1 Overview
Welcome to RankWeb3 (rankweb3.com) — a tech learning platform run by Meraj and a small team of three, dedicated to providing free, practical tutorials on programming, software, hardware, troubleshooting, and developer tools.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, why we collect it, how we use it, and how we protect it. We've written this in plain English because clarity matters to us as much as it does in our technical guides.
The short version: We collect only basic, anonymous analytics data to keep the site running well. We do not sell your data, require account sign-ups, or store any personally identifiable information about casual visitors.
2 Information We Collect
We collect two categories of information: information you actively provide to us, and information collected automatically when you browse the site.
- Contact form / email: If you contact us at info@rankweb3.com or via our Contact page, we receive your name and email address solely to respond to your inquiry.
- Comments (if enabled): If you leave a comment on an article, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your comment. Email addresses are not displayed publicly.
- IP address — used for general geographic analytics and security (e.g., blocking abusive traffic).
- Browser type and version — helps us test and ensure cross-browser compatibility.
- Pages visited, time on page, scroll depth — anonymous data used to understand which articles are most helpful.
- Referring source — how you arrived at our site (e.g., Google, direct, social media).
- Device and screen size — used to improve our mobile and desktop reading experience.
- Country/region — anonymous geographic data to understand our global readership.
We do not collect: passwords, payment information, government IDs, health data, or any other sensitive personal data. No account creation is required to read any content on RankWeb3.
3 How We Use Information
We use the information we collect for these purposes only:
- To operate, maintain, and continuously improve our website and content quality.
- To understand which tutorials, guides, and topics are most useful to our readers.
- To respond to contact form inquiries, feedback, and comment moderation.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or abusive use of the site.
- To serve advertisements through Google AdSense to support our free content model (see Third-Party Services).
- To improve article discoverability based on anonymous search and traffic data.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party. We do not use your data for automated profiling or targeted marketing of our own.
5 Third-Party Services
RankWeb3 relies on the following third-party services, each governed by their own privacy policies:
- Google Analytics — Anonymous traffic and behaviour analytics. Google Privacy Policy →
- Google AdSense — Serves contextual and personalised advertisements. Google Ad Policy →
- WordPress (CMS) — Our content management system. Standard server logs are maintained by our hosting provider.
- Web Hosting Provider — Our hosting infrastructure processes standard access logs (IP address, access time, page requested).
- Affiliate Partners — Some articles may contain affiliate links (e.g., to hosting providers or tools). Clicking these links may set a cookie from the affiliate partner's website. We only recommend products we genuinely consider useful.
Affiliate disclosure: RankWeb3 may earn a commission if you purchase through affiliate links on our site. This never influences our editorial opinions or recommendations — we maintain strict editorial independence.
6 Content & Comments
RankWeb3 is a content publishing site. Here's how we handle data related to article content and reader comments:
- All articles, guides, and tutorials are written and owned by RankWeb3. Readers do not submit content.
- If comments are enabled on an article, your submitted name and comment are displayed publicly. Your email is stored but never shown publicly.
- We moderate comments to remove spam, abusive content, or off-topic material. We reserve the right to delete any comment at our discretion.
- If you wish to have a comment removed, email us at info@rankweb3.com with the article URL and your request.
7 Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect the limited data we do collect:
- Our website uses HTTPS/SSL encryption for all connections, protecting data in transit.
- We keep our WordPress installation, themes, and plugins updated to minimise security vulnerabilities.
- Admin access to our website is protected with strong passwords and limited to the RankWeb3 team only.
- Contact form submissions and email correspondence are stored securely and deleted when no longer needed.
While we take security seriously, no internet transmission or storage system is 100% secure. If you believe there is a security issue with our site, please contact us immediately at info@rankweb3.com.
8 Children's Privacy
RankWeb3 is a tech education platform intended for a general audience, including students. However, our site is not specifically directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has submitted personal information through our contact form or comments, please email us at info@rankweb3.com and we will promptly delete the data.
9 Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding personal data we hold about you:
- Right to access: Request a copy of any personal data we hold about you (primarily limited to contact/email correspondence).
- Right to deletion: Request that we delete your personal data from our systems.
- Right to correction: Request correction of any inaccurate personal data we hold.
- Right to opt out of personalised ads: Manage your Google ad preferences via adssettings.google.com.
- Right to withdraw cookie consent: Adjust cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@rankweb3.com. We will respond within 30 days.
10 Policy Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or applicable law. When we make significant changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of RankWeb3 after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
Our commitment: We will never make changes that reduce your privacy protections without providing clear notice on this page.
11 Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please reach out. We are a real team and we take every message seriously.
