Family & school guide

Safety & consent, plainly explained

How match footage of your child is protected, what your school has already confirmed, and what to do if you're ever concerned.

Every match your school streams on Open Door Live involves filming students. We take that seriously. This page explains — in plain language, not legal fine print — exactly what protections are in place today.

Viewing

Watching on our site requires signing in first

Anyone can see that a match happened — the date, the teams, the final score. But to actually watch the footage through Open Door Live, a visitor has to sign in with an account first. Nobody can stumble onto a match by browsing this site anonymously.

Being honest about how this actually works: match footage is published as a public YouTube video, not a private or unlisted one — the same as if your school posted it to its own YouTube channel directly. That means the footage can also be found and watched directly on YouTube — through search, by browsing the channel, or via a shared link — without ever visiting this site or signing in. Our sign-in wall only controls access through Open Door Live itself. Schools have chosen this openly: real, findable match coverage is what makes the channel credible to sponsors and gives other schools something genuine to see before they sign up. If that changes how you feel about a specific match, use the report link below.

Consent

Your school confirms consent before broadcasting

Before a school can go live with its very first match, someone at that school has to explicitly confirm — in writing, inside the platform — that the school holds appropriate consent from parents and guardians to film and broadcast students. Until that's done, the school technically cannot create a match at all.

Who confirms it: A staff member with admin access at your school, not Open Door Live.
What's recorded: A timestamp and which account confirmed it — a real, checkable record.
If you're unsure: Ask your school directly what their consent process looks like for filming.
Our role: We build the checkpoint and enforce it technically; the school owns the process behind it.

If something's wrong

Ask us to take a video down

If you're ever concerned about specific footage — including a request to remove a video featuring your child — tell us directly. No account needed.

Report a concern →

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You tell us what's wrong.A short form: your email, an optional link to the match, and what's happening.
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We review it.Every report reaches a real person who reviews it directly — nothing is auto-closed.
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We act.A video can be pulled from Open Door Live immediately, for every viewer, the moment we decide it's warranted. Because match footage is public on YouTube (see “Viewing” above), that step alone doesn't remove it from YouTube itself — if you need it fully taken down there too, say so in your report and we'll handle that as an additional step.

Common questions

You might be wondering

Can this video show up in a Google search?

Yes — match footage is published as a public YouTube video, so it can appear in YouTube (and potentially Google) search results, the same as any other public video. It's not limited to people who found it through this site.

How long do you keep the footage?

We don't publish a fixed retention period today — footage generally stays up indefinitely as part of the school's ongoing match record, the same way it would on a school's own YouTube channel. If you want something removed sooner, use the report link above.

Can I ask for just my child to be left out of a stream?

There's no way to selectively blur or remove one player from a live broadcast today. If that's something you need, speak to your school before match day, or use the report link above afterward.

Where can I read the fuller policy?

Our privacy policy covers the same facts in more formal terms — what we collect, who else sees it, and your rights.