Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 2014 

Welcome to the online product or service ("Service") operated by your accounting firm ("Accounting Firm") in connection with AccountantsWorld, LLC ("We"). Your use of this web site and the Service is subject to this Online Privacy Policy. This online privacy policy describes our privacy practices with regard to information we collect through our interactions with you while you are using the AccountantOffice.com web site and the Service. Please note that this policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically. This policy will let you know:  What identification information is collected;  How your information is used;  With whom your information may be shared;  Who is collecting your information;  Where we store your information;  What cookies are and how they are used;  How you can access or update your information; and  The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information. What identification information do we collect? We collect information online in several ways. Identification information is gathered when you create a firm account and evaluate or purchase our products or services. During this process, we ask for information about your firm, including: your firm name, address, phone number, fax number, domain names, and a few other items. In addition, we collect contact information (e.g., name and e-mail addresses) about firm administrators who will assign administrative rights to the account as well as information about an owner, partner, or financial officer who will receive billing statements and make payments. Except as specifically stated otherwise, this privacy policy does not govern our practices with respect to information gathered during your use of the services, applications, or other products for which you have registered or purchased through the site. How do we use your information? We use your information to fulfill your requests for products and services, to contact you about your account, to support your activities, and to respond to your inquiries about our offerings. For example, firm name is used for billing purposes and, after registration, is used as part of the firm identification code to enable you to access applications and services purchased through the site. In addition, we use your e-mail address and other identification information to send you service notifications about your account, about the services you currently use, and to send you notifications concerning legal or policy matters. We also may use your e-mail address and other identification information to send you our newsletter or provide you with information about products and services we believe may be of interest to you.

With whom do we share your information? As a general rule, we will not disclose any of your identification information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed:  Third-Party Service Providers: We will disclose your identification information to third-party service providers to fulfill your requests for products and services. Details of shared use can be found in specific product and service agreements.  Other: We may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the AccountantsWorld Internet-based Products and Services Terms of Use, or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other AccountantsWorld Internet-based Products and Services users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, in response to legal process or law enforcement request and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services. We also may disclose information in connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company. Who is collecting information? When you are on the AccountantsWorld web site and are asked for identification information, you are sharing that information only with us, unless it is specifically stated otherwise (e.g., when you subscribe to certain services). Of course, web sites that have links on the AccountantsWorld web site may collect identification information about you or use cookies. This privacy statement does not cover the information practices of those web sites linked to the AccountantsWorld web site or of any of the providers whose products or services may be accessible through this site. Where do we store your information? AccountantsWorld stores your information on servers hosted by Amazon.com within the United States of America. Amazon complies with relevant aspects of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and adheres to relevant Safe Harbor Privacy Principles. If the location of our hosting servers changes, this privacy statement will be updated.

What are cookies and how do we use them? As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, we may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Areas on the AccountantsWorld web site where you are prompted to login or that are customizable require you to accept cookies. Generally, we use cookies to:  Facilitate the subscription process.  Remind us of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to give you better and more personalized service.  Measure certain usage patterns, which areas of the site you have visited, and your visiting patterns in the aggregate. We use this research to continue to improve our offerings. We may also use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions on our sites. We also collect IP addresses for system administration. What is our policy on letting you update or correct your account registration information? You may edit your account registration information at any time by using your username and password. What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information? We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. For example, we use encryption and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technologies to protect the transmission of the identification data. Your account registration information is password-protected so that you and your authorized users have access to this identification information. You may edit your account registration information by using your firm code, administrator username, and password. The link below describes in detail the security measures we take to protect your data and privacy: 

http://www.accountantsworld.com/power/Practice/User/SecurityPrivacy.aspx