Welcome to Ranked Local LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). We are dedicated to safeguarding the privacy and personal information of our visitors and clients. This Privacy Policy provides detailed information on how we handle and protect your data on our website, www.rankedlocal.com (the "Site"). By engaging with our Site, you consent to the collection, storage, and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Information We Collect
We collect information to provide better services to all our users. Here's how:
Information You Give Us: For example, our services may require you to sign up for an account, and when you do, we’ll ask for personal information, like your name, email address, telephone number, or credit card.
Log Information: When you use our services or view content provided by us, we may automatically collect and store certain information in server logs.
Information We Get From Your Use of Our Services: This information includes:
Device Information: We may collect device-specific information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information).
Log Information: When you use our services or view content provided by us, we may automatically collect and store certain information in server logs.
Location Information: When you use our services, we may collect and process information about your actual location.
Local Storage: We may collect and store information (including personal information) locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage and application data caches.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We and our partners use various technologies to collect and store information when you visit our services, and this may include using cookies or similar technologies to identify your browser or device.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect from all our services to provide, maintain, protect, and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect us and our users. We also use this information to offer you tailored content. If you contact us, we may keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing.
Sharing of Information
We do not share personal information with companies, organizations, and individuals outside of Ranked Local LLC unless one of the following circumstances applies:
With Your Consent: We will share personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside Ranked Local LLC when we have your consent to do so.
For External Processing: We provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
For Legal Reasons: We will share personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside Ranked Local LLC if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.
Your Choices
You have choices regarding the information we collect and how it is used:
Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information: We aim to provide our services in a way that protects information from accidental or malicious destruction. Because of this, after you delete information from our services, we may not immediately delete residual copies from our active servers and may not remove information from our backup systems.
Information You Share: Many of our services let you share information with others. Remember that when you share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses "cookies" to collect information and improve our services. You have the option to accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Security
We work hard to protect Ranked Local LLC and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of information we hold. In particular:
We encrypt many of our services using SSL.
We review our information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems.
We restrict access to personal information to Ranked Local LLC employees, contractors, and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.
International Data Transfers
Personal information collected by Ranked Local LLC may be stored and processed in your region, in the United States, or in any other country where we or our affiliates, subsidiaries, or service providers maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country.
Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 14. We do not
knowingly collect personal information from children under 14. If we become aware that a child under 14 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information from our servers immediately.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@getrankedlocal.com or 11710 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852.