then anonymised. Your player number is permanent but is never linked to your name in any public record. |
| Waitlist email addresses | Until the relevant product launches and notification is sent, then deleted within 30 days. If the product does not launch within 12 months, deleted at that point. |
Your rights
You have legal rights over the data we hold about you. Exercising them is always free, and we won't penalise you for doing so.
- Access: ask for a copy of what we hold about you (a Subject Access Request). Email privacy@everyoneplays.uk to make a request. We will respond within one month.
- Correction: ask us to fix anything inaccurate or incomplete.
- Deletion: ask us to delete your data (except where we're legally required to keep it, e.g. HMRC records).
- Withdraw consent: for anything you opted in to (newsletter, photos, WhatsApp, wellbeing surveys, leaderboard appearance (via your profile page at any time)). This doesn't undo what was lawful at the time, but stops any further use.
- Restrict processing: ask us to pause using your data while we deal with a query.
- Object: to any processing based on legitimate interests.
- Data portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
To exercise any right, email privacy@everyoneplays.uk. We may ask for ID to confirm who you are before releasing data. This is for your protection.
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can complain directly to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113. We'd appreciate the chance to fix things first, but you can go straight to the ICO if you prefer.
Children & under-18s
Our Monday sessions are 18+ only. Our Thursday sessions are open to players aged 16 and over. Players aged 16 or 17 may register only with active parental or guardian consent, which is captured at registration and verified by email to the guardian's address.
We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and think we may hold data about a child under 16 we shouldn't, please email privacy@everyoneplays.uk and we'll delete it.
All volunteers working directly with under-18s are enhanced-DBS checked. Our full safeguarding policy is available on request.
Basic match statistics are recorded for all players, including those aged 16 and 17, so we can run sessions, pick balanced teams, and support safeguarding. We rely on our legitimate interest for this, not consent. Each player is assigned a permanent anonymous player number which is their identity on the public fantasy leaderboard, and the player's name never appears publicly. Appearing on the leaderboard is a separate, optional, off-by-default opt-in controlled by the toggle on the player's profile page. For players aged 16 and 17, the guardian acknowledges this optional leaderboard opt-in at registration, and it should be managed with the guardian's awareness.
Fantasy leaderboard and player numbers
Every registered player is assigned a permanent anonymous player number (for example, Player 047). This number is your identity on the public fantasy leaderboard. Your name is never associated with your player number in any public communication or record.
The leaderboard displays only player numbers alongside session statistics. Your row appears publicly only if you have opted in. Opting in is your choice, it is off by default, and it is the only thing that puts your row on the public table: it does not depend on your membership or on how you pay. You can opt out at any time from your profile page, which removes your row immediately. If you have not opted in, your statistics are still recorded internally for session management and impact reporting, but are never shown publicly.
If something goes wrong
We take data breaches seriously. If we ever discover a breach that's likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will:
- Notify the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours of becoming aware, where required by law
- Notify you directly, without undue delay, if the risk to you is high
- Tell you what happened, what data was involved, what we're doing about it, and what you can do to protect yourself
You can report a concern to us at any time at privacy@everyoneplays.uk.
Contact us
The easiest way to reach our Data Protection contact is by email. We aim to respond within 5 working days for general queries, and within one month for formal rights requests.
Data Protection, Everyone Plays CIC
For all questions about this policy, your personal data, or to exercise any of your rights.
Changes to this policy
We'll update this policy when our practices change, new features are added, or the law requires it. The version number and "last reviewed" date at the top of this page show when we last made meaningful changes. Significant changes affecting how we use your data will also be notified to you directly by email (if you've registered or subscribed).