Privacy Policy

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This privacy statement describes how our Web site www.consumer-rankings.com collects and uses personal information. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.

www.consumer-rankings.com has been awarded TRUSTe's Privacy Seal signifying that this privacy policy and practices have been reviewed by TRUSTe for compliance with TRUSTe's program requirements including transparency, accountability and choice regarding the collection and use of your personal information. The TRUSTe program does not cover information that may be collected through downloadable software. TRUSTe's mission, as an independent third party, is to accelerate online trust among consumers and organizations globally through its leading privacy trustmark and innovative trust solutions. If you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at contact@consumer-rankings.com. If you are not satisfied with our response you can contact TRUSTe here.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect the following personal information from you

  • Contact Information such as name and email address
  • Reviews (permission to post reviews containing personal information received prior to posting on our Web site)

As is true of most Web sites, we automatically gather information about your computer such as your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and operating system.

We use this information to

  • Respond to customer service requests
  • Respond to your questions and concerns
  • Post reviews
  • Allow you to post blog comments
  • Improve our Web site and marketing efforts

Choice/Opt-Out

At this time, we do not send marketing emails. The only communication you would receive from www.consumer-rankings.com are transactional or service related such as a confirmation email after a review posting. You may not opt-out of these service related emails. If you have any questions, please contact us at contact@consumer-rankings.com.

Information Obtained from Third Parties

We purchase marketing data about our customers from third parties and combine it with information we already have about you, to create more tailored advertising and products.

Information Sharing

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement and we do not share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

We may also disclose your personal information

  • as required by law such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process
  • when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request,
  • if we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information, to any other third party with your prior consent to do so.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, for example, to keep track of your preference. Cookies are also used to collect general usage and volume statistical information that does not include personal information.

We use another company to place cookies on your computer to collect non-personally identifiable information to compile aggregated statistics for us about visitors to our site.

Web beacons

Our Web pages contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) and are used along with cookies to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our site is used and may be used in some of our emails to let us know which emails and links have been opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of our customer communications and marketing campaigns. We do not tie the information gathered in web beacons to our customers' personally identifiable information.

We use a third party to gather information about how you and others use our Web site. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page and which links they clicked on. We use this aggregated information to understand and optimize how our site is used.

Flash LSOs

We use local shared objects, also known as Flash cookies, to store your preferences such as volume control or high game score, or display content based upon what you view on our site to personalize your visit. Third Parties, with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity, use Flash cookies to collect and store information.

Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser will not remove Flash cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies click here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html#117118

Links to Other Web Sites

Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of our Company. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any Web site you visit.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at contact@consumer-rankings.com

Additional Policy Information

Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at contact@consumer-rankings.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Correcting and Updating Your Personal Information

To review and update your personal information to ensure it is accurate, contact us at contact@consumer-rankings.com .

Notification of Privacy Statement Changes

We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Data Retention:

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at contact@consumer-rankings.com. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Contact Information

You can contact us about this privacy statement by writing or email us at the address below:

Media Boost LTD
www.consumer-rankings.com
1 Waters Park Dr, Suite 110
San Mateo, CA, United States 94403
Email: contact@consumer-rankings.com
Phone: 888-762-6678

This policy is effective as of and was last updated on June 17, 2011.
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