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Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Information that the Major League Baseball Players Association and its subsidiaries (collectively, “MLBPA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects from and about you, how we may use and disclose such information, and your choices and legal rights with respect to such information. We ask that you carefully review this Privacy Policy, as it applies to the websites owned, operated, and/or provided by MLBPAthat display or link to this Privacy Policy (each a “Site” and collectively our “Sites”).
By using our Sites, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Sites.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” refers to information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you, and includes “personal data” or similar terms as defined in applicable law.
1.NOTICE AT COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect the categories of Personal Information identified below. As indicated in the chart, wedo not“sell” or “share” (as such terms are defined in California law) such Personal Information. We do not knowingly sell or share personal information about persons under the age of 16.
A. Category of Personal Information Collected | Do we sell or share the category of Personal Information? |
Identifiers/biographical information, including name, postal and email address, internet protocol address, phone number. | No |
Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute, such as your creditor debit card number. | No |
Internet or other electronic network activity information | No |
Geolocation data | No |
B. The Business and Commercial Purposes for Which We Collect and Use Your Personal Information:
To provide you with our Sites
To process your payments and fulfill your orders
To review the usage and maintain the operation of our Sites
To conduct analysis and develop and/or improve our products and Sites
To monitor, protect, and maintain the security and integrity of our Sites and our business, such as protecting against and preventing fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities
To comply with applicable laws and regulations and respond to lawful requests and communications from law enforcement and other government officials
To carry out sales and business transactions in which information held by us is among the assets transferred or is otherwise relevant to the evaluation, negotiation, or completion of the transaction
To protect our rights, privacy, safety, property and/or those of others
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide your Personal Information or as explained to you at the point of information collection
To perform contests, sweepstakes, or other offers
To send you information, newsletters, and marketing/promotional material from us and, or on behalf of, our marketing partners and affiliates
C. Retention
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide you with our Sitesthat you request, for marketing purposes unless you opt out as described in our Privacy Policy, or otherwise where permitted or required in accordance with applicable law. We will retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. What this means in practice will vary between different types of information, and when we consider our approach we take into account ongoing business or legal needs for the information, for example in relation to tax, health and safety, and potential or actual disputes or investigations.
2.PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
There are several ways we may obtain Personal Information about you, including through (A) information you provide to us; (B) information we automatically collect; (C) information we receive from third parties; and (D) combining information from different sources. This includes data that identifies you personally whether directly or indirectly.
A.Information You Provide
We collect Personal Information as listed in the above Notice at Collection from you as follows:
When You Use our Sites.We collect any Personal Information you disclose in a public manner on our Sites. If you choose to upload or add photos, videos, comments, reviews, or other content to our Sites, your upload becomes public information. Please exercise caution when disclosing personal information in these public areas.
When You Make a Purchase. If you purchase a product, subscription, or service from us, we or our third-party payment processors collect a payment card number and related financial information (such as CVV, expiration date, and billing address), or other payment method.
B.Information We Automatically Collect
When you visit and interact with our Sites, we or our third-party analytics providers may use a variety of technologies, such as cookies, tags, SDKs or scripts, to collect certain information regarding your activity.
The specific types of information that we and our partners and service providers may automatically collect when you visit and interact with our Sites include:
Device and Browser Information. This includes your device’s IP address and/or other unique identifiers, browser type, device type, internet service provider, and operating system.
Usage Information. When you interact with our Sites, certain information may be collected, including the date and time of your visit, the pages you view immediately before and after you access our Sites, the areas or pages of our Sitesthat you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing or using our Sites, recordings of chat sessions (including with the involvement of bots), and other Site usage information.
Marketing Information. If you receive an email from us, information may be collected about your interactions with the message (e.g., whether you opened, forwarded, or clicked through to our Site).Third-party analytics technologies. We may use third-party analytics and tracking tools to better understand who is using our Sites, how people are using them, and how to improve their effectiveness as well as the effectiveness of any related content.
To learn more about your choices regarding the automatic collection and use of your information as you browse our Sites, please see the Your Choices and Opt Outs section below.
3.HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may disclose each category of your Personal Information to the following categories of recipients:
Our Service Providers. We may disclose your Personal Information to our service providers that provide business, professional, marketing, analytics, or technical support services to us, help us operate our business and the Sites, or administer activities on our behalf. We require our service providers to only use your Personal Information in connection with providing services to MLBPA.
Our Business Partners. We may disclose your Personal Information to other companies with whom we partner to provide services or other offerings to you and carry out other related activities. For example, we may disclose your Personal Information to a third party that co-sponsors a promotion.
Our Research Partners. We may disclose your Personal Information to our research partners, including those that administer surveys or conduct research projects in partnership with us or on our behalf.
Our Analytics Partners. We may disclose your Personal Information to our partners that assist us in performing analytics and help us measure the effectiveness of our Sites’ content and our marketing and efforts.
Competent Governmental, Regulatory, and Public Authorities. We may disclose your Personal Information to government and law enforcement authorities, in each case to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests.
Relevant Third Parties as Part of a Corporate Transaction. In the event of a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceeding), we may disclose or transfer your Personal Information to certain third parties, such as the acquiring entity and its advisers.
Other Third Parties. We will disclose your Personal Information to other third parties at your direction or with your consent. Additionally, we will disclose your Personal Information as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) comply with applicable law; (b) enforce our terms and conditions; (c) protect our operations; (d) protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or those of you or others; and (e) allow us to pursue available remedies or limit damages that we may sustain.
We may disclose your Personal Information for other reasons that we will describe at the time of information collection or prior to disclosing your information.
Please note that we may de-identify or aggregate Personal Information so that it will no longer be considered Personal Information and disclose such information to other parties for purposes consistent with those described in this Privacy Policy.
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
You have the ability to make certain choices about how we use your Personal Information, as follows:
A.Unsubscribing from our Marketing and Promotional Communications
From time to time, we may send you marketing and promotional communications, including special offers from us or our partners. If you no longer wish to receive promotional and marketing emails from us, you may opt out of such communications at any time by following the opt-out instructions included in any promotional or marketing email you receive from us.
B.Privacy Rights and Requests
Depending on your U.S. state of residence, you may have certain rights in relation to your Personal Information, including:•Right to Know: You may have the right to know what Personal Information we have collected about you, including the categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing Personal Information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose Personal Information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you. Please note that we may not be required to respond to your requests “to know” or access specific pieces of Personal Information more than twice in any 12-month period.
Right to Data Portability: You may have the right to access your information in a portable format.
Right to Delete: You may have the right to request that we delete Personal Information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.Right to Correct: You may have the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we may maintain about you, subject to appropriate verification.
Right to Opt Out of Certain Types of Personal Information Uses and Disclosures: However, we do not use or disclose to third parties’ Personal Information for advertising purposes.
Please note that, where permitted under applicable law, we may decline a request if we are unable to verify your identity (or an agent’s authority to make the request) and confirm the Personal Information we maintain relates to you.
If you are interested in exercising one or more of the rights outlined above, please contact us at Privacy@mlbpa.orgor 212-826-0808. Please put the statement “Your Privacy Rights” in the subject field of your email. We may take steps to verify your identity before responding to your request by asking you a series of questions about your previous interactions with us. Submitting a privacy rights request does not require you to create an account with us.
We will not discriminate against you if you decide to exercise your privacy rights.
C.Agent Requests
Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may submit a request related to your Personal Information. You may also submit a request on behalf of your minor child.
Depending on your U.S. state of residence, you may authorize someone to make a privacy rights request on your behalf (an authorized agent). Authorized agents will need to demonstrate that you’ve authorized them to act on your behalf. MLBPA retains the right to request confirmation directly from you confirming that the agent is authorized to make such a request, or to request additional information to confirm the agent’s identity.
D.Right to Appeal
Depending on your U.S. state of residence, you may have the right to appeal a decision we have made in connection with your privacy rights request. To appeal a decision, please contact us at Privacy@mlbpa.orgor 212-826-0808.
5.EXTERNAL LINKS
Our Sites may have links to third-party services, which may have privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible for the practices of such sites.
6.CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Sites are intended for a general audience. We do not direct our Sites to children under sixteen (16), nor do we knowingly solicit or collect any Personal Information from children under the age of sixteen (16). If you are a parent or legal guardian and think that your child has given us data, or you have you can contact us in writing or by email as provided below under the section titled
7“How to Contact Us.” Please mark your inquiries “Children’s Privacy Information Request.” If we learn that a minor has provided Personal Information through our Sites, we will use reasonable efforts to remove such information from our files.
7.DATA SECURITY
We have implemented physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to maintain the security, confidentiality, and integrity of your information. However, as no transmission of information over the internet is absolutely secure, we cannot guarantee the safety of your information.
8.REVISIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, remove, or otherwise revise portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will post the change(s) to our Sites. Your continued use of our Sitesfollowing the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes. If we change the Privacy Policy in a material way, we will provide appropriate notice to you.
9.HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact us at Privacy@mlbpa.orgor by mail to 12 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10017or by phone at 212-826-0808
Effective Date: 13/11/2025
