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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 15, 2025
Operator: protectNIL Inc., d/b/a Coach Bank™
Jurisdiction: United States (with notice to international users)

1. Introduction

At protectNIL Inc. ("we," "us," or "our"), your privacy matters. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and safeguard your personal information when you interact with our platforms, including Coach Bank™, NILAssist®, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By using or accessing our Services, you acknowledge and agree to this Privacy Policy in full. If you do not agree, you must not access or use the Services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal and behavioral information in the following categories:

A. Information You Provide Directly

• Name, email, phone number, school or organization
• Uploaded documents (e.g., NIL contracts, bios, photos)
• Profile content, brand preferences, submitted forms or disclosures

B. Information from Social Media and Connected Platforms

If you connect or interact with us through platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, or Threads:

• We may collect public profile details including username, profile photo, number of followers, likes, and engagement metrics
• If authorized, we may also receive private messages, stories, hashtags, location tags, and NIL-related posts
• Your likes, follows, brand tags, and affiliations may be analyzed to match you with NIL offers, enhance your Coach Bank™ experience, and surface personalized content or sponsor suggestions

Note to influencers and creators: We use this information to help you grow your brand, understand what resonates with your audience, and help align you with compliant sponsorships, campaigns, and institutional policies.

C. Automatically Collected Technical Data

• IP address, device ID, browser type, location (if enabled)
• Session times, traffic source, clicks, and interaction patterns
• Cookies, tokens, app telemetry, AI prompt logs

D. AI Interaction Logs

• Prompts, questions, conversations, and responses submitted via NILAssist® or Coach Bank™
• Metadata tied to each exchange (timestamp, scoring, device)

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected data to:

• Operate and improve our NIL AI platforms
• Generate AI-based guidance and NIL compliance insights
• Match users to brand partners, universities, and collectives
• Analyze personal preferences, content themes, and audience fit
• Power dashboards and reports for eligible athletes, families, schools, and sponsors
• Train and improve AI systems using anonymized interaction logs

4. AI Content and Commercial Use

By using NILAssist®, Coach Bank™, or any Epic AI® features, you agree that:

• Your prompts and interactions may be logged, reviewed, and reused to improve our platform
• We may analyze and commercialize de-identified trends, phrases, or preferences gathered through your engagement
• We may use your inputs and outputs, without compensation, to enhance educational models, risk-scoring algorithms, and NIL intelligence

5. Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your data with:

• Sponsors and collectives actively seeking athlete matches
• Your school or athletic department, if you opt-in or connect your identity
• Approved marketing, social media, or agency partners, where authorized
• Data processors and cloud vendors under contract
• Government agencies or courts, as required by law

6. Data from Social Media Integrations

When you link your social accounts or allow us to access them:

• We do not post on your behalf without your explicit permission
• We may analyze audience sentiment, NIL readiness, and engagement ratios
• Your public content may be used to generate personalized NIL guidance, sponsorship risk scores, or Coach Bank™ recommendations

🎯 You're in control. You can unlink or disable platform access at any time through your privacy settings or by contacting us.

7. Retention

We retain data as long as necessary to support your NIL journey, comply with law, and continuously improve the platform. AI logs and aggregated datasets may be retained indefinitely in anonymized form.

8. Security

We secure your information using industry-standard encryption, role-based access controls, and regular audits. However, no platform is perfectly secure.

9. Your Rights

You have rights depending on your jurisdiction (U.S. states, GDPR, etc.), including the right to access, delete, or restrict your data. For all privacy-related inquiries:

10. Children's Data

This platform is not for users under 13. If you are under the legal age of digital consent in your region, do not use this service without verified parental approval.

11. Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy. The latest version will always be available at coachbank.ai/legal.

12. Final Notice

By using NILAssist®, Coach Bank™, or any related service, you agree to this policy. If you do not agree, do not use the platform. This policy is binding under U.S. law and applies to all users, regardless of location.