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Privacy

At Ripped Off Online your privacy is paramount! We NEVER, EVER release information to third parties except if required by law. You private information is never sold, rented, or otherwise exposed to third parties. Your information IS NEVER released to the party/organization you are reporting.

Information collected on this site is used to contact you regarding your report if necessary and through automated email verify that you are placing a legitimate report, or when you make request for further information.

A Membership is required in order to post reports/articles. This membership is FREE and is only to help weed-out those who just want to harm a company's reputation. Membership only requires a verified email address. The email address is never published or released to third parties.

Cookies are used to identify members when they visit, in order to facilitate a personal experience. Cookies do not collect or contain any personally identifiable information.

Additionally, cookies are used to help us monitor our traffic and aggregate data consisting of browser type, IP address and location, time of day and referring site are collected to allow us to maintain a quality site with up-to-date content.

Ripped Off Online may eventually publish a newsletter. When it begins it will only be published when there is information we feel may be of interest to you such as the latest scams and rip-offs. Newsletters will be published no more that 12 times per year and you can opt-out at any time with a simple mouse-click.

Policy on Report/Article Submission

All reports/articles must be of a true nature. Any report/article found to be untrue will be removed from our database and the submitter’s email will be banned and membership canceled.
Articles cannot contain email addresses. Any email addresses found will be removed by the editor.
Articles may not contain live links. URLs are okay, but may not be "Clickable." You can make an un-clickable link by using this format: "link-adress.com" with no www or http://
If your article is absolutely true, you may use proper names when referring to your complaint.
Never use a person’s actual address or phone number; this is major privacy and security issue. Business addresses and phone numbers are okay.
To update your article, please use the comments feature. If a resolution has been reached please contact the Editor and provide the information so the report can be updated.
Any language considered by the Editor to be too harsh may be censored. We try to maintain a PG-13 rating.

Policy on Rebuttal, Comments and Feedback

Please, only leave feedback or a comment if you have something relevant to say. If you have had a similar experience with the entity in the complaint or have real advice on how to deal with the situation, go for it!
Rebuttal should be the reaction of the entity that the complaint was filed against. Please, state the facts and try to retain your composure. Remember, people look at how a company or individual handles complaints.
Any language considered by the Editor to be too harsh may be censored. We try to maintain a PG-13 rating.
Email addresses in the body of the rebuttal or comment will be deleted by the Editor.

Removal of Articles

It is the policy of this site not to allow the removal of an article by a simple request. If you write an article and think better of it later, it may be possible to have it edited. To have an article edited you must provide the email address from which it was submitted, along with the date and time of submission and the changes requested. The Editor will review the request and if appropriate, edit the article. The article will state that editing occurred by request. Please use the contact form to request editing.
Articles cannot be removed or edited at the simple request of the entity or person the article is pointed at, this is what the comments and rebuttal is for. If an article is proven libel and or slanderous, the Editor may remove or edit the article appropriately.

Policy on Language

Language unfortunately is a part of life and is sometimes needed in order to fully express oneself. However, there are words that just have no place here and they will be censored by the Editor if used. If you see **** in place of a word in an article, just use your imagination. If you see it in your article, the Editor has removed a word or phrase that was deemed inappropriate.