Last
Updated: April 7, 2004
Aranker.com
strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet
technology and to provide an interactive and personalized
experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information
(your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number)
subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We will never
sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized
third party. Period."
How
we gather information from users
How
we collect and store information depends on the page you are
visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate
and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to
provide information when you register for access to certain
portions of our site or request certain features, such as
newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide information
when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, message
boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our
site. Like most Web sites, Aranker.com also collects information
automatically and through the use of electronic tools that
may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log
the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology
to recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among
other things, the cookie may store your user name and password,
sparing you from having to re-enter that information each
time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter
a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we
adopt additional technology, we may also gather information
through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not
to provide us with information, for example by setting your
browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may
be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be
asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may
not be able to customize the site’s features according to
your preferences.
What
we do with the information we collect
Like
other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your
visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising.
We respect your privacy and do not share your information
with anyone.
Aggregated
Information (information that does not personally identify
you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine
information about your usage patterns with similar information
obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services
(e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features
are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally
be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again,
this information does not include any Personally Identifiable
Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We
may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on Aranker.com
to communicate with you about your registration and customization
preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy; services
and products offered by Aranker.com and other topics we think
you might find of interest.
Personally
Identifiable Information collected by Aranker.com may also
be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site
administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce
transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests,
and other communications with you. Certain third parties who
provide technical support for the operation of our site (our
Web hosting service for example) may access such information.
We will use your information only as permitted by law. In
addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our
business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies
or businesses. In such transactions, user information may
be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your
information in response to a court order, at other times when
we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in
connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us,
and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it
appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you
with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated
sites, linked sites and advertisements
Aranker.com
expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect
the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties,
including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other
content providers accessible through our site, may have their
own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For
example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or
view as part of a frame on a Aranker.com page, certain content
that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also,
through Aranker.com you may be introduced to, or be able to
access, information, Web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes
offered by other parties. Aranker.com is not responsible for
the actions or policies of such third parties. You should
check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties
when providing information on a feature or page operated by
a third party.
While
on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other
third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt
to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information
about you. For example, some of our advertising is served
by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser
to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement
before. Other features available on our site may offer services
operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology
to gather information. Aranker.com does not control the use
of this technology by third parties or the resulting information,
and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such
third parties.
You
should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally
Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas,
that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected
and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result
in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties.
Such activities are beyond the control of Aranker.com and
this policy.
Children
Aranker.com
does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable
Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted
by law. If we discover we have received any information from
a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete
that information immediately. If you believe Aranker.com has
any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact
us at the address listed below.
Contacting
Us.
We
can be reached by contacting:
Aranker.com
Email:
support@aranker.com
Changes
to this Policy
Aranker.com
reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please
check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use
of our site following the posting of changes to these terms
will mean you accept those changes. Information collected
prior to the time any change is posted will be used according
to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information
was collected.
Governing
law
This
policy and the use of this Site are governed by New York law.
If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try
to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator
in the following location: Brooklyn, New York. Any costs and
fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation
will be shared equally by each of us.
If
it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory
solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute
to binding arbitration at the following location: Brooklyn,
New York, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be
entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
Aranker.com
is controlled, operated and administered entirely within New
York. This statement and the policies outlined herein are
not intended to and do not create any contractual or other
legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
