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Adopted March 3, 2000 and updated as of December 16, 2025
CombatACE is committed to protecting your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information that are collected by CombatACE on its web sites, and how we use and protect it. This Policy also explains the choices that you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This Policy applies to all web sites operated by CombatACE, and it does not apply to banners and other advertisements or promotions that we may sponsor or participate in on web sites owned by third parties.
Our Privacy Policy governs, supersedes, and acts in force for all the sites including their respective subdomains which are publicly visible and accessible as services offered by or delivered from CombatACE.
Your Consent to This Privacy Policy
By using our web sites, you acknowledge and agree with the terms of our current Privacy Policy as posted as well as the terms of our Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any term in this Policy or our Terms and Conditions, please do not use this site or provide any Personal Information or Personally Identifiable Information to us.
The Information We Collect
As used in this Privacy Policy, "Personal Information" means any information that is linked to your identity such as your name, street address, telephone number, screen name, age, and email address; all of which may personally identify you. The site you entered may collect some or all of these types of Personal Information through a contest, survey, promotion, or a registration form. Some of our web sites may require registration and disclosure of particular information such as street address in order for you to participate. In order to register on our sites, we may require you to disclose your name, zip code, email address, birth date and gender. CombatACE will not collect any Personal Information from your visits to our sites unless you provide your Personal Information to us voluntarily, and we will not require you to provide more information than is necessary to participate in our community and it's activities. We do not collect financial or other sensitive data information about our users.
When you provide us with Personal Information, you are authorizing us to use that information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy, which includes your right to limit our use of your Personal Information as described in this Policy.
The web site you entered may also collect Personal Information from you about a third party (e.g., the site might allow you to send an email or message to a friend, in which case we will need that person's name and email address). Please note that we use such information only for the specified purpose (e.g., to deliver the email message) and we will not contact the third party again by email unless and until the third party contacts us or provides permission to do so.
The Way We Use Personal Information
When you supply Personal Information at a CombatACE web site, we will use it for the purpose for which it was collected (e.g., forum community notifications or to fulfill the delivery of a prize or product order) in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may also use it to contact you regarding promotions or other products and services, which may be requested by or otherwise of interest to you. At any time, however, you may opt out of such contact by setting your notification preferences in your account settings (See Manage Your Personal Information; Unsubscribe below) or by following the unsubscribe instructions that are included in each email. We also use Personal Information to keep track of a user's activities on our sites, to statistically analyze web site usage, to improve our web site features, design and content and to refine our marketing strategies. CombatACE reserves the right to limit or deny participation in any activity, program, or promotion to all persons.
CombatACE's primary goal in collecting and using Personal Information is to give you a meaningful and customized experience while you are using our web sites as well as to promote our products and services in a cost effective and efficient manner.
Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
Where the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") applies, including for users located in the European Economic Area (EEA), CombatACE processes personal data only when a lawful basis exists. Depending on the nature of the interaction, our legal bases include:
Contractual necessity
Personal data is processed as required to create, manage, and maintain user accounts; provide access to community features; deliver requested services; and perform actions initiated by the user.
Legitimate interests
We process certain personal data where it is necessary for the operation, security, moderation, and integrity of our web sites and services. This includes fraud prevention, abuse mitigation, technical logging, system monitoring, enforcement of site rules, and protecting the rights and safety of CombatACE, its users, and third parties. These interests are balanced against the rights and freedoms of users.
Consent
In limited cases, we process personal data based on user consent, such as when a user opts in to receive non-essential communications, notifications, or where consent is required for certain cookies or third-party services. Consent may be withdrawn at any time through account settings or by contacting us.
CombatACE does not process personal data for purposes that are incompatible with the original purpose for which the data was collected.
Collection and Use of Other Information; Use of Cookies
You may have heard of "cookies," which are small files or pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive when you visit a web site. The use of cookies is an industry standard and you will find them at most web sites. CombatACE employs the use of cookies to set your site enabled preferences and to maintain your logged-in status while passing through the various areas and activities of the web sites in which you may participate. CombatACE does not automatically collect any Personal Information through the use of cookies and we do not use cookies to track your habits, usage, participation, or otherwise any activity pertaining to you personally.
Anonymous information about your computer, such as your IP address (a number assigned to your computer whenever you surf the Internet), the type of Internet browser you are using, and the type of computer operating system you are using may also be collected by us using cookies. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" web pages, automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When you request a page from this web site, our servers log your IP address.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Refusal of cookies at the site you entered may result in an inability to visit certain areas of the web sites or to receive personalized information when you visit the web sites.
Cookies and Third-Party Services (GDPR)
CombatACE uses cookies and similar technologies to operate and maintain its web sites, support user authentication, and provide core functionality. Certain cookies are essential to the operation of the site and are used based on legitimate interests or contractual necessity.
Where required by applicable law, including the GDPR, non-essential cookies and third-party services (such as analytics, advertising, or embedded content) are used only with user consent. Users may manage or withdraw cookie consent at any time through available site controls or browser settings.
Third-party service providers may process data in accordance with their own privacy policies. CombatACE does not control the data practices of third parties and encourages users to review the privacy and cookie policies of those services.
With Whom We May Share Information
In the course of doing business we do not share your Personal Information including email address with any third parties.
We may share aggregate, non-personal information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. For example, we may tell a business partner the number of men and the number of women that visit our sites, but we do not disclose Personal Information about such aggregate data in violation of this Privacy Policy.
Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, transfer or disclose your Personal Information. Our intention is to limit or prohibit the sharing of Personal Information provided to us in ways that are different than the ways described above without also providing you with an opportunity to "unsubscribe" or prohibit such unrelated uses. We may also release your Personal Information including email address if required to do so by law, or by search warrant, subpoena or court order, or to a third party to which ownership of CombatACE is transferred via an acquisition, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
Manage Your Personal Information; Unsubscribe
You are ultimately in control of the Personal Information including Personally Identifiable Information that you may share with the Website. We want to keep your data complete, up to date and accurate. CombatACE provides its users with the following options to manage their Personal Information including their email address that is in reasonably retrievable form in our database.
Emails you may receive from the Website are manageable in your user managed settings. Visit your Profile Settings or similar section of the Website where you can manage your Personal Information, contact information, and electronic correspondence settings allowing you to subscribe to or unsubscribe from all types of the notifications you may receive from the Website. You may also request to review or remove any Personal Information we may have stored from your interactions or purchases with the Website by viewing your Profile Settings for the Website.
Your Rights Under GDPR
Where the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") applies, users located in the European Economic Area (EEA) have the following rights with respect to their personal data:
Right of access
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether we process personal data about you and, where applicable, to access that personal data.
Right of rectification
You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
You may request the deletion of certain personal data where there is no lawful basis for continued processing. This right is not absolute and may be limited where data must be retained for legal, security, or operational purposes.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that processing of your personal data be restricted under certain circumstances, such as while the accuracy of the data is being verified.
Right to data portability
Where applicable, you have the right to receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to request its transfer to another controller.
Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where such processing is based on legitimate interests, unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.
Right to withdraw consent
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal.
Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence, place of work, or where an alleged infringement of GDPR has occurred.
Requests to exercise these rights may be submitted using the contact information provided below. We may require verification of identity before processing such requests in order to protect user privacy and security.
Data Retention
CombatACE retains personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including the operation of user accounts, provision of community services, compliance with legal obligations, and protection of the security and integrity of our systems.
Account-related information is retained for the duration of an active account. Where an account is closed or deleted, certain information may be retained for a limited period where necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, backup integrity, or enforcement of site policies.
Technical and security-related data, such as logs, IP addresses, and audit records, are retained for operational and security purposes and are routinely reviewed and purged in accordance with internal retention practices.
Backup copies of data may persist for a limited time as part of routine disaster recovery processes. Backup data is protected and is not actively processed except for restoration or verification purposes.
Data Protection and Security
We take commercially reasonable precautions to keep all information secure. All access to the information we collect is subject to physical, electronic and managerial restrictions to prevent unauthorized access, modification or misuse. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk.
Important Note about Children's Information
CombatACE does not knowingly collect any Personal Information from any person who is underage. If you find that a minor in your control has interacted with the Website in a way they shouldn't have, contact us immediately for the removal of any information they may have shared.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
CombatACE reserves the right to change or remove this Privacy Policy at our discretion. We will post any changes to this Policy including email practices or any new policy here and we encourage you to visit this area frequently to stay informed. If there is any material change in the type of information we collect or way in which we use such information including email address, then we will obtain your permission before we make any such change.
Links to Other Web Sites
Users should be aware that when you are on this web site you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There may be links to other web sites that include links from advertisers, sponsors, and partners that may use the CombatACE brand or logo. These other web sites may send their own cookies to users, or otherwise collect data or solicit Personal Information. Always be aware of where you are surfing on the Web. Check the linked site to locate and review its privacy policy, which may be different from this Privacy Policy. CombatACE does not endorse and makes no guarantee or representation as to the sufficiency, accuracy or completeness of the content or privacy policy of any third-party web site to which you may be linked from this site.
How to Contact Us
Should you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the collection of information, please use this link to Contact Us.
Applicable Web Sites
This Privacy Policy applies to the web sites operated and managed by CombatACE, including but not limited to: combatace.com; biohazcentral.com; biohazcentral.net; touch-buddy.com; mirage-factory.com; westcoastatc.com; westcoastatc.net; propsracing.com; eastcoastatc.com; column5.us, and others that may be added in the future.
International Data Transfers
CombatACE is operated from the United States, and the servers that host our web sites and services are located in the United States. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), your personal data will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States.
Such transfers are necessary for the performance of our services, the operation and security of our platforms, and the fulfillment of contractual and legitimate interest obligations. CombatACE takes reasonable measures to protect personal data transferred internationally and applies appropriate safeguards consistent with applicable data protection laws.
By using our services or submitting personal data, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions that may not provide the same level of data protection as your country of residence.
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