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The MLB.com Terms of Use contain significant user risks, including a mandatory arbitration clause with a class action and jury trial waiver (risk_flags-0001). Users grant a broad, perpetual, worldwide license for MLB to use any submitted content for any purpose (risk_flags-0002), and there is no expectation of privacy for such content (risk_flags-0003). Purchasing products requires providing personal information like name, address, and credit card details (data_use-0001).
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Risks of this product
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Potentially harmful clauses and practices, and their impacts on you.
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Waiver of legal rights via arbitration and class action waiver
This agreement includes a Dispute Resolution section that contains an arbitration agreement, a class action waiver, and a jury trial waiver, which impact your legal rights.
Why it matters: You waive your right to a trial by jury and class action lawsuits. In arbitration, there is less discovery and appellate review than in court.
This Agreement contains a Dispute Resolution section, including an arbitration agreement, class action waiver, and jury trial waiver that affect your legal rights. In arbitration, there is less discovery and appellate review than in court.
Title: MLB.com Terms of Use | MLB.com, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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Broad license to use user-submitted content
By submitting content, you grant MLB a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute, perform, sell, and display your submitted content for any purpose throughout the universe, in any form, media, or technology.
Why it matters: You grant MLB extensive rights to your submitted content, allowing them to use it universally and for any purpose without further compensation or permission from you.
By transmitting your Submitted Content via any MLB Digital Property, you grant, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to MLB a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, perform, sell and display your Submitted Content for any purpose throughout the universe, in whole or in part, in any form, media or technology known or hereafter developed.
Title: MLB.com Terms of Use | MLB.com, paragraph 16 · Citation strength: strong
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No expectation of privacy for submitted content
You acknowledge that your submitted content is not confidential and may be widely accessible on the internet and other interactive media, and you have no expectation of privacy regarding such submissions.
Why it matters: Any content you submit is not considered private and may be publicly viewed or intercepted, removing any expectation of privacy for that content.
You acknowledge that your Submitted Content is not confidential, and your Submitted Content may be read, intercepted by others and widely accessible on the Internet and via other interactive media, and you have no expectation of privacy with regard to any such submission.
Title: MLB.com Terms of Use | MLB.com, paragraph 19 · Citation strength: strong
How your data is used
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What data is collected and how it's used, stored, and shared.
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Data collection for purchases
To purchase products via the MLB Digital Properties or Third Party Sales Locations, you may be required to provide personal information such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit or debit card information, and shipping address.
Why it matters: You will need to provide various personal and payment details to complete purchases.
In order to purchase Merchandise, Auctions, Tickets, Services or any other products via the MLB Digital Properties or via Third Party Sales Locations, you may be required to provide complete and accurate personal information, including, without limitation, your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit or debit card information and shipping address.