1. Introduction.

Ranklogic, Inc. ("us," "we," or "Rankipedia") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its customers, visitors, and other users of the Rankipedia Website ("the Website"). We created this Website Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to give you confidence as you visit and use the Website, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Website, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Website, each of which may have data collection, storage, and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy.

2. Types of Information Collected

2.1. Traffic Data Collected.

We automatically track and collect the following categories of information when you visit our Website: (1) IP addresses; (2) domain servers; (3) types of computers accessing the Website; (4) types of web browsers used to access the Website; (5) other information associated with the interaction of your browser and the Website (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you.

2.2. Cookies.

We also use “cookies” to customize your experience of our Website but do not store your passwords when you visit the Website. (A “cookie” is an element of data that a website, when visited by a user, sends to that user's browser which, in turn, may store that element on the user's hard drive or memory.) At your option, expense and responsibility, you may block our cookies or delete our cookies from your hard drive. However, by disabling cookies, you may not have access to the entire set of features of the Website or may have to log back in each time.

Visit our Cookie Policy for more information

2.3. Personal Information Collected.

In order for you to access certain areas of the Website, we may require you to provide us with certain information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information includes the following categories of information: (1) Contact Data (such as your e-mail address and Rankipedia password); and (2) Demographic Data (such as your zip code). If you communicate with us by, for example, e-mail or letter, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information.

2.4 Advertising.

We serve you tailored ads both on and off our Services. We offer you choices regarding personalized ads, but you cannot opt-out of seeing other ads.

We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners Partners include ad networks, exchanges and others, using the following data, whether separately or combined:

• Data from advertising technologies on and off our Services, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and device identifiers;
• Member-provided information (e.g., profile, contact information, title and industry);
• Data from your use of our Services (e.g., search history, feed, content you read, who you follow or is following you, connections, groups participation, page visits, videos you watch, clicking on an ad, etc.), including as described in Section 1.3;
• Information from advertising partners, vendors and publishers; and
• Information inferred from data described above (e.g., using job titles from a profile to infer industry, seniority, and compensation bracket; using graduation dates to infer age or using first names or pronoun usage to infer gender; using your feed activity to infer your interests; or using device data to recognize you as a Member).

We will show you ads called sponsored content which look similar to non-sponsored content, except that they are labeled as advertising (e.g., as ad” or sponsored”). If you take a social action (such as like, comment or share) on these ads, your action is associated with your name and viewable by others, including the advertiser. Subject to your settings, if you take a social action on the Rankipedia Services, that action may be mentioned with related ads. For example, when you like a company, we may include your name and photo when their sponsored content is shown to your connections.

Ad Choices

We adhere to self regulatory principles for interest-based advertising and participate in industry opt-outs from such ads. This does not opt you out of receiving advertising; you will continue to get other ads by advertisers not listed with these self regulatory tools. You can also opt-out specifically from our uses of certain categories of data to show you more relevant ads.

Info to Ad Providers

We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks except for: (i) hashed IDs or device identifiers (to the extent they are personal data in some countries); (ii) with your separate permission (e.g., in a lead generation form) or (iii) data already visible to any users of the Services (e.g., profile). However, if you view or click on an ad on or off our Services, the ad provider will get a signal that someone visited the page that displayed the ad, and they may, through the use of mechanisms such as cookies, determine it is you. Advertising partners can associate personal data collected by the advertiser directly from you with hashed IDs or device identifiers received from us. In such instances, we seek to contractually require such advertising partners to obtain your explicit, opt-in consent before doing so.

2.5 Marketing.

We promote our Services to you and others.

In addition to advertising our Services, we use Members’ data and content for invitations and communications promoting membership and network growth, engagement and our Services, such as by showing your connections that you have used a feature on our Services.

2.6. Storage.

We store all Personal Information, Traffic Data and review postings indefinitely, even after "deletion," and may archive such information elsewhere.

2.7. Children.

Rankipedia does not knowingly collect any information from individuals under the age of 13. If we learn that we have received any information from an individual under the age of 13, we will delete that information.

3. Uses of Information Collected

3.1. Use of Information.

We may use Contact Data to send you information about Rankipedia or our products or services, or to contact you when necessary. We may use your Demographic Data or your Traffic Data to customize and tailor your experience on the Website, displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences.

3.2. Sharing of Personal Information.

We share certain categories of information we collect from you in the ways described in this Privacy Policy. We may share Demographic Data with advertisers and other third parties only on an aggregate (i.e., non-personally-identifiable) basis. We also share Personal Information and Traffic Data with our business partners who assist us by performing core services (such as hosting, billing, fulfillment, or data storage and security) related to our operation of the Website. Those business partners have all agreed to uphold the same standards of security and confidentiality that we have promised to you in this Privacy Policy, and they will only use your Contact Data and other Personal Information to carry out their specific business obligations to Rankipedia. Last, we may transfer information about you if Rankipedia is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

3.3. User Choice.

You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information. In such an event, you can still access and use much of the Website; however you will not be able to access and use those portions of the Website that require your Personal Information.

4. Confidentiality and Security.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Personal Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless we believe in good faith that disclosure of your Personal Information or any other information we collect about you is necessary to: (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Rankipedia or anyone else; (c) enforce our Terms of Use; or (d) respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties.

4.1. Professionals.

Professionals, their employees and their agents should be particularly aware of their obligations of confidentiality, including without limitation their obligations under laws and regulatory bodies, both in communicating with Rankipedia and in responding to a review. Rankipedia does not have and will not accept any obligations of confidentiality with respect to any communications other than those expressly stated in this Privacy Policy and Rankipedia Terms of Use.

4.2. Public Information.

Any information that you may reveal in a review posting or other online discussion or forum is intentionally open to the public and is not in any way private. You should think carefully before disclosing any personally identifiable information in any public forum. What you have written may be seen and/or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we are unable to control or predict.

4.3. Security.

Although we make good faith efforts to store Personal Information in a secure operating environment that is not open to the public, you should understand that there is no such thing as complete security, and we do not guarantee that there will be no unintended disclosures of your Personal Information. If we become aware that your Personal Information has been disclosed in a manner not in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of the nature and extent of the disclosure (to the extent we know that information), as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted by law.

4.4. Lost or Stolen Information.

You must promptly notify us if your Contact Data is lost, stolen, or used without permission. In such an event, we will remove that Contact Data from your account and update our records accordingly.

5. Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Website and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Website.

If you have any comments on or questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our support team.