Swimcloud

Swimcloud is a comprehensive database and software platform designed for the competitive swimming community, initially founded as collegeswimming.com. It serves as a central hub for athletes, coaches, teams, and fans to track and analyze performance data from various swim meets, including club, high school, and college events. The platform's primary functions include meet management, team administration, video race analysis, and, most notably, college recruiting. Swimcloud automatically creates profiles for swimmers based on public meet result files, which can then be "claimed" by the athletes to add more detailed personal and contact information for college recruiters. This aggregation of performance data and personal information, while valuable for recruiting, exposes swimmers' names, teams, and race histories publicly. If athletes choose to enhance their profiles for recruiting, they may share additional contact details, which could be accessed by a wide audience, creating potential privacy risks if not managed carefully. To mitigate these risks, individuals should be cautious about the personal information they add to their public profiles and can manage their data by contacting Swimcloud's support.