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MMAFANATICS ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT
Thank you for visiting this website. MMAFANATICS (hereinafter "MMAFANATICS,"
"we" or "us") has created this Online Privacy Statement to demonstrate our firm
commitment to your privacy. To better protect your privacy, we provide this
notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make
about the way your information is collected and used by us. This notice
discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for each of the
MMAFANATICS websites (each a "MMAFANATICS Site" and, collectively, the "MMAFANATICS.COM
Site").
Although our computer systems are currently based in the United States of
America, we operate internationally. Your personal data will be processed by us
in the United States where data protection and privacy regulations may or may
not be to the same level of protection as in other parts of the world, such as
in the European Union. By visiting the MMAFANATICS Site from outside the United
States, you consent to the collection and processing in the United States of
your identifiable information.
1. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We use the information that you provide to respond to your requests, assist
our sales team to reach an appropriate audience, improve our stores and the
MMAFANATICS Site, manage our contests, and to communicate with you. Here are the
types of information we gather.
- Information You Give Us. You can enter certain information on the
MMAFANATICS Site, including your name, age, e-mail address, survey
information or other site registration data, hobbies, interests and your
URL. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might
not be able to take advantage of some of the features of the MMAFANATICS
Site.
- Automatic Information. Certain data is automatically collected from you
and all visitors whenever you visit any of the MMAFANATICS Site. This data
includes your IP address and the type of browser you use to surf the
Internet. Your IP address tells us both your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
and the general geographic location from where you are connecting. We may
also use your IP address to track the date and time you accessed the
MMAFANATICS Site, how long you stayed at the MMAFANATICS Site, and what
pages you visited. If you have configured your browser with your e-mail
address, this data may also be available to us.
- Cookies. Like many websites, MMAFANATICS makes use of "cookies" on the
MMAFANATICS Site. A cookie is a file transferred from a website to the hard
drive of your computer so that the website may track your activities on the
website. Cookies, by themselves, do not let a website know any personally
identifying information about you, such as your real name, address, etc.,
unless you previously provided that information at the website or have set
your preferences in your browser to provide that information. MMAFANATICS
does not collect personally identifiable information about any one person
using cookies. Cookies allows MMAFANATICS to keep track of the sites you
visit and store your preferences. The Help portion of the toolbar on most
browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new
cookies, now to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie,
or how to disable cookies altogether.
- Rant Boards. If you wish to participate in the "rant" or any other "chat
room" type feature offered on any MMAFANATICS Site, you will be asked to
enter your name, e-mail address, and URL. When posting a rant, you can do so
under a pseudonym. If you do choose to post any information about yourself,
please be aware that MMAFANATICS cannot control and assumes no
responsibility for the collection, use or misuse of this publicly accessible
information by other visitors to the MMAFANATICS Site.
- Surveys. Occasionally, MMAFANATICS will request you to fill out a user
survey. Such surveys are optional to you, the users, but these surveys allow
MMAFANATICS to better understand the demographics and interests of our
users. Your responses in combination with the responses of our other users
help MMAFANATICS to improve the MMAFANATICS Site.
- Contests. MMAFANATICS may occasionally run contests, sweepstakes, or
other promotions sponsored by MMAFANATICS or our partners and sponsors. As
part of entering the contest, MMAFANATICS may request your name, age, e-mail
address and mailing address. MMAFANATICS may share such information with the
third party sponsors. Any information supplied to a third party may be
retained by such third party and will be out of the control of MMAFANATICS .
- E-Mail. If you contact MMAFANATICS through the regular mail or via
e-mail, MMAFANATICS may keep a record of that correspondence. Any personally
identifiable information contained within your communication will not be
used for a commercial or unlawful purpose.
- Newsletter/Bulletin. MMAFANATICS may produce a newsletter or email
bulletin. If you choose to subscribe to this feature, you may be asked to
provide your e-mail address and mailing address. Your e-mail address will be
used only by MMAFANATICS to distribute the newsletter or bulletin and any
promotions or marketing that we feel may be on interest to you. To no longer
receive newsletters or bulletins, please review how in Section 4 of this
Online Privacy Statement.
2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
MMAFANATICS puts the non-personally identifiable information gathered
whenever you visit the MMAFANATICS Site and the information volunteered by you
to several uses.
- Your IP address is used to assist us in diagnosing problems with our
server and to administer the MMAFANATICS Site.
- We may use the information provided to perform statistical analyses of
the characteristics and behavior of the users and decide where to invest our
resources. We may use this information to update the MMAFANATICS Site, to
notify you about information that may be of interest to you, or display
content for which you may have shown a preference.
- We may use personal contact information volunteered by you for
promotional and/or marketing purposes.
- If you provide us with your telephone number, you will only receive a
telephone call from us with information in relation to a contest.
3. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES?
- Unless required by law, user information provided by you, including but
not limited to demographic information, will not knowingly be shared with
third parties that are unaffiliated with MMAFANATICS , with the exception of
third party sponsors of contests.
- User information provided by you, including but not limited to
demographic information, may be shared with affiliates or partners of
MMAFANATICS , and may be used for promotional and/or marketing purposes.
- From time to time, MMAFANATICS may offer contests and sweepstakes
sponsored by third party business or in connection with third party content
providers. MMAFANATICS may share with such third parties entrant information
collected by MMAFANATICS . MMAFANATICS encourages all third parties to
adhere to our policies regarding the privacy of our users, but MMAFANATICS
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the third parties use of
such information.
- MMAFANATICS responds to subpoenas, warrants or other court orders
regarding information that is contained within our access logs concerning
any user. MMAFANATICS also reserves the right to release the information
concerning a user who we believe is in violation of our content guidelines,
even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order. MMAFANATICS
cooperates with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our
servers for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any
illegal activity to law enforcement for prosecution.
4. WHAT CHOICES DO I HAVE TO CONTROL MY INFORMATION?
You have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us
and/or to opt out of permitting us to share your information with affiliates and
third parties sponsors by sending us an email at ads@mmafanatics.com or sending
us a letter at Web Manager, MMAFANATICS , 2423 West Bay Street, Suite #5, Costa
Mesa, CA 92627 and telling us that you do not want us to send you any
communications and/or permit us to share your information with affiliates or
sponsors of our contests.
5. THE PRIVACY OF MINORS
- MMAFANATICS believes that it is particularly important to protect the
privacy of minors online. MMAFANATICS defines a "minor" as any person less
than 13 years of age. MMAFANATICS does not knowingly share personal
information about minor users with third parties without a parent’s
permission.
- MMAFANATICS recommends that parents review our Online Privacy Statement
before allowing their children to access the MMAFANATICS Site, especially
the message board or rant areas. Children should always ask a parent for
permission before sending personal information to anyone online. They should
also be instructed not to fill out any forms or register at any domain
without a parent's knowledge and consent.
6. HOW DO WE PROTECT THE USER DATA WE COLLECT?
We employ several physical, electronic and managerial safeguards to protect
collected user data.
7. DISCLAIMERS
- All users should be aware while using any service where you disclose
personal information online voluntarily, including on message, rant or
bulletin boards, or through e-mail, that such information can be collected
and used by others. If you use these services on the MMAFANATICS Site and
voluntarily provide any information on our rant areas, you do so at your own
risk. MMAFANATICS cannot make any representations regarding the security of
such transfer of information.
- You should be aware that the MMAFANATICS Site contain links to outside
sites. MMAFANATICS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such websites.
- MMAFANATICS reserves the right to change or modify this Online Privacy
Statement at any time by posting such change or modification on this page.
Users should check this page regularly for such updates. However, we stand
behind the promises we make, and will never materially change our policies
and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected
in the past without the consent of the affected customers.
- This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and
do not create any contractual or other legal right in or on behalf of any
party.
8. CONTACTING MMAFANATICS
If you have any questions about this Online Privacy Statement, the practices
of the MMAFANATICS Site, or your dealings with any of the MMAFANATICS Site,
please send an email to info@mmafanatics.com or send us a letter at MMAFANATICS
, 423 West Bay Street, Suite #5, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, Attention: Web Manager.
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