Privacy Policy

November 15, 2026 · Effective at site launch

Top 50 Ranked (thetop50ranked.com) is a website that publishes ranked lists — richest people, biggest companies, and similar countdowns — with figures that are always dated and credited to their source. This policy explains, in plain language, what information the site collects when you visit, why, and what choices you have.

Top 50 Ranked is operated by Lanternpost Ventures. Questions about this policy can be sent to: contact@thetop50ranked.com

What we collect, and why

Basic visit data (automatic). Like almost every website, our hosting provider's servers record pages visited, roughly where in the world you are visiting from (country/region level), your device and browser type, and how long you spend on a page. We use this to understand which lists people actually read, so we can make more of what is useful and fix what is broken. We do not use analytics to identify you personally.

Cookies. A cookie is a small file a website stores in your browser. They fall into three categories — today, only essential cookies are in use:

  • Essential cookies — needed for the site to work properly (for example, remembering that you answered the cookie notice).
  • Analytics cookies — not currently in use. If analytics is enabled, these cookies will help us count visits and see which pages are popular, as described above.
  • Advertising cookies — not currently in use. This site plans to be supported by advertising through Google AdSense. When AdSense is enabled, Google and its partners will use cookies (including Google's advertising cookies) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites on the internet. That is how an ad you see here may relate to something you looked at elsewhere.

Your choices on advertising cookies (when advertising is enabled). You will be able to opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com). You can also opt out of many third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info. Opting out does not remove ads — it makes them less targeted.

If you are visiting from the EU or UK: we ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies (analytics and advertising). You can say no and still read the whole site; the ads will simply be less personalised. You can change your mind later through the cookie settings link in the site footer.

Email — "The Weekly Top 50". If you subscribe to our free email digest, we collect your email address (and nothing else) so we can send it to you. Every issue includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing removes you from the list. We do not sell, rent, or trade subscriber email addresses, and we do not send marketing for other companies.

Purchases (data downloads). Some rankings are offered as downloadable data files. Payments are processed by Stripe, our payment provider. Your card details go directly to Stripe — we never see, receive, or store your full card number. We receive only the information needed to deliver your file and handle any problem: your name, email address, and a receipt of what you bought.

Children. This is a general-audience site about published rankings. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

How information is shared

We share information only with the service providers who make the site run: our hosting provider; our analytics provider and Google (for advertising), when those services are enabled; our email provider (for the digest), when it launches; and Stripe (for payments), when purchases open. Each receives only what it needs to do its job. We do not sell personal information. We may disclose information if required by law.

How long we keep it

  • Subscriber email addresses: kept while you are subscribed; removed when you unsubscribe.
  • Purchase records: kept as long as needed for delivery, support, accounting, and tax records.
  • Analytics data: kept in aggregated, non-identifying form.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to see the personal information we hold about you, correct it, have it deleted, or object to how it is used. To use any of these rights, contact us at contact@thetop50ranked.com and we will respond within 30 days.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date at the top. If a change is significant, we will say so clearly on the page.

This policy takes effect on the day thetop50ranked.com launches to the public.