Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
Accountants, like all providers of personal financial services, are required by law (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Public Law 106-102 (FTC 16 CFR Part 313)) to inform their clients of their policies regarding privacy of client information. Tax Preparers have been and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentiality that are even more stringent than those required by law. Therefore, we have always protected your right to privacy. Further, we respect the right to privacy of visitors to our website. This privacy policy describes what personal or company data is collected and how it is used for all services we provide. We respect the privacy of users visiting this Website and does not share any personally identifiable information with any unaffiliated third parties. Our company does not collect or share credit history or credit card information from any user.

Security
The information that we collect from you is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the general public. This website may links and/or display ad banners that can take you to sites run by 3rd parties. Some of the other sites that you may elect to access through our website may employ different security practices. No other company has control over how these sites may treat your personal information. Accordingly, we strongly recommend that you evaluate each 3rd party site you visit before providing them with any personal information.

Use of Email
We collect and retain the email addresses of those who communicate with us via email; the email addresses of those who become users of our services; user-specific information on what pages users access or visit; and information volunteered by the user, such as survey information and/or site registrations. The information we collect may be used only to contact actual service users.

Use of Personal Information
We do not contract with third-party business partners for any reason unless specifically authorized by you or in the normal function of our daily services.

Anonymous Information
Our company does gather other information that does not specifically identify you. This Anonymous Information that we collect regarding use of the our website or services may be used by us to measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts, for improving the services we offer, or to share summary results with business partners or other third parties. For example, we might use this Anonymous Information to inform our advertisers how many users visited a particular advertisement in order to measure its effectiveness. Generally, you may not even be aware when such anonymous information is being collected. These summary statistics may be collected in various ways, such as through traffic data or surveys.

Disclosure
We reserve the right to disclose user information when compelled to ensure continuity of service or when required by law or legal process served on us, or in special cases, such as when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our service, website, rights or property or that of our users or the public. We may disclose user information in good faith that we believe the law requires or if we sell all or a portion of our business or engage in a merger or other corporate transaction, so long as the buyer or surviving entity agrees to keep such information confidential under similar terms as stated herein.

Cookies
We use cookies, IP addresses, and other computer generated numeric codes to identify, secure and provide you with better service. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the website more useful by storing information about your preferences for a particular website. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major websites use them to provide functional features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s computer. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the functionality of the website or services if you do so.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By using our website or services, you signify your consent to the Maco & Associates Accounting Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of our website following such changes will be deemed your acceptance to such changes.