No intention exists to harvest or examine any information relating to your activities.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

This website is owned and operated by the Principal :peter :Rankis.  We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors while interacting with the content, services and products on this website (www.rankis.net a.k.a. the ‘Site’) and this Privacy Commitment applies to this Site only, and does not apply to other websites to which the Site may be linked. 

As interaction necessitates exchange of information, we do require to obtain certain types of information from all users. Disclosed herein is a description of the information obtained from you and how it is obtained, used and disclosed. Use of the Site affirms your consent to this Privacy Commitment and if you do not wish to consent to the terms of the Privacy Commitment disclosure, you are advised to cease from using the Site.

The general intent of this Privacy Commitment is to protect your privacy from unintended uses while simultaneously providing you with a more enJOYable, convenient online experience that helps us identify and provide the information, products and services that may be of interest to you. We use your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your use of the Site and its features, such as fulfilling your order, providing customer service, identifying content that you submit to public areas, and generally supporting your use of the Site.

I N F O R M A T I O N   O B T A I N E D

Two types of information are obtained from you:

• information that you voluntarily and intentionally provide through your registration, order placement and content submission, and;
• information that is obtained by automated ‘third-party’ tracking mechanisms, through ‘Cookies’.

1.0            Voluntary Information Submitted to Access Services and Features

This information will include your name, email address and login name which, becomes your publicly identification on the Site. By providing this registration on the Site, you consent to the use and method of disclosure as described in this Privacy Commitment.

The Site receives ‘personally identifiable information’ when you consent to:

• make purchases (payment, billing and shipping addresses),
• receive eMail;
• participate in public areas of the Site, and;
• post or comment on content.

Under explicit guidance from you, we are also pleased to maintain, and withdraw, your contact information for the exclusive purpose of providing you with occasional updates on progress, activities and offerings related to our work.

You understand and consent that certain features of the Site link to other Websites that may collect information, governed by their own privacy policies, when you link to them.

2.0            Cookies

Cookies on this Site are not linked to your personal information.

The Site uses ‘cookies’ to serve secure pages to our users bypassing the need for repeated sign-in.  Most internet browsers permit the acceptance, blockage and removal of cookies, and will notify the user of cookie recipience. If a user’s system is idle for a defined time, the cookie will expire, requiring the user to repeat the sign-in process. Expiration of cookies, during computer idleness, aims to prevent unauthorized access to the user’s information while away from the computer.

U S E   O F   I N F O R M A T I O N

The Site uses your personal information only for the original consented purposes.

Your personal information will not be sold or otherwise exchanged to unaffiliated third parties. By accessing a link from the Site to another Website, you understand that the Website you so access will obtain and collect its own information from your visit, which is subject to that Website’s own privacy policies that exists outside the Privacy Commitment of this Site.

F R E E D O M   O F   S P E E C H

Noteworthy realizations, feelings and thoughts encountered during the course of your explorations related to this work, can be shared by you within the Blog pages that have been established for this very purpose.

You agree that you are solely responsible for such content in compliance with the Terms of Use of this Site. You acknowledge and consent that content you submit for publication to the Site’s public areas will be freely searchable and viewable over the Internet. In compliance with this Privacy Commitment, and the Site’s Terms of Use, you agree that you are solely responsible for, and indemnify the Site, from consequential harm or damages of any kind, resulting from your publication of information that is searchable and viewable at this Site.

We will not disclose, use, give or sell any personal information to third parties for any purposes other than to our suppliers and other third parties who need information in order to deliver products or services you have ordered or requested, or unless required to do so by law. Further, the Principals reserve the right to contact you regarding matters relevant to the underlying service provided and the information obtained.

P R O T E C T I N G   Y O U R   I N F O R M A T I O N

In addition to privacy, we are committed to protecting the information that we receive from you. Cloud computing is not used to store protected data related to this Site. We utilize reasonable security measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information stored within our system. Recognizing that no computer system is completely invincible, we affirm that the measures adopted reduce the likelihood of security violation to a threshold that is appropriate to the type of information that is being protected.

O P T I N G   O U T

If you no longer wish to receive updates or notifications, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by providing eMail advisement to the Principals through the Contact page.

P A R E N T A L   C O N T R O L S

None. This Site does not offer content of interest to children. Pursuant to the Terms of Use, if you are not 18 or older, you are not authorized to use the Site. 

C O N T A C T

For all queries and advisement refer to the Contact page at rankis.net.