Privacy Policy
Smetana & Bardes takes your privacy seriously, so we are committed to protecting your information. Your financial and personal data is important and confidential. This privacy policy applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we receive through our site and through the services that we provide.
The Information that Smetana & Bardes Collects, and How it is Used
In order to provide accounting services to your company, our staff will ask you to provide personally identifiable information about you, your employees and your company. This information will consist of company information, payroll information, vendors and client information, tax information, financial information, bank and credit card information and any other accounting information needed to provide service to your company. We will ask for a credit card or ACH submittal in regards to payment for services rendered. If you choose to have others access your company files, we will collect personal information about them as well so that we may verify their identity.
Smetana & Bardes asks you to provide information about how to contact you by telephone, fax and e-mail. We will use this information to provide you with updated information and service your account in other ways. We will never use this information to contact you about additional products or services that may be of interest to you. Any addition of services that we feel will benefit your company would be discussed via phone conversation. Once agreed, more information about additional services would be sent to your email.
Smetana & Bardes does not share, rent, or trade Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
How Information May Be Shared
-Service Providers. We share your personal information with third parties as needed to maintain, support and operate the Site and to perform Site-related services (e.g., maintenance services, database management, web analytics and improvement of our features). These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
-Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement. Smetana & Bardes cooperates with government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of Smetana & Bardes or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity.
-Aggregate Information and Non-Identifying Information. We may share aggregated information which does not include personal information and we may otherwise disclose non-identifying information and log data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling and other purposes. Any such aggregated information will not contain your personal information.
How to Correct Inaccurate Information
Smetana & Bardes relies on accurate information in order to service your account properly. Smetana & Bardes should be informed should an employee be removed who had access to your financial data, if your company changes address or your company files for bankruptcy. Any significant financial situation should be disclosed to your accountant so that our records may be modified.
Testimonials
We post customer testimonials on our web site which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along with their testimonial.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
Effective date: 12/01/09
Smetana & Bardes may, from time to time, send email notifications of scheduled service interruptions. As a registered user, you cannot opt out of these service notifications. These notifications are for your benefit, so that we may provide you with the highest quality service possible.
Disclaimer
When you give Smetana & Bardes personal information, that information may be sent electronically to servers outside of the country where you originally entered the information, such as to the United States or other countries. In addition, that information may be used, stored and processed outside of the country where you entered that information. Whenever Smetana & Bardes handles personal information as described above, regardless of where this occurs, Smetana & Bardes takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Smetana & Bardes cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, email us at info@bookkeepme.com