3.              How we use your personal data

How we use your personal data depends on how you interact with us. Please refer to the appropriate interaction type to see how we may use your personal data.

Additionally, no matter how you interact with us, we may use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To detect and prevent fraud and illegal activities;
• To perform analytics to better understand our fan base or present you with a better product;
• To comply with our legal obligations and for enforcement, including to enforce our MLS Terms of Service or investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal, and to respond to legal proceedings and obligations.

4.              How, when, and with whom we may share or sell your personal data

How, when, and whom we share your personal data depends on how you interact with us. Please refer to the appropriate interaction type to see how we may share your personal data.

In the last twelve months, MLS has shared and sold some personal data. In some instances, you may be able to opt-out of the selling or sharing of your personal data. If you would like to exercise your right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your data, please do so here.

We do not sell, and to our actual knowledge, we have never sold Children’s (under the age of 13) or Minor’s (between the ages of 14 – 17) personal data.

5.    International Data Transfers

When we transfer your personal data to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, some of these parties may be located in countries other than your own, such as the United States, whose privacy and data protection laws may not be equivalent to those in your country of residence. When we transfer your personal data to other countries, we apply appropriate safeguards to protect your information in accordance with applicable laws. For example, we may implement measures such as standard data protection contractual clauses to ensure that any transferred personal data remains protected and secure.

6.    Your rights regarding your personal data

Individuals whose personal data we collect have certain rights regarding their personal data depending on the jurisdiction in which they reside. If you have not consented to us using your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy, we will only use it to complete the transaction or provide the service or product you have requested. These rights may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The right to access the personal data we have collected 
  You may request that we provide a list of categories of or a list of the personal data we have collected about you.

• The right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data
  You may request that we correct inaccurate or outdated information.

• The right to withdraw your consent to our collection or processing of your personal data.
  You may withdraw your consent from our collection or processing of your personal data at any time for certain purposes.

• The right to have your personal data deleted 
  You may request that we delete your information in certain circumstances.

• The right to restrict or object to the processing of your personal data
  You may object to the processing of your information under certain circumstances or that we temporarily restrict and suspend the processing of your information under certain circumstances.

• The right to obtain a copy of your personal data in a portable form. 
  Subject to certain exceptions, you may request a copy of certain information we collected about you in a portable and commonly used technological format that allows you to transmit the information to another controller entity.

• The right to limit our Use and Disclosure of your Sensitive personal data (“opt-out”) for a particular purpose
  You may request that we limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal data in our records to that which is necessary for us to perform the services or provide the goods that you request.

• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data.
  You may request that we not share (as defined under the CCPA) or sell your personal data in our records.

• The right to lodge a complaint with Your Local Supervisory Authority.
  You may lodge a complaint with local regulators. For example, if you reside in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), Switzerland or UK, you have a right to lodge a complaint with your local EEA Data Protection Supervisory Authority, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, respectively. If you reside in Australia, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (for further details please see information under the heading “Information for Australia Residents” in Section 12 below). If you reside in the U.S. or Canada, you may have a right to file a complaint to your state, federal or provincial regulator.

If you want to exercise one of your rights, please do so here (https://preferences.mlssoccer.com).

If we deny a request, in part or full, you may have a right to appeal that decision. 
We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights, although some of the functionality and features available to you may change or no longer be available to you.

For more information on the rights you may have, including what rights are available to you, please see the applicable section below US specific personal data; EU, EEA, and UK specific personal data; Canada specific personal data; or Other country specific personal data.