CourtCam VB — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-09-24

CourtCam VB is an app for recording a volleyball match with a live score overlay, using two phones: one running the camera, one keeping score.

There is no backend. We operate no server, we have no account system, and by default nothing you enter, record, or score is sent to us — or to anyone else. The sections below describe what the app stores on your phone, the few things that leave your phone only because you asked them to, and what control you have over all of it.

What the app stores on your device

All of this stays on the phone unless you take one of the actions described in "What leaves your device" below.

Match and team information (team names, scores, sets, rotation, stat events).
An optional event name, if you enter one.
Your roster: jersey numbers, player names, and positions.
Player photos, if you add them.
Video and audio recordings, saved to your device's gallery.
Box score exports (CSV/JSON), saved to Downloads when you export them.
App settings (scoreboard appearance, video quality, streaming preferences, and similar).
A YouTube sign-in token, if you connect a YouTube account for live streaming.

What leaves your device, and only when you ask

1. YouTube live streaming (optional)

If you connect a YouTube account and start a stream, the video and audio go directly from your phone to YouTube. They do not pass through us.

Signing in uses Google's standard sign-in flow. The app never sees your Google password. It receives an access token, which is stored on your device and can be revoked at any time (see "Retention and deletion").
New broadcasts default to unlisted privacy.
Every broadcast the app creates is declared not "made for kids." This is deliberate: that declaration describes who the content is directed at, and this is a tool for adults — coaches, parents, and club staff — not a service designed for or aimed at children, even though the matches it records involve minors.
What you stream is then governed by YouTube's and Google's own terms and privacy policy, not by this one.

2. Files you share

Recordings and box score exports leave the device only when you use Android's share sheet or a file manager to send them somewhere. You choose the destination. The app does not upload them anywhere on its own.

3. Problem reports

If you send a problem report from the app, it creates a file containing:

Phone model, manufacturer, and Android version, and the app version.
App settings.
Match state (scores, sets, rotation, and stat events).
Connection status and recent connection events.
A short log of recent app activity.

Personal information is removed as the file is created, not afterwards:

Player names, team names, and the event name are removed entirely. Players appear only as jersey numbers — the identifier the app already uses internally.
Device names (your phone's Bluetooth name, which is often a person's name) are replaced with a non-reversible code, so we can still tell "the same phone reconnected" without seeing the name.
The report never contains player photos, video, audio, or any credentials.

The report is written to a file and handed to Android's share sheet. Nothing is sent automatically; you choose where it goes, or cancel and the file is discarded.

4. Bluetooth between your own two phones

The two phones exchange match state over Bluetooth Low Energy. This is a direct, local link between devices you control. It does not use the internet, and nothing is sent to us.

Android Backup

Android's automatic Backup service is turned off for this app. Nothing on your phone — not your match state, not your roster, not player photos — is ever copied anywhere automatically, by us, by Google, or by the operating system.

Instead, the app has a manual "Back up to Google Drive" action (Settings → Data), which you run yourself, whenever you choose. When you use it:

The app asks Android's normal "Save to..." picker where to put the backup file. Google Drive is the expected destination, but you can pick any location the picker offers.
The backup file contains your match data and player photos, so a "Restore from a backup file" action (right next to it, same screen) can bring them back — on this phone, or a new one.
That copy step is entirely between you and wherever you chose to save it (Google Drive, if that's what you picked). We have no access to it and never receive anything from it.

You are never prompted to do this, and the app never does it for you. If you never tap "Back up to Google Drive," no copy of your data leaves this device at all (except as described elsewhere in this policy — YouTube streaming, sharing a file, or a problem report).

Permissions, and why each is requested

Permission	Why
Camera	Recording the match, on the Recorder phone only.
Microphone	Recording audio with the video.
Bluetooth (advertise, connect, scan)	Linking your two phones so the Scorer and Recorder stay in sync.
Location (Android 11 and older only)	Older versions of Android require a location permission before an app is permitted to scan for Bluetooth Low Energy devices at all. The app does not collect, use, derive, or store your location. On Android 12 and newer, the Bluetooth scan is declared `neverForLocation` and no location permission is requested.
Internet	Only for optional YouTube live streaming and sign-in.
Storage (Android 9 and older only)	Saving recordings and exports on older Android versions.
Foreground service (camera, microphone, data sync)	Keeping the recording and the phone-to-phone link alive while the app is in the foreground of a match. A notification is shown whenever such a service is running.

Data about children

The app is used to record youth sports, so the information you enter is often about minors — jersey numbers, names, photos, and video of players.

The app is intended for use by adults (coaches, parents, club staff) and is not directed at children.
That information stays on your device unless you stream or share it, as described above.
We never receive it. We operate no server that could receive it.
Problem reports strip names, and never include photographs or video.

You are responsible for obtaining whatever consent your club, league, or local law requires before recording or publishing video of minors.

Analytics, advertising, and tracking

There are none. No ads. No third-party analytics. No crash-reporting service. No tracking identifiers. No advertising ID.

We do not sell or share personal information, because we do not receive any.

If this ever changes, this policy will be updated before the change ships, and the app's Google Play Data safety disclosure will be updated to match.

Retention and deletion

Recordings and box score exports — delete them with your gallery app or a file manager, like any other file on the device.
All app data — Settings → Apps → CourtCam VB → Storage → Clear data removes saved match state, the roster, player photos, settings, and your YouTube sign-in.
Uninstalling removes all of the app's private data. Videos already saved to your gallery and exports already saved to Downloads remain, because they belong to the device, not to the app.
YouTube — sign out in the app to disconnect the account, and revoke the app's access from your Google account's security settings. Videos already published to YouTube are managed in YouTube Studio.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above changes with it, and any change that affects what data leaves your device will be published before the release that makes the change. Questions about a change can go to the contact address below.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@courtcam.app