Who we are
The Fitness Phantom is a database of free workout plans, exercises, and nutritional information.
Our blogs are based on science, recent research, and personal experiences, and we are a trusted source for all fitness enthusiasts who want to learn about fitness and nutrition and stay up-to-date with practical information.
This site is managed by Murshid Akram, a personal trainer, fitness enthusiast, and fitness blogger.
As the owner of this website, I understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.
Data & Information We Collect
If you visit our site, access our blog, or use other information services, the personal data we collect may include your IP address, geolocation, device and browser type, and age group.
We may also receive information about you from any third parties we partner with by using cookie technologies to personalize advertisements for goods and services.
We may also collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter or enter a promotion.
If you have provided your email address to us, we promise to use it only for the purposes for which it is provided. We will not use your email address to contact you for unrelated reasons.
We will send you emails regarding the Site or other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. You can also opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email.
What We and Our Partners Do with Your Data
We may use your email to send you newsletters, marketing materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, which you can unsubscribe from at any time.
Our partners also use your info to show you relevant ads on our site when you visit.
How We Protect Your Data
We protected your data in several ways:
Access control: The data is only accessed by thefitnessphantom.com
Plugins and security software: We use plugins and security scanning and access control software on this Website. These plugins block potentially malicious attempts to access our services, and they also regularly scan our Website and remove spammy things.
Data encryption: Our Website is secured with SSL encryption, which means all traffic to and from our servers is encrypted. This also applies to our administrative access to the Website.
Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
When you comment on our Website, your name, email address, and website cookies are saved in our data. We use these cookies and information only for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. Your cookies are generally stored for one year time.
We Use Cookies For The Following Purposes
(a) Authentication – We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website.
(b) Personalization – We use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you.
(d) Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials and protecting our website and services generally.
(e) Advertising – We use cookies to help us display advertisements that are relevant to you.
(f) Analysis – we use cookies to help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services.
We also use dedicated security software that uses cookies to protect this Website from attacks and malicious activity.
Blocking and Deleting Cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may negatively impact the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
Copyright
You can personally use our content, as you can share on Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. However, We don’t allow any commercial use of our content. If you want to use our content, you need to contact us, or else there will be legal procedures.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
To improve our user experience, we embed content from YouTube, Vimeo, Giphy, or other sites. This embedded content will behave as if the visitor had visited the other Website. In that case, the origin website may use your cookies to identify you and improve your experiences.
Analytics & Performance
We use Google Analytics to understand the user’s behavior better.
We use Google Analytics to check what pages users look at, how much time they spend on those pages, and what country these visitors are browsing the site from is sent in an anonymous form to Google Analytics.
This data doesn’t reveal your name or any information. However, Google Analytics gives us an idea of where the visitors come from and which devices they use, such as computers, mobile phones, or tablets, as well as their age group.
We ensure that no personally identifiable information is ever contained within the data sent to Google Analytics.
You can learn more about how Google Analytics works at Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Selection of Third-party Service Providers
We use a few third-party service providers, but some are essential for the provision of physical hosting environments and email list services. One of the crucial factors in selecting such providers is their ability to provide secure systems and rules.
Our advertisers may send a cookie. A cookie does not personally identify you. It is simply a way to know your visits to our websites.
Cookies help us understand things like whether a specific web browser is spending much time on our site. If you never provide us with personally identifiable information, your visits are anonymous despite us using cookies.
We don’t know the actual person linked with the cookie. However, if you provide personally identifiable information, we could link that with your cookie, gather the visits, and understand how you acted when visiting our Website. Advertisers may also use cookies to ascertain how many times you’ve seen an advertisement.
We don’t personally send identifiable information you give us to anyone, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on our websites. In addition, browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent.
Advertising
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you on our site.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct to opt-out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
Current Advertising Partner
Currently, this Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
What Data Breach procedures do we have in place?
Security breaches are regularly scanned using plugins and security software, and all programs used on our website are constantly updated to the latest version. If a data breach is detected, all other tasks are put on hold, and the infringement becomes the top priority.
Links to other Websites
Our Sites contain links to other websites, which are also known as “outbound” links. We use those links to improve our user experience. Every Website has its terms and conditions, So we are not responsible for other websites’ information collection or privacy practices.
For instance, if you click on an advertisement that links to another website, this privacy statement will not apply to information collected at that other Website. We recommend that you review the privacy statements of other websites before you visit those websites or provide any personal information.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy.
We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or if we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change.
If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtain that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy that was in effect when the information was obtained from you.
Our Contact Information
If you have any general questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, write us at ask@thefitessphantom.com
Last Updated: 09 April, 2024