Privacy Policy

Your privacy is essential to us. Accordingly, we have developed this policy to understand how we collect, use, communicate and use personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

When accessing the rankingthings.com website, rankingthings.com will learn certain information about you during your visit.

Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called ‘cookies’ (see explanation below) and server logs to collect information about how our site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and after our own, as well as your IP address.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a minimal text document, which often includes a unique anonymous identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies may collect information directly from your browser to serve content and advertisements. Such cookies (if used) will be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.

You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish. This can be done within the “settings” section of your computer. For more information, please read the advice at AboutCookies.org.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. This is achieved either by placing and recognizing cookies or collecting information from your browser. If you would like more information about this practice and would like to know your options about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

We also use third-party advertisements on rankingthings.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information, including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

DoubleClick DART cookies

We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when browsing the web and visiting a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie serves ads specific to you and your interests (“interest based targeting”).

The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as a site about hockey). DART uses “non-personally identifiable information.” It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security number, bank account number, or credit card number.

You can opt out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting Google Ads settings.

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings or manage preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you can interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to log in to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, a new cookie will be added the next time you visit a site running the advertisements.

IP Addresses

IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number used by computers on the network to identify your computer. Our web server automatically collects IP addresses as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.

Email Information

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages, your email address, and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications we employ to maintain information received online, by mail, and by telephone. This also applies when you register for our website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this site. For further information, see the email policies below.

How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?

We use personal information to administer our business activities, provide customer service and make other items and services available to our customers and prospective customers.

rankingthings.com will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us, nor will such information be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection. S

In other words, we may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.

Email Policies

We are committed to keeping your email address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties. We will not provide your personal information to any third party individual, government agency, or company unless strictly compelled to do so by law.

We will use your email address solely to provide timely information about rankingthings.com.

We will maintain the information you send via email by applicable federal law.

CAN-SPAM Compliance

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from our organization will clearly state who the email is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all email messages will contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further email communication from us.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our site allows users to opt out of receiving communications from our partners and us by reading the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any email they receive from us at any time.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.

Use of External Links

rankingthings.com may contain links to many other websites. rankthings.com cannot guarantee the accuracy of information found at any linked site. Links to or from external sites not owned or controlled by rankingthings.com do not constitute an endorsement by rankingthings.com or any of its employees of the sponsors of these sites or the products or information presented therein.

Some of the links on rankingthings.com may be affiliate links. This means the owners of rankingthings.com may receive compensation if you buy products or services via a link on our site. For more information, visit our affiliate disclaimer.

By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by this website’s Terms and Conditions of Use and all applicable laws and regulations. You agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. You are prohibited from using or accessing this site if you disagree with these terms. The materials on this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

Intellectual Property Rights

All copyrights, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights in and on our website and all content and software located on the site shall remain the sole property of rankingthings.com or its licensors. Using our trademarks, content, and intellectual property is forbidden without express written consent from rankingthings.com.

You must not:

Republish material from our website without prior written consent.

Sell or rent material from our website.

Reproduce, duplicate, create derivative, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for any purpose.

Redistribute any content from our website, including onto another website.

Acceptable Use

You agree to use our website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any other user, transmitting obscene or offensive content, or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within our website.

You must not use our website to send unsolicited commercial communications. You must not use the content on our website for any marketing-related purpose without our express written consent.

Restricted Access

We may, in the future, need to restrict access to parts (or all) of our website and reserve full rights to do so. If at any point, we provide you with a username and password for you to access restricted areas of our website, you must ensure that both your username and password are kept confidential.

Site Comments

rankingthings.com is not responsible for any opinions or comments posted on rankingthings.com. rankingthings.com is not a forum for testimonials; however, it provides testimonials or comments as a means for customers to share their experiences with one another. To protect against abuse, all comments appear after the management of rankingthings.com has reviewed them. rankingthings.com does not share the opinions, views, or commentary of any word on rankingthings.com – the opinions are strictly the views of the comment source.

The comments are never intended to make claims that our products and services can be used to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate or prevent any disease. Any such claims, implicit or explicit, in any shape or form, have not been clinically tested or evaluated.

How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?

Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you enter on our website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information are never transmitted via email.

rankingthings.com may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and slightest interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, rankingthings.com uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or cause damage.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

rankingthings.com makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency, or completeness of the content contained on this website or any sites linked to this site.

All the materials on this site are provided ‘as is without express or implied warranty, including warranties of merchantability, noninfringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall rankingthings.com or its agents or associates be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, injury or death) arising out of the use of or inability to use the materials, even if rankingthings.com has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.

Policy Changes

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time, with or without notice. However, please be assured that if the privacy policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this privacy policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this privacy policy without your prior consent.

We are committed to conducting our business by following these principles to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this policy or your dealings with our website, please get in touch with us using our contact page.