Website Visitors
ReputationBank.com (the Website) collects non-personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Website’s purpose in collecting non- personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use it. From time to time, the Website may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in usage.
The Website also collects potentially personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The Website does not use such information to identify visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally Identifying Information
Certain visitors to the Website choose to interact with Website in ways that requires gathering of personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that the Website gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we may ask visitors to provide a username and email address. In each case, the Website collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of visitors’ interactions with the Website. The Website does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Website Statistics
The Website may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors. However, the Website does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information
The Website discloses potentially personally identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on the Website’s behalf or to provide services available, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using the Website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Website will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone.
Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, the Website discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when it is believed to be in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of the Website owners, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user the Website and/or have an account and have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what is going on with the Website and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Website takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally- identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor computer, and that the visitor browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Website uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the Website, and their website access preferences. The Website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Website, with the drawback that certain features of the Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, the Website may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and its sole discretion. The Website encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.