taxfirm.com is committed to respecting your privacy. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. This policy will let you know the following:
What personally identifiable information is collected from me?
What are cookies and how they are used?
How is my information used?
Who is collecting my information?
With whom will my information be shared?
How can I access, update or delete my information?
What does "opt-out" mean?
What else should I know about my privacy?
What about my children and their use of your Web site?
What personally identifiable information is collected from me?
On some taxfirm.com Web pages you can make requests and/or receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are your name, email address, and standard contact information, including addresses and phone numbers. We may also ask you to voluntarily provide us with information regarding your personal or professional interests, demographics, experience with the services we provide, and contact preferences. Wherever taxfirm.com collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
What are cookies and how they are used?
taxfirm.com may place Internet cookies on your hard drive. Internet cookies are small files that may be placed on your hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies are used to (a) remind us of who you are in order to deliver you better service; (b) estimate our audience size by determining repeat usage of the Web site to help target advertisements based on user interests and behavior; (c) track your progress and entries in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests, if any; and (d) measure certain traffic patterns for use as a research tool to understand how our users' habits are similar or different from one another. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. By not accepting cookies, some Web pages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information. taxfirm.com also collects IP addresses (the Internet address of a computer) to track a user's session while the user remains anonymous. We analyze this data for certain trends in statistics, such as which parts of our site users are visiting and how long they spend there. In general, we do not link your IP addresses to anything personally identifiable to you. In those limited cases where session information is not anonymous, taxfirm.com will provide notice of the practice and an opportunity to "opt out."
How is my information used?
taxfirm.com will not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to others without your consent. The information you provide will be used to support your customer relationship with taxfirm.com. Your information may be shared with agents, contractors, or business partners for the purpose of performing services for taxfirm.com. We want to help you quickly find information on taxfirm.com and alert you to specific offers, updated information, and other new products and services from taxfirm.com. Accordingly, we may send you direct mailings, or contact you by telephone about our various products and services or other products and services we feel may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply "opt-out" by the means provided for in the mailings or by contacting webmaster@taxfirm.com.com. Notwithstanding, taxfirm.com does research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us during your use of the taxfirm.com Web site. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. Aggregated data does not include personally identifiable information. taxfirm.com may share this aggregated data with others.
Who is collecting my information?
When you are on an taxfirm.com site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with taxfirm.com alone, unless specifically stated otherwise. If data is being collected and/or maintained by any company other than taxfirm.com, you will be notified prior to the time of the data collection or transfer. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service or purchasing those particular goods. Please be aware that taxfirm.com advertisers or Web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those Web sites linked to taxfirm.com either through advertisements or other hyperlinks are not covered by this privacy statement.
With whom does taxfirm.com share my information?
Unless we have your permission or are required by law, we will only share the personal data you provide with other taxfirm.com agents, contractors or our business partners for the purposes of performing services for taxfirm.com. taxfirm.com may share aggregated data with others. Aggregated data does not include personally identifiable information.
How can I access, update or delete my information?
You can request the individual information that taxfirm.com has collected about you, correct factual inaccuracies in your information, remove personal information from taxfirm.com's data bases, and/or update your personal information by contacting bill@taxfirm.com.
What does "opt-out" mean?
To "opt-out" means that you have notified taxfirm.com that we no longer have permission to use your information for a particular purpose. For example, when we send you information on a new product, you will be given the opportunity to "opt-out" of receiving such information in the future.
What else should I know about my privacy?
Third party Internet sites and services accessible through taxfirm.com have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of us. taxfirm.com has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. Please be careful and responsible online. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. While we strive to protect your information, taxfirm.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information through the transmission process and you do so at your own risk.
What about my children and their use of your Web site?
Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. taxfirm.com encourages parents to take an active role in their children's use of the Internet and to spend time online with their children. taxfirm.com will use its best efforts not to collect personal information for those identifying themselves as age 17 or under.
