Privacy Policy
This policy describes how Rural Ranking Experts (ruralrankingexperts.com) collects, uses, and protects the personal data of visitors to our site. Questions? Contact us at any time.
Who We Are
Our website is https://ruralrankingexperts.com. We help small-town and rural service businesses improve their local SEO and Google Maps visibility so they get found by nearby customers before their competitors do.
Comments
When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form, plus your IP address and browser user-agent string for spam detection.
An anonymized hash of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available on Automattic’s website. If your comment is approved, your profile picture may appear publicly alongside it.
Media
If you upload images to this site, remove any embedded location data (EXIF GPS) before doing so. Visitors can download images from our site and extract location data contained within them.
Cookies
We use cookies in the following ways:
- Comment cookies: If you leave a comment and opt in, your name, email, and website are saved in cookies for one year so you don’t have to re-enter them on future visits.
- Session cookies: When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie checks whether your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
- Login cookies: Logging in sets cookies to save your login state and display preferences. Login cookies last two days; screen-option cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to two weeks. Logging out removes all login cookies.
- Editor cookies: Publishing or editing an article sets a cookie containing only the post ID. It expires after one day and holds no personal data.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Some pages include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited those sites directly. Those sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content — including if you are logged in to an account on their platform.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or trade your personal data. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam-detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Approved comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically rather than held in a moderation queue.
If you register an account on this site, your user profile data is stored until you request its removal. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username changes are not permitted). Site administrators can also access and edit this information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left a comment, you may request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
- Erasure of any personal data we hold about you.
These rights do not apply to data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes. To submit a request, please contact us.
To learn more about what we do, visit our About page.