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This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is effective and was last updated as of April 23, 2024.
This Privacy Policy outlines the procedures through which World Ratings alongside its corporate subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively referred to as “World Ratings,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), gathers, utilizes, and disseminates personally identifiable information in instances where you interact with world-ratings.com, our websites, applications, or our affiliated websites or services linked to this Privacy Policy (collectively known as the “Services”), reach out to us, receive our communications, or participate in our events.
At World Ratings, we’re dedicated to safeguarding your personal information while striving to offer the best user experience possible. We want everyone to feel safe and enjoy using our websites.
This Privacy Policy solely encompasses information acquired through the Services and via direct interactions between you and World Ratings. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, it does not pertain to any information gathered on other websites or applications. You can acquire further insights into how we handle and safeguard your privacy here or by reaching out to us directly. By utilizing the Services, you consent to the collection, utilization, and sharing of your information and Personal Data as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Updates to This Privacy Policy: We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy periodically at our discretion. In the event of any significant alterations to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you in accordance with relevant legal requirements. By continuing to use the Services after the updated Privacy Policy comes into effect, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by its terms.
When you use our Services, we gather and process information about you to tailor your experience. Some information is collected automatically, like information collected through our servers or cookies. We also get data from different sources, including you, our partners, and third parties. If you access our Services from a third-party site or visit third-party sites through us, they may share your usage info with us. This could be combined with what you’ve shared.
Here’s the information we may collect:
We may also receive personal information about you from third-party sources. These sources may include marketing partners, publicly available sources, and data providers.
Our purpose is to give you a personalized experience whenever you use our Services. Here’s how we make use of your information:
To ensure some of our Services run smoothly, we team up with service providers and sometimes need to share information with them and a few other parties, in these situations:
Some Device operating systems let you opt out of certain info sharing, like with certain advertising networks. You can change your Device’s privacy settings anytime to stop sharing location info. But remember, this could affect some features we offer. If you’re unsure about your Device’s privacy settings, we suggest reaching out to the manufacturer or your mobile service provider for assistance.
We might also share your info if we believe, on our own judgment, that sharing is necessary:
You have options when it comes to how we handle your information. These options include:
We provide our Services to users in various places around the world. If we move your information to other countries, we’ll handle and safeguard it according to this Privacy Policy and the law that applies.
Our Services aren’t designed for children, meaning those aged 18 or under. Also, when we process data based on a contract, it’s the age of legal capacity to enter into such agreements. If we discover we’ve processed a child’s information without valid consent, we’ll immediately remove it.
We’ve put in place appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your information. Only specific staff members are allowed to access personal data, and only for valid business purposes. We use encryption when transmitting your data, and we have firewalls and intrusion detection systems in place to prevent unauthorized access. However, we can’t guarantee absolute security against unauthorized entry, hardware or software failures, or other situations beyond our control.
We’ll keep copies of your information as long as you have an active account or as needed for the reasons outlined in this Statement unless the law mandates a longer retention period. Moreover, we may hold onto your data for the duration needed to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications. Clicking on these links or enabling such connections may result in third parties collecting or sharing data about you. We don’t oversee these third-party websites, so when you navigate away from our site, we advise you to review the privacy policy of each website you visit.
Some of these links may be monetized through third-party affiliate programs. These affiliate links help cover the costs of maintaining our websites and ensure that our content remains free for you. However, this does not imply any obligation or indebtedness to companies like Amazon or others. These companies do not influence our editorial coverage, product ratings, or reviews.
Despite these affiliate programs, we do not assume responsibility for the content or privacy practices of these external websites or for the actions of third-party advertisers. We are not liable for how they use the information they collect about you.
This notice explains how World Ratings (referred to as “World Ratings”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and shares personally identifiable information from California residents who visit www.world-ratings.com, our websites, applications, or other services linked to this California Privacy Policy.
This notice applies to “personal information” as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). It does not apply to personal information excluded from the CCPA’s scope. This notice also does not apply to individuals who are not California residents or those not entitled to a CCPA notice. Additionally, it does not apply to personal information covered by separate privacy notices provided to California residents, such as notices for employees, consultants, contractors, and job candidates.
Personal information collected by World Ratings can include:
We may use personal information for purposes outlined in this Notice or explained to you when collecting your information.
For business purposes, we may disclose all categories of personal information to the following categories of third parties:
We may share the following categories of personal information with third parties:
Your personal information may be shared with the following types of third parties:
Additionally, the following categories of personal information may be sold to business partners, potentially revealing your identity indirectly through your device or other means:
Do note that we do not offer financial incentives to consumers based on the retention or sale of their personal information.
World Ratings is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. Consequently, we do not knowingly share or sell personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at ccpa@world-ratings.com.
World Ratings does not use or disclose sensitive personal information except to provide you with our Website as permitted by California law. We do not sell or share sensitive personal information for the purpose of advertising.
As stated in our Privacy Policy, personal information does not include data that has been de-identified. When we receive or use deidentified information, we maintain it in deidentified form and do not attempt to reidentify it.
We keep your information for as long as necessary for ongoing legitimate business purposes. These purposes may include providing requested services, complying with legal obligations, establishing or defending legal claims, enforcing our terms and policies, or preventing fraud. This means we maintain your profile information for as long as you maintain an account with us.
Under California law, you have certain rights, including:
To request access to or deletion of your personal information, or to exercise your full rights under CCPA, please email us directly at ccpa@world-ratings.com.
To keep your info safe, we might need to check your identity before acting on certain requests. This could mean logging into your account or giving more details about yourself. If you don’t have an account, we may ask for extra info as needed by law.
You can appoint someone else to make a request for you, as allowed by law. We’ll need docs like a power of attorney or a notarized statement to verify their authority. We might also check their ID, along with the usual info needed for verification.
Any info you give to confirm your identity will only be used for that purpose by us or our service providers. We’ll delete any new personal info collected for verification as soon as possible after handling your request.
Just so you know, making a request doesn’t always mean we can completely erase your info or the content you’ve posted. Sometimes, we can’t do it if it affects others’ rights.
We aim to get back to you about your rights as soon as possible, sending the info in an email if possible. If we need more than 30 days, we’ll let you know in writing. If a request seems over the top, we might charge a small fee or take action accordingly.
This section is specifically for individuals in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom (collectively referred to as “Europe”).
When we mention “personal information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean “personal data” as defined by European data protection laws. World Ratings is the controller of your personal data covered by this Privacy Policy under European data protection laws.
The way we handle your personal information is guided by various legal grounds, as outlined in this Privacy Policy. The specific basis depends on the type of data and how we use it. Here’s a simplified breakdown:
You can find detailed information about each purpose of processing in the section titled “How We Use and Disclose Personal Information.”
If we rely on your consent for processing, you can withdraw it at any time. Do note that sometimes, we might use your data for purposes not covered in this Privacy Policy, if allowed by law and if it aligns with the original purpose. If we do this, we’ll let you know and explain why, based on the applicable legal grounds.
Please avoid sharing any sensitive personal details (like social security numbers, government IDs, payment card information, racial or ethnic background, political beliefs, religious views, health data, biometric details, criminal records, or union affiliations) with us through the Services or otherwise.
We hold onto personal information only for as long as necessary for legitimate business reasons, such as providing requested services, meeting legal or accounting obligations, defending legal claims, or preventing fraud. When we no longer need your personal data for these purposes, we’ll either delete or anonymize it. If immediate deletion or anonymization isn’t possible, such as when data is stored in backup archives, we’ll securely store your information and halt further processing until deletion becomes feasible.
If you’re in Europe, you have certain rights under data protection laws regarding your personal information. Here’s what you can ask us to do with the data we hold about you:
To make any of these requests, just email gdpr@world-ratings.com. We might need some specific details from you to verify your identity and handle your request. Depending on the law, we might have to decline your request, but if we do, we’ll explain why within legal limits. If you’re unhappy with how we’re handling your personal data or your requests, you can email us or complain to your local data protection authority. You can find their contact details here.
If we need to transfer your personal data from the European Economic Area to a country outside it and have to apply extra safeguards under European data protection laws, we’ll do that. For more information on these transfers or the specific safeguards we use, please email gdpr@world-ratings.com.
If you need to make a data privacy request, like deleting or accessing your data, please contact our privacy team at privacy@world-ratings.com.