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QualityRank Privacy Policy Statement
What Information About Visitors Does QualityRank Gather?
The types of information gathered by QualityRank are listed below. By visiting
QualityRank.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy
Policy.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information(“NON-PII”):
As with nearly all web sites, when you visit QualityRank, certain anonymous
information about your visit is automatically collected and analyzed, which may
include the following information: type of web browser or client name,
operating system, platform, and IP address through which you use access the
internet. QualityRank may collect some anonymous information each time you
click on a link, or use a search function. QualityRank assigns an anonymous ID
number to your requests and assigns data to that number. QualityRank may also
measure and collect session data, length of visit, and page interaction
information such as clicks, cursor location, rollovers, and scrolling. The data
collected will be used to help improve the overall quality of the browsing
experience.
Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”):
In order to participate in services such as QualityRank Directory Listing, or QualityRank Email Alerts, it is necessary for QualityRank to collect personally identifiable information from users.
If you apply for a QualityRank Directory Listing, or if you sign up for QualityRank Email Alerts, you are required to give QualityRank contact information such as name, phone number, postal address, and email address. QualityRank uses this information to contact you regarding the services that you have requested.
You may have the option to provide demographic information (such as gender and birth year); QualityRank encourages you to submit this information in order to provide you with a more personalized experience while visiting this web site.
From time-to-time QualityRank may use your email address to send you newsletters. Your receipt of the newsletter is optional, and you may opt-out of receiving this newsletter by emailing Webmaster@QualityRank.com with your request. By default, participants in QualityRank services are not signed up to receive a newsletter unless they have indicated otherwise in a registration form, or by emailing Webmaster@QualityRank.com.
How PII is shared with Service Providers?
QualityRank uses third parties such as PayPal to provide commerce services. When you sign up for Directory Listing Service on QualityRank, we will share some contact information such as name and email address with PayPal for the sole purpose of allowing these commerce services to take place.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small data file that a web site may send to your browser and
which may then be stored on your system. Cookies placed on your system do not
include personally identifiable information. The cookie will be stored on your
computer's hard drive until you remove it, or until it expires. QualityRank may
also use temporary or "session" cookies to enhance your browsing
experience. Session cookies are destroyed upon exiting your browser. As with
most internet browsers, you can erase cookie information from your computer's
hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is placed
on your system. Visit your browser’s “Help” section for more information. If
you chose to reject cookies, you may still use the QualityRank web site, but
you may be limited in the use of certain features.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are used by QualityRank to keep count of return visits to the site or
to partners' sites, to accumulate aggregate (data collected in mass)
information, and statistical information on web site and advertisement usage,
and to determine which features the overall visitor population prefers best.
Some of QualityRank’s partners may also use cookies on this web site; however,
QualityRank has no access to, or control over these cookies and does not accept
any responsibility for such use.
Log Files and Other Tracking Information
QualityRank uses log files to collect and store anonymous user information.
QualityRank uses the information to analyze trends, administer the site,
analyze security data, track visitor’s movement within the site, and gather
information for advertising use.
Do Any Third Parties Receive or Collect user
Information through QualityRank?
QualityRank allows other companies that are presenting advertisements on the
site to use tracking technology.
Technologies, known as “transparent GIFs” or, “beacons” or, “clear GIFs” may be
used by advertisers of this site. This technology allows advertisers to track
general user-traffic patterns. The information advertisers gather through the
use of tracking technologies cannot be matched with any personally identifiable
information about you, unless you choose to provide advertisers with such
information. Our advertisers' use of tracking technology is subject to their
own privacy policies.
Unless you visit the web site of these companies and provide them with
personally identifiable information about yourself, these tracking technologies
tell those advertisers nothing about who you are. Our advertisers' use of
tracking technology is subject to their own privacy policies.
Does QualityRank share information with third parties?
In the rare instance where QualityRank collects personally identifiable
information, QualityRank will not share it with other companies, individuals,
or organizations unless:
QualityRank has your permission to share the information; or
QualityRank is responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process,
to establish or exercise legal rights or defend against legal claims; or-
If QualityRank is acquired by another company whether through merger or
purchase of its assets, QualityRank may share the information with the
acquiring organization.
QualityRank will not disclose your personally identifiable information as
customer lists.
QualityRank shares some non-personally
identifiable information, such as user trends, and time of day with third
parties that may set and access cookies on your computer. Other advertisers or
advertising services may set cookies, but this information is not shared with
QualityRank, nor is it personally identifiable information.
None if these third parties, nor any other advertiser or advertising service,
receives personally identifiable information from QualityRank. However, certain
advertisements or promotions you see on the site may provide for the collection
of personally identifiable information. Such information is not shared with
QualityRank.
QualityRank may also share your personal information if we believe it is
necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the
physical safety of any person, violations of QualityRank’s Terms of Use, or as
otherwise required by law.
What about Security Measures?
QualityRank has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the
loss, misuse or alteration of user data. QualityRank
follows accepted industry standards to protect the personal information
submitted to us. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of
electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use
commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can email us at webmaster@qualityRank.com
Protective measures to protect sensitive information:
QualityRank, LLC uses PayPal for merchant services. The security of your personal information is important to PayPal. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) into any of our PayPal order forms, PayPal encrypts that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
Links to Other Sites:
The QualityRank site includes third-party advertising and links to other
websites. These links do not allow sharing of personally identifiable information
to any third party.
Legal Disclaimer
QualityRank may disclose personal information when required by law or in the
good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the
edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on the QualityRank
website. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable
information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary
to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or
legal process served on our Web site.
Correspondence
If you contact QualityRank, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit QualityRank.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy
is subject to this Notice and the QualityRank Conditions of Use, including
limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of
the state of Arizona. Use of information that we gather now is subject to the
Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. You should check the website frequently
to see recent changes.
How to opt-out of secondary use of PII?
We provide
you the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having your personally identifiable
information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information. For
example, if you purchase a product/service but do not wish to receive any
additional marketing material from us, you can indicate your preference on our
registration form.
If you no longer wish to receive our Email Alerts or other promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each Email Alert, newsletter or other promotional communication, or by emailing us at Webmaster@QualityRank.com.
Making changes to your Personally Identifiable Information
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by emailing Webmaster@QualityRank.com.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to make a material change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and send notification of changes via email to users. QualityRank reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.
Web site is a licensee in the TRUSTe Program
QualityRank,
LLC is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent,
non-profit organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence
in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy
statement covers the Web site www.QualityRank.com. Because this Web site
wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose
its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for
compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Steven Raw at Webmaster@QualityRank.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily address, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
Identity of the organization collecting the information through the Web Site
QualityRank, LLC
2021 E. Solana Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85281
United States
Privacy Policy Updated: 06-26-2007