We at Audit Relief™ respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal and financial information. In the course of providing our customers with Audit Relief™ products and services, we need to collect and maintain certain nonpublic personal and/or business information. This Privacy Statement answers some basic questions about what nonpublic personal and/or business information we collect, what we do with it, and how we protect it. Audit Relief™ does not disclose any nonpublic personal and/or business information about our customers or former customers to any nonaffiliated third parties except as described below.
Audit Relief™ collects the following types of nonpublic personal information.
When you apply for our Audit Relief™ Protection Package or when we provide personalized Audit Services, we will collect the following types of information:
What type of nonpublic personal information does Audit Relief™ disclose to third parties?
We may disclose nonpublic personal information we collect, primarily to make available to you the financial products and services that we and our business partners provide. To Opt Out please contact a customer any Audit Relief™ Customer Service Representative. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law or to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities.
To what types of entities, other than entities used to process or service transactions, do we disclose nonpublic personal and/or business information?
We may disclose nonpublic personal information among our affiliated companies and to other financial services providers with which we have joint marketing agreements or that offer financial products and services with us or on our behalf. By sharing this information, we can provide you with a broader range of products and services, improve your experience with us, and better serve your needs.
We may also disclose information that we collect from you such as your name, contact information, and customer relationships with us to nonaffiliated third parties that perform services, such as marketing or market research, on our behalf. For example, we may provide your name, address, phone number, and/or e-mail address to vendors who send our e-mail, regular mail, express mail and/or courier delivery.
We require that all entities, with which we share your nonpublic personal information, including companies that process or service customers for us, agree to keep your information confidential. We also prohibit them from using or disclosing your information except for the limited purpose and to the persons for whom disclosure was intended, or as otherwise permitted by law.
We will not sell your personal information to third-party marketers or any other entity for any purpose without your consent.
In some limited circumstances, we may disclose nonpublic personal information about you to a non-financial services company, such as a retailer with which we have a marketing program, but only with your prior consent. If you consent to such disclosure, the information shared will be limited to that stated in our request for your consent. Social Security numbers are not disclosed.
To what other types of entities might we disclose nonpublic personal information?
We also may disclose information about you to companies that service, maintain, or process for us your transactions and accounts. For example, we provide information to companies that prepare and mail reminders and appointment confirmations. We may also disclose nonpublic personal information to an affiliated Enrolled Agent ("EA") and/or Certified Public Account ("CPA") in order assist and/or represent you in an audit.
In addition, we disclose nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties, as permitted or required by law or to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities. These parties include government/regulatory organizations, such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and State Department of Revenue(s) as well as parties under court order or subpoena that request this information. Disclosures for which you have provided your consent or you have directed us to make are also permitted.
What OPT OUTS are available and how can they be exercised?
The law allows you to opt-out of our sharing nonpublic personal information about you in certain circumstances with affiliated and/or nonaffiliated companies. You may direct us to not make such disclosures at any time. We do not currently share information about you with any affiliate or third party that triggers this opt-out right, therefore you do not need to opt-out. If, at anytime, in the future we desire to disclose your information in a way that is inconsistent with this policy, we will notify you in advance and provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of such disclosure.
How do we protect the confidentiality and security of nonpublic personal information?
The staff at Audit Relief™ maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information. We protect your information by placing it on the secure portion of our Web site, using firewalls and other security technology to protect our network and systems from external attacks, and requiring you to enter a unique user name and password to access your account information online. Also, our servers have been enabled with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing the nonpublic personal information that you provide or access during a secure session (look for the padlock icon on your browser).
In addition, if you access information online, we use digital certificate services to authenticate that you are transacting with our Web site.
Our employees and third party service providers have limited access to your nonpublic personal information and can only gain access on a "need to know" basis. We conduct regular internal audits of our business practices and procedures, examining confidentiality standards and information access in order to protect your personal information.
What are "cookies" and how do we use them?
"Cookies" are small amounts of data that our Web site can send to your web browser and store on your computer. Cookies do not contain personal information about you (unless you knowingly provide it). Cookies can note that your browser was used to visit certain sites, pages, or advertisements on a certain date.
We use cookies to enhance navigation and our Web site functionality. If you access your information online, cookies are sometimes used to securely verify your identity, and to personalize aspects of your experience on our Web site.
We also use cookies to let us know how visitors are using our Web site, so that we can improve our site and their experience on it. We permit certain third party ad servers to set cookies and use related technology (such as web beacons) through our Web site to track performance of advertisements and to collect aggregate data on web page viewing.
You do have control over cookies. Most browsers can be set to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. You can set most browsers to refuse to accept cookies, although this may affect your internet experience. You can also erase cookies that are already on your computer. For more information on controlling cookies, consult the user manual, FAQ, or "Help" function of your browser.
Making sure that your information is constantly up-to-date.
We take measures to ensure that your nonpublic personal information is accurate and up-to-date. You can update certain nonpublic personal information that we collect about you. To update your personal information, you may call or write to us at the telephone and address provided below.
You may update information by emailing us or by writing us:
