Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy has been updated as of May 6, 2024.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY (THIS "PRIVACY POLICY") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE, APPLICATION OR ANY OTHER MLB DRAFT LEAGUE, APPALACHIAN LEAGUE AND/OR CAPE COD LEAGUE PRODUCT OR SERVICE (IF ANY) OFFERED BY THE SITE OPERATORS (DEFINED BELOW).

MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC (“MLB PDL”), on behalf of, respectively, 1) PBR Tournaments, LLC, the Middle Atlantic League, Inc., and each of the baseball clubs participating in the MLB Draft League (each an “MLB Draft League Club” and collectively the “MLB Draft League Clubs”) (MLB PDL, PBR Tournaments, LLC, Middle Atlantic League, Inc., and the MLB Draft League Clubs, together, the “MLB Draft League Entities”); 2) Appalachian League, Inc. ( “Appalachian League”), the United States Baseball Federation, dba USA Baseball (“USA Baseball”), and each of the baseball clubs participating in the Appalachian League (each an “Appalachian League Club” and collectively the “Appalachian League Clubs”) (MLB PDL, USA Baseball, the Appalachian League and the Appalachian League Clubs, collectively, the “Appalachian League Entities,”); and 3) Cape Cod League Baseball, Inc. (“Cape Cod League”), and each of the baseball clubs participating in the Cape Cod League (each a “Cape Cod League Club” and collectively the “Cape Cod League Clubs” and, together with the Cape Cod League, the “Cape Cod League Entities”, with MLB Draft League Entities, Appalachian League Entities and Cape Cod League Entities, occasionally collectively referred to here as the “Site Operators”) are the organizations that produce and publish, respectively, 1) the Official Website of MLB Draft League, which encompasses MLBDraftLeague.com, the Official Websites of certain MLB Draft League Clubs (if any), the Official Websites of the MLB Draft League, and the Official Websites of certain other MLB Draft League-related properties offered by the Site Operators, if any (the “MLB Draft League Properties”); 2) the Official Website of the Appalachian League, which encompasses AppyLeague.com, the Official Websites of the Appalachian League Clubs (if any), the Official Website of the Appalachian League, the Official Websites of certain other Appalachian League-related properties offered by the Site Operators, if any (collectively, the “Appalachian League Properties”; and 3) the Official Website of Cape Cod League Baseball, Inc., which encompasses capecodleague.com, the Official Websites of the Cape Cod League Clubs (if any), and the Official Websites of certain other Cape Cod League related properties offered by the Site Operators, if any (collectively, the “Cape Cod League Properties”, and, with the Appalachian League Properties and the MLB Draft League Properties, this "Website"), and any applicable downloadable mobile applications available from third party application storefronts (if any, "Application(s)"). This Privacy Policy is applicable to this Website, the Applications and all products and services provided and/or distributed (whether via this Website or elsewhere) by the Site Operators which link to this Privacy Policy, all of which may be referred to herein as the “MLB Draft League Properties,” the “Appalachian League Properties,” or the “Cape Cod League Properties” as applicable; collectively as the "MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League" and/or individually as an "MLB Draft League Property, “Appalachian League Property,” or “Cape Cod League Property”, as applicable. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect via the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, how we may use that information, when and to whom it may be disclosed, and the choices we offer for you to manage the personal information we collect related to your use of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League Properties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the collection of information from you by MLB Draft League Entities or Appalachian League Entities or Cape Cod League Entities offline (e.g., when you provide information over the phone or on a paper form) or on other MLB Draft League Entity, Appalachian League Entity or Cape Cod League Entity digital properties not offered by the Site Operators or to any other Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball-related digital properties. Certain MLB Draft League Club, Appalachian League Club and/or Cape Cod League Club offline privacy practices may be available for review within ballparks or at the ballpark information page located on the MLB Draft League Club, Appalachian League Club or Cape Cod League Club websites (if any, as applicable). The MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League may link to services or properties operated by third parties, including but not limited to any applicable e-commerce locations, which are not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should familiarize yourself with the privacy practices of any third party whose services or properties you utilize and direct any concerns regarding any such third-party property to the administrator of the applicable property.

  1. Personal Information We Collect
  2. How, and for What Purpose, We Use and Share Your Personal Information
  3. Other Information Collected
  4. Other Circumstances When Your Data May Be Shared
  5. Managing Your Personal Information
  6. California Privacy Rights
  7. Other Information; Contact Us

1. Personal Information We Collect

We Collect Personal Information You Choose To Provide. You may visit and enjoy many elements of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League without disclosing any personal information about yourself. However, if you choose to make use of select, special or enhanced elements of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League (if any), you may need to share with us certain personal information so those elements may function properly. When you use certain enhanced elements within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League(e.g., if and as applicable, create a profile, register for a promotion, make a purchase or publish a comment), the personal information we collect may include, but is not limited to:

  • Full name,
  • Email address,
  • Password,
  • Street address,
  • Telephone number(s),
  • Birth date,
  • Payment data,
  • IP addresses,
  • Location data,
  • Demographic data
  • Device data,
  • Usage data,
  • Information about your interests and preferences,
  • Data specifically requested in relation to an activity or an event (e.g., emergency contact information); and
  • Data provided by third parties if you choose to connect your use of our services through a third party service.

If we collect your information, in most instances, the applicable page(s) or location(s) within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League will include statements regarding what information is required and functionality for you to submit required or requested information.

2. How, and for What Purpose, We Use and Share Your Personal Information

If you submit personal information to the Site Operators, or to any third party acting on our behalf (a "Service Provider"), via the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, we may use and share your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy, as disclosed when you first submit your information or as otherwise permissible under applicable law. We will not sell, lease, publish or share your personal information with or to anyone else, except as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

We may use your Personal Information as described in Section 1 above and:

  • To provide you with information you have requested, or with products, services or content you have purchased, used or otherwise engaged with (e.g., a sweepstakes, rewards program, subscription to goods or services, etc., if any) and to communicate with you (including via postal mail) about the same;
  • To communicate with you about the league, MLB Draft League Entities, Appalachian League Entities and/or Cape Cod League Entities, respectively, as applicable, applicable to your interactions with the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League and about products, services, sponsors, partners or affiliates related to a purchase you have made or rules or terms to which you have agreed, to the extent the sending of such communication is permissible under applicable law;
  • To send you periodic surveys to help improve the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League or your baseball experience;
  • In connection with loyalty, membership or rewards programs operated or accessible from the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League (if any); and
  • In accordance with any other permission you provide at the time you submit such information to us.

We may share your Personal Information as described in Section 1 and:

With the MLB Draft League Club(s),Appalachian League Club(s), Cape Cod League Club(s), other MLB Draft League Entities, Appalachian League Entities and/or Cape Cod League Entities, as applicable, to the extent you have submitted information or accessed functionality or content that relates specifically to such MLB Draft League Club(s), Appalachian League Club(s), Cape Cod League Club(s), or other MLB Draft League Entities, Appalachian League Entities and/or Cape Cod League Entities (e.g., you have asked to receive the email newsletter of a MLB Draft League Club, you have made an Appalachian League Club-specific purchase), so we and they may learn more about fans like you, add you to the Appalachian League Club's, Cape Cod League Club’s or MLB Draft League Club’s postal mail list, and provide better services to you. If you interact with the MLB Draft League Properties, your personal information may be shared with Prep Baseball Report. For information about how PBR Tournaments, LLC, uses data, visit https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/upload/PBRPrivacyPolicy09.23.16.pdf.

  • When the personally identifying components of your information are removed, we may use and share such anonymized information for internal purposes amongst the MLB Draft League Entities, Appalachian League Entities and Cape Cod League Entities (e.g., to learn about the age distribution of our users);
  • In accordance with any other permission you provide at the time you submit such information to us; and
  • To provide your personal information to other MLB Draft League Entities, Appalachian League Entities or Cape Cod League Entities, as applicable, where necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

3. Other Information Collected

Technical Information. When you use the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, we use software tools, including but not limited to cookies (small amounts of data which include a unique string of characters sent to your browser or application from a website's computers and stored on your computer's or device's hard drive), web beacons (technology used to track activity, also known as pixel tags) and similar technologies, to collect a variety of information, for example the IP address of the computer or device used to access any of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, the type of Internet browser or operating system used to access the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, the date and duration of a Website visit or the IP address used to access the Website. We use such technical information for internal purposes, for example to study and improve the response times of our Website. We may associate such technical information with personal information you provide to us as described in Section 1 above, in which case we will treat such associated information as personal information. Please be advised that associating technical information with personal information may be required for us, and our Service Providers, to recognize you and your communications with us, for example to provide functionality such as retaining newsletter preferences or enabling use of a "shopping cart."

Location Data. When you use any of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League via a wireless device we may solicit your permission to collect your location data and may provide certain location-based features and/or functionality. If you enable location services for our Applications (if any), we may collect location data (e.g., zip code) periodically as you use or leave open our Applications or as you may otherwise agree. We may use such location information for internal purposes and to improve your MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League experience, for example to understand where our users are most successfully accessing the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League. We may associate such location information with personal information you provide to us as described in Section 1 above, in which case we will treat such associated information as personal information. Depending on the platform you use to access our Applications (e.g., Apple's iOS, Google's Android) you may be able to control whether location data is collected from within "Settings" or other controls on your wireless device or the Applications.

Third Party Cookies and Web Beacons; Network Advertisers. We may allow and use select third parties, such as those who deliver advertisements, content, or social networking or which provide other services associated with the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, to collect data and/or serve ads when you visit MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League. We may also make available certain data you have given to us (e.g., IP address) or that we have collected through publicly available means to third parties engaged in targeting advertisements on the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League including for use in accordance with such third party's privacy policy. Network advertisers may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. This may happen through permission given to such third parties to set cookies, web beacons or similar technologies in certain locations within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, including but not limited to certain of our emails. Third party companies that manage and deliver advertisements to websites and applications such as ours are commonly referred to as "network advertisers." A permitted network advertiser may use cookies, web beacons or similar technologies to collect information about your interaction with the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League in order to tailor certain advertisements and content delivered within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian and/or Cape Cod League and on other websites within such network advertiser's ad network. These companies may also use non-cookie technologies to recognize your computer or device and/or to collect and record information about your web surfing activity including your activities on or off MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League. Please keep in mind that your web browser may not permit you to block the use of these non-cookie technologies, and those browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on such techniques. You may learn more about network advertising industry practices and opt out of targeted behavioral advertising from many major third party network advertisers and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies via the information and tools available here and here.

To facilitate the activity described above, we may use a third party to convert your email address into a unique code (hashed email address or telephone number), which is then provided to the advertiser.

Other Advertising. We may share certain data with Social Networks (as defined below) such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Snapchat to allow us to target existing users and customers with highly relevant advertising campaigns. We will not share your name, address, email address or telephone number for the purposes of such campaigns. Instead, a unique code (hashed email address or phone number) may be shared with the applicable Social Network in order for that identifier to be matched against existing users of the relevant Social Network and to identify potentially relevant audiences for targeted advertising. We may use services such as LinkedIn Matched Audiences and Facebook Custom Audiences for these purposes. If you do not wish to receive advertisements in this way, please follow the links in the paragraph above.

In addition to advertisements for our own goods and services, we may also facilitate third parties to advertise their own goods and services including by targeting those advertisements to those that might be most interested in them. This is done using information which does not include your name, address, email address or telephone number and we will not share or sell any of your personal information to third party advertisers. In order to provide advertisements relevant to you, your IP address may be used, as well as your operating system and device type. Information about your particular device will be used to show you advertisements which work properly on that device.

Social Networking. When using the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League or when using certain third party social networking services (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) (each a "Social Network"), you may have the option to connect your MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League Property information and activity with your Social Network information and activity. If you authorize such a connection, you permit us to share or publish information about your MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League activity with that Social Network and its users, and to access certain of your Social Network information, as disclosed to you at the time you consent to the connection. Information we may share with a Social Network may include, but is not limited to, technical information about your MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League activity, your MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League comments or the videos you watch on the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League. Information we may access about you, with your consent, from a Social Network may include, but is not limited to, your basic Social Network information, your location data, your list of contacts, friends or followers and certain information about your activities on the Social Network. If you permit a connection between a Social Network and the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, we (and that Social Network) may be able to identify you and to associate information received pursuant to the connection with information we already have about you. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policy and privacy control options of any Social Network with which you choose to share information or connect to the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League.

Device ID. When you use certain MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, we or our Service Provider may collect your unique Device ID. We may use such information for internal purposes and to provide you a better MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League experience, for example to troubleshoot Application problems you may experience or provide you rewards or offers in connection with your activity utilizing any application or mobile game made available by the Site Operators or our Service Provider(s). We may associate Device ID with personal information you provide to us as described in Section 1 above, in which case we will treat such associated information as personal information. If applicable, you may learn more about our Service Provider(s) for applications and/or mobile games and opt out of any anonymous Device ID collection via the privacy settings available within your mobile device.

4. Other Circumstances When Your Data May Be Shared

  • Aggregated and Anonymous Information. We may share aggregated, anonymous information with any third party. This information is not linked to personal information that can identify you or another individual person. Amongst other reasons, this information may be shared for analytics advertising purposes.
  • Business Transfers. As time passes, the Site Operators may be sold along with its or their assets, or other corporate transactions may occur. In such a case, the Site Operators’ customer information may be one of the business assets transferred.

Disclosure for Legal Purposes. We may be required to share your personal and non-personal information pursuant to judicial or governmental subpoenas, warrants or orders. If we are required to do so, we will, of course, obey the law. In addition, notwithstanding any term to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to use, disclose or share your personal and non-personal information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of MLB Draft League Properties, Appalachian League Properties and Cape Cod League Properties Terms of Use or as required by law.

5. Managing Your Personal Information

You may choose and control what information you provide about yourself and certain information which is automatically collected via the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League. If you do not wish to provide certain information necessary for enhanced functionality or content on the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, please do not use such functionality or content.

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows a user to accept or reject most cookies. Certain cookies that may be set when you access certain video products via the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, called local shared objects or Flash cookies, may not be managed using the settings in your web browser. Information on managing, accepting and rejecting these cookies is available from Adobe on the Adobe Website. If you set your browser or Adobe Flash options not to accept cookies or local shared objects, you may not be able to take advantage of certain features of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League.

If you want to review or revise the personal information you provided during Website registration (if any) or in connection with certain Website purchases (if any) on the MLB Draft League Properties, email help@mlbdraftleague.com. If you want to review or revise the personal information you provided during Website registration (if any) or in connection with certain Website purchases (if any) on the Appalachian League Properties, email appyleague@mlb.com. If you want to review or revise the personal information you provided during Website registration (if any) or in connection with certain Website purchases (if any) on the Cape Cod League Properties, email help@capecodleague.com.

Remember that when you share information publicly online, it may be indexable by search engines or recorded by others, and any search engine index or record of your information may persist after you delete the information at the original source.

In addition, subject to limitations as provided for by applicable data protection legislation you may have the right to request the erasure of your personal data or the restriction of its processing, or the transfer of your personal data to another data controller. Please contact us as specified below if you wish to exercise any applicable rights you may have.

Your personal information will be held for the purposes and uses set out in this Privacy Policy and for as long as there is a legal, taxation, accounting, risk management or business requirement to do so. Different retention periods apply to different types of records and data, however the longest your personal data will typically be held is six (6) years from the date of your last transaction. This period may be extended where circumstances so require or until a particular query, investigation or dispute is fully resolved.

6. Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of California, pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, you may request information regarding our disclosure of your personal information to a third party for that party's direct marketing purposes. Any such disclosure made to a third party by us would be otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. To make such a request regarding the MLB Draft League Properties, write to MLB Draft League c/o MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC, Privacy Administrator, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020; email help@mlbdraftleague.com. To make such a request regarding the Appalachian League Properties, write to the Appalachian League Properties c/o MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC, Privacy Administrator, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020; email appyleague@mlb.com. To make such a request regarding the Cape Cod League Properties, write to Cape Cod League Baseball, Inc., c/o MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC, Privacy Administrator, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020; email help@capecodleague.com.

7. Other Information; Contact Us

  • No Spyware or Adware. We do not install any Spyware or Adware in connection with the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, or distribute any commercial message, or authorize any third party to distribute any commercial message, by means of Spyware or Adware. "Spyware" or "Adware" is any software which has been downloaded to or installed on an Internet user's computer or device, without the user's actual consent, and facilitates the distribution of any commercial message to the user. If you feel you may have Spyware from another company installed on your machine, there are various anti-Spyware/Adware software applications available on the Internet to identify if this has occurred.
  • Links. The MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League contain links to other websites and products produced by MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League and to websites and products operated by unrelated third parties. In addition, if you click on an advertisement within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League, you may be directed to a web page within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League or to a third-party website or product. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or products, and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website and product that collects personally identifiable information from you. This Privacy Policy applies only to the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League unless you are notified otherwise upon accessing any third-party website or product, in which case the terms and conditions set forth in such notification will apply.
  • Your Nevada Privacy Rights. If you are a resident of Nevada, in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A, you may request (i) that the Draft League Entities do not sell certain of your personally identifiable information (your "Covered Information" as defined in NRS Chapter 603A) by sending a request to help@mlbdraftleague.com; and/or (ii) that the Appalachian and/or Cape Cod League Entities do not sell your Covered Information by sending a request to appyleague@mlb.com or help@capecodleague.com.
  • Special Rules For Children. Because of federal law, we are not permitted to knowingly collect any personal information from a child under the age of thirteen without the consent of that child's parent or guardian. The statements in this Privacy Policy about our collection and use of personal information also apply to our treatment of personal information from children under the age of thirteen. Some elements of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League may require the submission of a payment card number along with personal information in connection with a purchase; other elements of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League may require the submission of personal information to access or use the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League. Except in certain cases where limited contact information may be collected and not retained, these elements of the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League are not available to children under the age of thirteen. If a child who we know to be under the age of thirteen and for whom we have not received parental consent attempts to utilize a service on the MLB Draft League. Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League which is not available to children, he/she will not be able to access it and may receive a message which relays that he/she is not eligible for such feature.
  • Contact Us Regarding Privacy. If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy with respect to the MLB Draft League Properties, you can contact us at:
    MLB Draft League Properties c/o MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC
    Privacy Administrator
    1271 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, NY 10020
    Email: help@mlbdraftleague.com
  • If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy with respect to the Appalachian League Properties, you can contact us at:
    Appalachian League Properties c/o MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC
    Privacy Administrator
    1271 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, NY 10020
    Email: appyleague@mlb.com
  • If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy with respect to the Cape Cod League Properties, you can contact us at:
    Cape Cod League Properties c/o MLB Professional Development Leagues, LLC Privacy Administrator
    1271 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, NY 10020
    Email: help@capecodleague.com
  • Notification of Changes. If we make an important change to this Privacy Policy, we will post a notification and link within the MLB Draft League, Appalachian League and/or Cape Cod League so that you may review the updated policy.