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Privacy Policy

Read our privacy policy to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. We are committed to ensuring your privacy and security at all times.

1. Who we are

1.1 This is the Privacy Policy (“Policy” or “Privacy Policy”) of Evolve Group Pte. Ltd. (“Evolve Mixed Martial Arts”) and its related corporations, subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively the “Group“; each an “Evolve Entity”). The Evolve Entity that you transact with, enter into a contract with or interact with shall be referred to as “Evolve”.

1.2 You have been directed to this Policy because a company within the Evolve Group is collecting, using or disclosing your personal data.

1.3 In this Policy, when we use “we“, “us” or “our“, we refer to the companies (within the Evolve Group) which is/are collecting, using, disclosing or processing your personal data (it will/may be the Evolve Group of companies), or which is operating the Website which you are accessing or using.

1.4 We own and/or operate website(s) such as “evolve-mma.com”, “evolve-vacation.com”, “evolve-fightgear.com”, “evolve-university.com” and/or any mobile apps that may be published by us (the said website and mobile apps may be collectively or individually referred to as the “Website”).

2. What is the purpose of this Policy?

2.1 The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you and provide you with an understanding of how we, our affiliates, related corporations and associated companies globally, handle, collect, use, disclose and deal with personal data about you that you give us, that we receive through third parties or that is in our possession. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

2.2 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy and security of your personal data. We take our responsibilities under Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (the “PDPA”) seriously. We also recognize the importance of the personal data you have entrusted to us and believe that it is our responsibility to properly manage, protect and process your personal data.

2.3 The contents of this Privacy Policy may change over time so please check back frequently. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on and can be viewed at our Website.

2.4 By providing any personal data to us, you declare and affirm that you agree to the terms set out in this Privacy Policy.

3. What personal data is collected

3.1 “Personal data” is defined under the PDPA to mean data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified from that data, or from that data and other information to which an organisation has or is likely to have access.

3.2 By providing your personal data to us, whether you have provided such personal data through our Website, over the phone, at an Evolve Entity academy, a smart phone or social media application, or in any other manner or otherwise, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of that data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

3.3 The Evolve Group collects information about you, such as when you provide your information to us, when you use our Website, when you interact with us and/or when you enter into a transaction with us. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we collect and hold data that you have provided to us about yourself, and information about your use of our services such as membership information and information about your use of our academies and facilities. The information that we collect will depend on how you use the services offered by the Evolve Entity you are interacting with, or the circumstances or the nature of the transaction with you. Personal data which we may collect include :

We will collect your personal data in accordance with the PDPA.

3.4 We may collect data by automated means. Various technologies may be used on our Website and our mobile and web-based applications in order to make them more user-friendly, effective and secure. Such technologies may lead to data being collected automatically by us or by third parties on behalf of us. This data does not always, but may, contain a user’s personal data or comprise of personal data. Examples of such technologies include:

3.5 In many circumstances, we need to use your personal data in order for us to provide you with products or services which you require or have requested. If you do not provide us with the required personal data, or if you withdraw your consent to our use and/or disclosure of your personal data, it may not be possible for us to continue to serve you or provide you with the products and services that you require or have requested.

3.6 We may receive information about you from third parties such as if you use any websites or social media platforms operated by third parties (for example, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.) and, if such functionality is available, you have chosen to link your profile on our Website with your profile on those other websites or social media platforms.

3.7 Our Website may provide links to other third party websites. These linked sites are not under our control, so we are not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to our Website. Before you enter information on to those sites, you should look at their privacy policy and terms and conditions of use. We are not responsible for how they collect, use or disclose your personal data.

4. The purposes for which we collect, use or disclose your personal data

4.1 Evolve and the Evolve Group of companies, will/may collect, use, disclose and/or process your personal data for one or more of the following purposes:

(the purposes set out in this paragraph 4.1 above shall be collectively referred to as the “Purposes”)

4.2 You may withdraw your consent for us to process your personal data for marketing purpose mentioned at paragraph 4.1(v) above at any time via one of the following relevant methods:

4.3 We may/will need to disclose your personal data to third parties, whether located within or outside Singapore, for one or more of the above Purposes, as such third parties, would be processing your personal data for one or more of the above Purposes. In this regard, you hereby acknowledge, agree and consent that we may/are permitted to disclose your personal data to such third parties (whether located within or outside Singapore) for one or more of the above Purposes and for the said third parties to subsequently collect, use, disclose and/or process your personal data for one or more of the above Purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or of paragraph 4.1, such third parties include :

4.4 We may share your information with any member of the Evolve Group, which may be based in countries other than Singapore, from time to time for one or more of the Purposes.

4.5 Should you provide us with personal data of your child or children, you confirm, declare and agree that you are the parent and/or legal guardian of such child/children, and that we may collect, use and/or disclose your child’s or children’s personal data for the Purposes set out at paragraph 4.1 above and in the manner as set out at paragraphs 4.1 to 4.4 above.

4.6 You may withdraw your consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data in our possession or under our control by emailing us at dpo@evolve-mma.com. We will process your request within a reasonable time from such a request for withdrawal of consent being made, and will thereafter not collect, use and/or disclose your personal data in the manner stated in your request, unless an exception under the law or a provision in the law permits us to. However, your withdrawal of consent could result in certain legal consequences arising from such withdrawal, including us being unable to perform the transactions requested by you or the termination of your relationship with us (depending on the extent of your withdrawal), as the case may be.

4.7 We may collect, use, disclose or process your personal data for other purposes that do not appear above. However, we will obtain your consent before doing so and notify you of such other purpose at the time of obtaining your consent, unless processing of your personal data without your consent is permitted by the PDPA or by law.

4.8 To the extent permitted by law, we may/will also be collecting from sources other than yourself, personal data about you, for one or more of the above Purposes, and thereafter using, disclosing and/or processing such personal data for one or more of the above Purposes. We may combine information we receive from other sources with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the Purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive). 4.9 We take reasonable steps to ensure that any personal data we collect, disclose and use is accurate and complete, if your personal data is likely to be used by us to make a decision that affects you, or disclosed to another organisation. However, it is important that you advise us of any changes to your personal data or if there are any errors in the personal data we hold about you. We will not be responsible for relying on inaccurate or incomplete personal data arising from your not updating us of any changes in your personal data that you had initially provided us with.

5. Provision of third party personal data by you

5.1 Should you provide us with personal data of any individual other than yourself, you represent, undertake and warrant to us that :

6. Web analytics by Google Analytics

6.1 Our Website and mobile or web-based applications may contain web analytic services provided by Google Analytics. This means that when you visit our Website or use any mobile or web-based applications, a cookie will be stored on your computer or mobile device, except when your browser settings do not allow for such cookies.

6.2 This further means that when you visit our Website or use any mobile or web-based applications, your personal data including the “click-stream data”, the data from “web beacons and tracking links” and information stored in Google Analytics’ cookies – will be sent to Google Analytics for analysis for and on behalf of us. Please note that if you have created an online profile at our Website or mobile or web-based application and if you are logged on in this profile, a unique number identifying this profile will also be sent to Google Analytics in order to be able to match the web analytics data to this profile.

6.3 Google Analytics acts as our agent, which means that we solely determine the purposes for which the data is being used. You can find out more about the relationships between Google Analytics and us in the Google Analytics’ privacy policy.

6.4 If you do not wish information about your behaviour at our Website or any mobile or web-based applications being collected and assessed by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on instructs the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) to not send your site visit information to Google Analytics. The browser add-on is available for most modern browsers.

7. Security and how do we store personal data?

7.1 Security of your personal data is important to us. We will put in place reasonable security arrangements to ensure that your personal data is adequately protected and secured. Appropriate security arrangements will be taken to prevent any unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, leakage, loss, damage and/or alteration of your personal data. However, we cannot assume responsibility for any unauthorized use of your personal data by third parties which are wholly attributable to factors beyond our control.

7.2 We will put in place measures such that your personal data in our possession or under our control is destroyed and/or anonymized as soon as it is reasonable to assume that (i) the purpose for which that personal data was collected is no longer being served by the retention of such personal data; and (ii) retention is no longer necessary for any other legal or business purposes.

8. Rights

8.1 You have the right to access and/or correct personal data that we hold about you, subject to exceptions under the law. This right can be exercised at any time by emailing us at [insert email address]. We will need enough information from you in order to ascertain your identity as well as the nature of your request, so as to be able to deal with your request. With respect to your access request, we may charge a fee in order to process it.

8.2 For a request to access personal data, once we have sufficient information from you to deal with the request, we will seek to provide you with the relevant personal data within 30 days. Where we are unable to respond to you within the said 30 days, we will notify you of the soonest possible time within which we can provide you with the information requested. Note that the PDPA exempts certain types of personal data from being subject to your access request.

8.3 For a request to correct personal data, once we have sufficient information from you to deal with the request, we will correct your personal data within 30 days. Where we are unable to do so within the said 30 days, we will notify you of the soonest practicable time within which we can make the correction. Note that the PDPA exempts certain types of personal data from being subject to your correction request as well as provides for situation(s) when correction need not be made by us despite your request.

8.4 We hold and deal with your personal data in accordance with the PDPA.

9. Complaint Process

9.1 If you have any complaint or grievance regarding about how we are handling your personal data or about how we are complying with the PDPA, we welcome you to contact us with your complaint or grievance.

9.2 Please contact us with your complaint or grievance by emailing us at info@evolve-mma.com.

9.3 Where you are sending an email in which you are submitting a complaint, your indication at the subject header that it is a PDPA complaint would assist us in attending to your complaint speedily by passing it on to the relevant staff in our organisation to handle. For example, you could insert the subject header as “PDPA Complaint”.

9.4 We will certainly strive to deal with any complaint or grievance that you may have speedily and fairly.

10. General

10.1 Your consent that is given pursuant to this Privacy Policy is additional to and does not supercede any other consents that you had provided to Evolve with regard to processing of your personal data.

10.2 For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that Singapore personal data protection law permits an organisation such as us to collect, use or disclose your personal data without your consent, such permission granted by the law shall continue to apply.

10.3 If you have any queries on this Privacy Policy or any other queries in relation to how we may manage, protect and/or process your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection Officer at: dpo@evolve-mma.com.

Last Updated on 11th March 2020