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What Marca's terms say

C privacy grade · marca.com · News & reference

Marca's terms of service and privacy policy have 37 rated points: 1 serious, 8 bad, 17 worth knowing and 11 good. 27 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 10 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Marca

Bad 6

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

    Although third-party cookies aren't clearly mentioned, trackers are used for analytics and the information collected is shared with third parties.

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  • Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

    This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations

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  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

    This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes

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  • This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information

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  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

    Tracking via third-party cookies for purposes including advertising

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  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

    This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not involved in its operation

    Marca shares personal data with third parties that aren't essential to provide the services, such as marketing partners.

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Worth knowing 13

  • This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially

    This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially.

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  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

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  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

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  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

    The court of law governing the terms is in location Madrid, Spain

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  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

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  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

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  • This service assumes no responsibility and liability for the contents of links to other websites

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  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

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  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

    Users agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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  • You agree to indemnify and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

    You are solely responsible for claims made against the service and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the service.

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  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

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  • The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes

    The service may change its terms at any time, but the user will receive notification of the changes.

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  • The service can stop being provided at any time

    They may stop providing the service at any time

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Good 8

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

    The service provides information about how they intend to use your personal data

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  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

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  • A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

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  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

    You can request access and deletion of personal data

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  • The service claims that third parties it shares your personal information with are bound by confidentiality obligations

    Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations

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  • You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service

    You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service

    "Los usuarios podrán ejercitar los derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación del tratamiento y portabilidad de los datos ("Derechos de los interesados") siguiendo las indicaciones que se detallan a continuación:"

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  • The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

    The service's data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

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  • Refusing tracking cookies won’t limit your ability to use the service

    Tracking cookies refused will not limit your ability to use the service

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With an account

If you have a Marca account

Serious 1

  • Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

    The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice

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Bad 2

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

    This service can license user content to third parties

    "El Usuario cede a título gratuito a UNIDAD EDITORIAL, sin carácter de exclusiva, los derechos de reproducción, distribución, transformación y comunicación pública, en todas las posibles modalidades, en relación a los contenidos enviados [...] .La citada cesión se realiza para todo el mundo , por la duración máxima actualmente prevista en la ley de propiedad intelectual y con expresa facultad de cesión a terceros."

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  • Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason

    The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason

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Worth knowing 4

  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

    This service prohibits users sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

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  • You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values

    Prohibits the posting of content which promotes or glorifies violence or politically or religiously extremist values.

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  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

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  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

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Good 3

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

    This service allows you to retrieve an archive of your data

    "Los usuarios podrán ejercitar los derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación del tratamiento y portabilidad de los datos ("Derechos de los interesados") siguiendo las indicaciones que se detallan a continuación:"

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  • Pseudonyms are allowed

    The service allows you to use pseudonyms

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  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

    "El Usuario cede a título gratuito a UNIDAD EDITORIAL, sin carácter de exclusiva, los derechos de reproducción, distribución, transformación y comunicación pública, en todas las posibles modalidades, en relación a los contenidos enviados"

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The documents

Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.