Effective Date: October 2026
At BeRank1, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling information responsibly and transparently.
This Privacy Policy explains what information BeRank1 may collect, how that information may be used, and how it may be handled when you use the BeRank1 website and platform.
Depending on how you use BeRank1, we may collect information that you provide directly or information generated through your use of the platform.
This may include account information, business information, payment-related information, communications, and technical information required to operate and secure the platform.
When you create or use a BeRank1 account, we may collect information such as your name, email address, login credentials, and other information required to manage your account.
You are responsible for ensuring that the information associated with your account remains accurate and up to date.
If you create a business profile on BeRank1, we may collect information such as:
Some business profile information may be displayed publicly as part of the BeRank1 business visibility and ranking features.
When you make a contribution through BeRank1, we may receive and store information relating to the transaction, such as the contribution amount, payment status, transaction reference, payment gateway information, and relevant transaction identifiers.
Complete payment credentials such as card numbers, banking credentials, or other sensitive payment credentials are handled by the applicable third-party payment provider and are not intended to be stored directly by BeRank1.
You may voluntarily provide additional information when contacting BeRank1, submitting enquiries, updating a business profile, reporting an issue, providing additional links or social information, or communicating with us.
We may use information provided through these interactions to respond to your request and provide the relevant platform or support services.
Information collected through BeRank1 may be used for purposes including:
BeRank1 is a business visibility platform. Information included in a public business profile may therefore be visible to other website visitors.
Depending on the features available, publicly displayed information may include a business name, logo, description, website, social links, business contact information, ranking position, and contribution-related information.
Businesses should avoid submitting information to a public profile that they do not want to be publicly displayed.
If a business permanently closes its operations, the business owner is responsible for informing BeRank1 by emailing support@berank1.com and requesting the removal of the business profile from the platform.
If the business owner does not notify BeRank1, we may conduct periodic reviews and verification of business profiles to help maintain accurate and relevant business information on the platform.
If a review indicates that a business has permanently closed, become inactive, or no longer meets the platform's eligibility requirements, BeRank1 may deactivate or remove the business profile following the review, subject to applicable law.
Where reasonably practicable, BeRank1 may contact the business owner to seek clarification or updated information before taking action.
The review and removal process is intended to maintain the accuracy, reliability and relevance of business information displayed on BeRank1.
BeRank1 may use third-party service providers to support payment processing, hosting, email delivery, security, analytics, and other technical or operational functions.
These providers may process information as necessary to provide their services to BeRank1 and its users.
Payment processing may be subject to the privacy policies and terms of the applicable payment provider.
BeRank1 may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functionality, maintain sessions, improve security, understand platform usage, and improve the user experience.
Some third-party services used by the platform may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own policies.
BeRank1 takes reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or loss.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the platform and its services, maintain business and transaction records, resolve disputes, prevent misuse, maintain security, and meet applicable legal or regulatory obligations.
Different categories of information may therefore be retained for different periods depending on their purpose and applicable requirements.
Deactivating or removing a public business profile does not necessarily mean that all associated account, transaction or other records will be immediately deleted. Certain information may be retained where reasonably necessary for legal compliance, security, dispute resolution or other lawful purposes.
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including rights to request access, correction, deletion, or other forms of privacy assistance.
Requests can be submitted through the official BeRank1 Contact page. We may need to verify your identity and may be subject to applicable legal limitations and exceptions.
BeRank1 is intended for businesses and users who are legally able to use the services available through the platform.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in circumstances where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
BeRank1 is intended to support businesses beyond a single geographic market. As a result, information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country in which a user or business is located.
Where applicable, information will be handled in accordance with relevant legal requirements and the safeguards applicable to the services being used.
BeRank1 business profiles or other platform features may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment providers, or other external services.
BeRank1 does not control the privacy practices of those third-party services. Users should review the privacy policies of external websites before providing information to them.
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the BeRank1 platform, services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
The latest version published on the BeRank1 website will constitute the current version of this policy. Where required by applicable law, appropriate notice of material changes will be provided.
If you have a question, concern, or request relating to privacy or the handling of your information, you may contact BeRank1 through the official Contact page.
For business closure notifications or requests to remove a business profile, you may email support@berank1.com.
