Privacy Policy

 

RANT LLC is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online users. We do not collect personally identifiable information about individuals, except when it is knowingly provided by such individuals. We do not share voluntarily provided, personally identifiable information for any purpose other than its intended use.

 

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

RANT LLC collects personally identifiable information when you use certain features of this website.  RANT LLC uses the information collected to fulfill your requests for information, products and services.

 

WEB LOG FILE DATA

We collect some basic web log file data about site visitors. This information includes domain names, website traffic and server usage statistics. This information is used for site management and administration and to improve the content and overall performance of our site.

 

DATA CONTROLLER AND OWNER

RANT LLC,
soredawgs@gmail.com

 

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookie, Usage data, First Name, Last Name and Email address.

Other Personal Data collected may be described in other sections of this privacy policy or by dedicated explanation text contextually with the Data collection.

The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or collected automatically when using this Website.

Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this Website or by the owners of third party services used by this Website, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify Users and remember their preferences, for the sole purpose of providing the service required by the User.

Failure to provide certain Personal Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services.

Users are responsible for any Personal Data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

 

MODE AND PLACE OF PROCESSING THE DATA

METHODS OF PROCESSING

The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.

 

PLACE

The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.

 

RETENTION TIME

The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.

 

THE USE OF THE COLLECTED DATA

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Displaying content from external platforms, SPAM protection, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Access to third party services' accounts, Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting, Advertising, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Analytics, Handling payments, Contacting the User, RSS feed management, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing) and Managing contacts and sending messages. 

The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document. 

 

FACEBOOK PERMISSIONS ASKED BY THIS WEBSITE

This Website may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.

The permissions asked are the following:

 

BASIC INFORMATION

By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the user has made more of their data public, more information will be available.

 

INTERESTS

Provides access to the user's list of interests.

 

LIKES

Provides access to the list of all of the pages the user has liked.

 

DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

 

 

ACCESS TO THIRD PARTY SERVICES' ACCOUNTS

These services allow this Website to access Data from your account on a third party service and perform actions with it.

These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.

 

ACCESS TO THE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT (THIS WEBSITE)

This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.

Permissions asked: Interests and Likes.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

 

ADVERTISING

These services allow User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.

This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.

Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services. 

AMAZON MOBILE ADS (AMAZON)

Amazon Mobile Ads is an advertising service provided by Amazon.com, Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy 

 

ANALYTICS

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

 

ANALYTICS COLLECTED DIRECTLY (THIS WEBSITE)

This Website uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

 

DISPLAY ADVERTISING EXTENSION FOR GOOGLE ANALYTICS (GOOGLE)

Google Analytics on this Website might use Google's Interest-based advertising, 3rd-party audience data and information from the DoubleClick Cookie to extend analytics with demographics, interests and ads interaction data.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

 

FACEBOOK ADS CONVERSION TRACKING (FACEBOOK)

Facebook Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy 

 

CONTACTING THE USER

 

CONTACT FORM (THIS WEBSITE)

By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

Personal Data collected: Email address, First Name and Last Name.

 

MAILING LIST OR NEWSLETTER (THIS WEBSITE)

By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.

Personal Data collected: Email address.

 

 

CONTENT PERFORMANCE AND FEATURES TESTING (A/B TESTING)

The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Website.

 

DISPLAYING CONTENT FROM EXTERNAL PLATFORMS

These services allow you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.

If a service of this kind is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when users do not use it. 

 

YOUTUBE VIDEO WIDGET (GOOGLE)

Youtube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy 

 

VIMEO VIDEO (VIMEO, LLC)

Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy 

 

GOOGLE MAPS WIDGET (GOOGLE)

Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

 

HANDLING PAYMENTS

Payment processing services enable this Website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Website shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

AUTHORIZE.NET (AUTHORIZE.NET)

Authorize.Net is a payment service provided by Authorize.Net.

Personal Data collected: Various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

 

HOSTING AND BACKEND INFRASTRUCTURE

These services have the purpose of hosting data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

 

AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AMAZON)

Amazon Web Services is a hosting service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

Personal Data collected: Various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Privacy Policy

 

INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PLATFORMS

These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.

The interaction and information obtained by this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.

If a service enabling interaction with social networks is installed it may still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

 

TWITTER TWEET BUTTON AND SOCIAL WIDGETS (TWITTER)

The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

 

FACEBOOK LIKE BUTTON AND SOCIAL WIDGETS (FACEBOOK)

The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

 

MANAGING CONTACTS AND SENDING MESSAGES

These services make it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.

These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

 

 

SPAM PROTECTION

These services analyze the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

 

 

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONAL DATA

 

THE SERVICE IS NOT DIRECTED TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use this Website only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use this Website.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

 

ADVERTISING

These Cookies are necessary for the functioning of the services filed under the section ”Advertising”.

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Bing Ads Cookies.

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Google AdSense Cookies. 

 

ANALYTICS

These Cookies are necessary for the functioning of the services filed under the section ”Analytics”.

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Google Analytics Cookies.

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KISSmetrics Cookies.

Since the installation of third party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within this Website can not be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, consult the privacy policy for the respective third party services listed in this document.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

 

LEGAL ACTION

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related services.The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT USER'S PERSONAL DATA

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

 

 

INFORMATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS POLICY

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

 

THE RIGHTS OF USERS

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.

This Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests.To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Website and can request that the Data Controller removes the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy. 

 

POLICY CHANGES

We will promptly post any changes to our privacy policy on the RANT LLC's Sore Dawgs website.