Cookie Policy of toptierlist.net

This document informs Users about the technologies that help toptierlist.net to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with toptierlist.net.

For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as “Trackers” within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.

Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User’s consent, depending on the applicable law. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

toptierlist.net uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information – such as the presence of other Trackers – in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.

Activities strictly necessary for the operation of toptierlist.net and delivery of the Service

toptierlist.net uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.

Third-party Trackers

  • Traffic optimization and distribution

    This type of service allows toptierlist.net to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
    Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between toptierlist.net and the User’s browser.
    Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.

    Cloudflare (Cloudflare)

    Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
    The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through toptierlist.net, i.e., communication betweentoptierlist.net and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from toptierlist.net to be collected.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Other activities involving the use of Trackers

Experience enhancement

toptierlist.net uses Trackers to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

  • Content commenting

    Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of toptierlist.net
    Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
    If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

    Disqus (Disqus)

    Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

  • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of toptierlist.net.
    The interaction and information obtained through toptierlist.net are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
    This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
    It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on toptierlist.net isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

    AddThis (Oracle Corporation)

    AddThis is a service provided by Oracle Corporation, which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of toptierlist.net.
    Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • UID: 2 years
    • __atuvc: 2 years
    • __atuvs: 30 minutes

     

    Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

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

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • _fbp: 3 months

     

    Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)

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

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • personalization_id: 2 years

     

Measurement

toptierlist.net uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior with the goal of improving the Service.

  • Anonymized analytics services

    The services contained in this section allow the Owner, through the use of third-party Trackers, to collect and manage analytics in an anonymized form.

    Google Analytics with anonymized IP (Google Inc.)

    Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of toptierlist.net, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
    This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Storage duration:

    • AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
    • _ga: 2 years
    • _gac*: 3 months
    • _gat: 1 minute
    • _gid: 1 day

     

Targeting & Advertising

toptierlist.net uses Trackers to deliver personalized marketing content based on User behavior and to operate, serve and track ads.

Some of the advertising services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry – providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customize their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on toptierlist.net.

toptierlist.net participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. toptierlist.net uses iubenda (identification number 123) as a Consent Management Platform.

  • Advertising

    This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on toptierlist.net, 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 Trackers 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 toptierlist.net. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
    Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section “How to opt-out of interest-based advertising” in this document.

    Google AdSense (Google LLC)

    Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of toptierlist.net and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
    Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

     In order to understand Google’s use of data, consult Google’s partner policy.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Storage duration:

    • AID: 2 years
    • ANID: 2 years
    • Conversion: 3 months
    • DSID: 14 days
    • FCNEC: 1 year
    • FLC: 10 seconds
    • FPAU: 3 months
    • FPGCLAW: 3 months
    • FPGCLDC: 3 months
    • FPGCLGB: 3 months
    • IDE: 2 years
    • NID: 6 months
    • RUL: 1 year
    • TAID: 14 days
    • __gads: 2 years
    • __gsas: 2 years
    • _gac_: 3 months
    • _gac_gb_: 3 months
    • _gcl_au: 3 months
    • _gcl_aw: 3 months
    • _gcl_dc: 3 months
    • _gcl_gb: 3 months
    • _gcl_gf: 3 months
    • _gcl_ha: 3 months
    • id: 2 years
    • test_cookie: 15 minutes

     

  • Commercial affiliation

    This type of service allows toptierlist.net to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
    Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with toptierlist.net.
    For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

    Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)

    Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    CJ Affiliate by Conversant (Conversant, Inc.)

    CJ Affiliate by Conversant is a commercial affiliation service provided by Conversant, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • cje: 2 years

     

  • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of toptierlist.net.
    The interaction and information obtained through toptierlist.net are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
    This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
    It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on toptierlist.net isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

    AddThis (Oracle Corporation)

    AddThis is a service provided by Oracle Corporation, which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of toptierlist.net.
    Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • UID: 2 years
    • __atuvc: 2 years
    • __atuvs: 30 minutes

     

    Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

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

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • _fbp: 3 months

     

    Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)

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

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Storage duration:

    • personalization_id: 2 years

     

  • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    This type of service allows toptierlist.net and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of toptierlist.net by the User.
    This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
    Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
    In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

    Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

    Remarketing with Google Analytics (Google LLC)

    Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Storage duration:

    • test_cookie: 15 minutes
    • IDE: 2 years
    • _gcl_*: 3 months

     

    AdRoll (AdRoll, Inc.)

    AdRoll is an advertising service provided by AdRoll, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Storage duration:

    • __adroll: 14 hours
    • __adroll_bounce_closed: 5 years
    • __adroll_bounced3: 5 years
    • __adroll_consent_data: indefinite
    • __adroll_consent_params: duration of the session
    • __adroll_fpc: 2 years
    • __adroll_load_stats: 1 month
    • __adroll_shared: 2 years
    • __adroll_tcf_banner_seen: indefinite

     

    Criteo Dynamic Retargeting (Criteo SA)

    Criteo Dynamic Retargeting is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Criteo SA., that connects the activity of toptierlist.net with the Criteo advertising network.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Storage duration:

    • criteo_write_test: duration of the session
    • cto_tld_test: duration of the session
    • has_js: duration of the session

     

How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent

There are various ways to manage Tracker related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:

Users can manage preferences related to Trackers from directly within their own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of Trackers.

Additionally, whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, Users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences widget, if available.

It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent.

Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.

With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Locating Tracker Settings

Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:

Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).

How to opt out of interest-based advertising

Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

Consequences of denying consent

Users are free to decide whether or not to grant consent. However, please note that Trackers help toptierlist.net to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, in the absence of the User’s consent, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.

Owner and Data Controller

Moiz Banoori
REDLUMB LLC FZ. Buiness Centre 1, M Floor, The Meydan HQ, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE

Owner contact email: [email protected]

Since the use of third-party Trackers through toptierlist.net cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by toptierlist.net.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through toptierlist.net (or third-party services employed in toptierlist.net), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use toptierlist.net, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

User

The individual using toptierlist.net who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of toptierlist.net. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of toptierlist.net.

toptierlist.net (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by toptierlist.net as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

This privacy policy relates solely to toptierlist.net, if not stated otherwise within this document.