At Rankibl, accessible from https://www.rankibl.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that are collected and recorded by Rankibl and how we use it.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.rankibl.com.

Information We Collect

Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year. Additional cookies are detailed within this policy, including those set for logged-in users and those who interact with the site’s content or services.

Embedded Content from Other Websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Such content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Use of Data

We use your data to manage comments, improve website services, and communicate with you. Data may also be used for security purposes and to comply with legal obligations.

Data Sharing

Your data is not sold or shared with third parties except to comply with the law, improve our services, or protect our rights. Data may be processed by third-party services for website hosting, email communication, and spam detection.

Data Retention

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide. All users can manage their personal information at any time (except changing their username).

Your Rights Over Your Data

You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Information

For privacy-specific concerns or requests, please contact us directly via our website contact form.

Updates to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to check this page for any changes.