Privacy
Policy
Welcome to the website
of Polar Star Tax & Accounting Inc. (“Company”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our
compliance with this policy.
This policy describes
the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when
you visit the website www.polarstarcpa.com (our “Website“, “Site”). This Site
has been created to provide information about our Company and our services
designed to help website visitors and customers with tax preparation and filing
services and other accounting needs. (Together with the Site, the “Services”).
As such we would like to inform you about how we collect, use, maintain,
protect, and disclose that information.
Please read this Privacy
Policy carefully. By using the Services (as defined below), you acknowledge
that you have read, understand and agree to be legally bound by this Privacy
Policy and other policies incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree
with our policies and practices, you may not access or use the Website.
We reserve the right to
modify this Privacy Policy at any time, in our sole discretion. This policy may
change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued
use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those
changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Information
We Collect About You and How We Collect It
If you are a client, we
collect and use your information to provide you with our Services. Generally,
we need this information for you to be able to use our Services.
We collect this
information directly from you when you provide it to us, automatically as you
navigate through the site or from third parties, for example, our business
partners.
Information You Provide
to Us. The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
Information that you
provide when filling in forms on our Website. This includes information
provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our
service, or requesting further services.
Records and copies of
your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Details of transactions
you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You
may be required to provide financial information before placing an order via
our Website.
Your search queries on
the Website.
How We Use
Your Information
We use the information we collect from you to provide you with our Services, to fulfill a contractual obligation (for example, to process your subscription payments), to improve our Services or where we need your personal information for a legitimate business interest. These legitimate interests include:
- verifying your or your business’ identity
- preventing risk and fraud (for example, to detect and protect us and other third parties against error, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, theft and other illegal activity, and to audit compliance with our policies and contractual obligations)
- answering questions or providing other types of support
- providing, securing, debugging and improving our Services and website
- providing reporting and analytics
- testing out features or additional services
- understanding your needs and eligibility for products and services
- complying with legal and regulatory requirements
- enforcing our Terms of Use and / or compliance with this Privacy Policy
We may also collect and
use your personal information for any other purpose to which you consent.
Disclosure
of Your Information
We may disclose personal
information that we collect, or you provide as described in this privacy policy
to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support
our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal
information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose
it to them.
We may also disclose
your information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process,
including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
Choices
About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
Depending on your use of
our Services and where you reside, you may have the right to request access to,
correct, amend, delete, or object to certain uses of your personal information
(for example, by unsubscribing from direct marketing emails).
We strive to provide you
with the ability to exercise these rights yourself via our Services. For
example, you can access, update and correct most of your information from your
account settings pages. If you cannot exercise a particular right via our
Services, you can always email us.
Data
Security
We have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to protect the security of the information we collect, both during transmission and once received. This includes, but is not limited to, encryption, and access control. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent our computer systems from being accessed illegally, nor can we guarantee that the information on our computer systems will not be viewed or stolen. Accordingly, we disclaim all liability for the theft, interception, loss, or unauthorized access to damage to your information. you acknowledge that use of the site and services is at your own risk.
Changes to
Our Privacy Policy
We may make changes to
this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect updates to our Services, applicable
laws, and other factors. We will notify you via email when we make any material
changes, but we encourage you to stay informed by reviewing this policy
periodically.
Retention of
Personal Information
We are a United States
company, serving US persons and businesses, and as such, we and our third-party
affiliates may be subject to various legal compliance and reporting obligations
that require us to retain your personal information for a specific period of
time which may be beyond the time when you stop using the Services.
Unless you request
deletion of your information sooner, we may hold any of your Personal
Information which may be used to provide future Services for up to seven years.
Upon request, we will inform you about whether we hold any of your information.
You may terminate your account and request deletion of your information by
contacting us. In some situations, we may be legally required to retain your information
or for other reasons will not be able to comply with a request to delete data.
Contact Us
To ask questions or
comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, send us an email.
