Privacy Policy
Effective Date 12-30-2024
At Ascend Accounting & Business Solutions CPA ("We," "Us," "Our"), accessible from https://www.johnsonbrowncpa.com/, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, share, and safeguard the information collected through our website.
By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must refrain from using our website. This policy may be updated periodically, so we encourage you to review it regularly.
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This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to Our Terms and Conditions. Capitalized words used but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in the Terms and Conditions.
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Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online through the Website. This Privacy Policy applies where We are acting as a data controller with respect to the Personal Data of visitors, users, clients and customers (“You,” or “Your”); in other words, where We determine the purposes and means of the processing of that Personal Data.
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PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY because it affects Your rights under the law. You confirm that You have read and agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree with this Privacy Policy, You cannot use, access, create or publish in the Website. This Privacy Policy may change as We continuously improve the Website, so please check it periodically.
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We reserve the right to modify or amend the Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean You accept those changes. If We intend to apply the modifications or amendments to this Privacy Policy retroactively or to Personal Data already in Our possession, We will provide You with notice of the modifications or amendments.
Contents
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Your Data
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Personal Data
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Data We Collect
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How We Collect Data
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Personal Data on Social Media
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Use of Personal Data
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Sharing of Personal Data
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Data Security
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Non-Personal Data
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Data We Collect and Store
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Use of Non-Personal Data
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Your Rights
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Access
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Withdraw Consent
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Update, Correct, or Delete
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California Privacy Rights
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Children’s Privacy
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Cookie Policy
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Cookies We Use
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Managing Cookies
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Links to Third-Party Websites
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Public Areas
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Changes and Updates
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Contact Us
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1. Your Data
To provide our accounting and financial services, we may collect certain information from you. We aim to collect only what is necessary and use it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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2. Personal Data
“Personal Data” refers to information that can identify you, directly or indirectly. Examples include:
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Full Name
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Email Address
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Phone Number
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Mailing Address
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Financial Information for Service Purposes
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2.1 Data We Collect
We collect Personal Data in various ways, including:
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When you contact us through forms on our website
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When you subscribe to our newsletters or updates
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When you use our services
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2.2 How We Collect Data
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Directly from you when you submit forms or inquiries
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Through cookies and similar technologies
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From social media platforms when you interact with us
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3. Personal Data on Social Media
When interacting with us through social media (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook), we may collect information you make available on those platforms, adhering to their privacy policies.
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4. Use of Personal Data
We use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
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Responding to inquiries and requests
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Providing services you have requested
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Ensuring compliance with our terms and legal obligations
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Improving our website and services
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Data to third parties.
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5. Sharing of Personal Data
We may share your Personal Data with the following:
Third-Party Suppliers. We may disclose Your Enquiry Data to one or more of those selected third-party suppliers of Goods and Services identified on Our Website for the purpose of enabling them to contact You so that they can offer, market and sell relevant Goods and/or Services to You. Each such third party will act as a data controller in relation to the Enquiry Data that We supply to it; and upon contacting You, each such third party will supply to You a copy of its own privacy policy, which will govern that third party’s use of Your Personal Data. The suppliers and providers with whom We may share Your information include:
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Social networking sites
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Analytics services
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IT service providers and web hosting companies
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Legal, auditing and other professional advisors or consultants
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Billing or data storage services
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Other Purposes. In addition to the specific disclosures of Personal Data set out in this Section, We may disclose Your Personal Data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject, or in order to protect Our vital interests, Your vital interests, or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose Your Personal Data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
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All third parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
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6. Data Security
We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure your information, including encryption and access controls. While no system is entirely secure, we strive to protect your data to the best of our ability.
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We use HTTPS
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HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is an internet communication protocol that protects the integrity and confidentiality of data between your computer and myoasistax.com. The use of HTTPS makes sure your communication with us is:
Encrypted — The data you exchange with us is secure from eavesdroppers. That means that when you are browsing myoasistax.com, nobody can track your activities across multiple pages, or steal the data exchange between your computer and myoasistax.com.
Integral — The use of HTTPS preserves the integrity of data. Your data cannot be modified or corrupted during transfer.
Authenticated — HTTPS protocol authenticates your communication with us. This ensures that you are always communicating with our servers.
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If We learn of a security systems breach, then We attempt to notify You electronically so that You can take appropriate protective steps. We may post a notice through the Website if a security breach occurs.
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7. Non-Personal Data
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7.1 Data W Collect and Store
Generally, We collect and store the following Non-Personal Data:
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Demographic information such as age, gender, and five-digit zip code as part of collecting Personal Data;
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Device information about Your computer, mobile device, or other device that You use to access the Website. This information may include IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information;
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Usage information about Your use of the Website. This information includes a reading history of the pages You view.
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Additional “traffic information” such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, application errors, session identification number, access times, and referring site addresses.
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Your search terms and search results.
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Other information regarding Your use of the Website.
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This data helps us analyze and improve website performance.
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7.2 Use of Non-Personal Data
We may disclose or share Non-Personal Data (or other information, other than Personal Data) in any other manner that We deem appropriate or necessary.
Among other things, We will disclose Non-Personal Data to third parties to help Us determine how users use parts of the Website and who Our users are so We can improve the Website.
We will also disclose Non-Personal Data to Our partners and other third parties about how Our users collectively use the Website.
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8. Your Rights
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8.1 Access
You have the right to request access to the data we hold about you.
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8.2 Withdraw Consent
You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.
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8.3 Update, Correct, or Delete
You may update, correct, or delete Your Account Data and preferences at any time by accessing Your Account settings page on the Website. If You wish to access or amend any other Personal Data We hold about You, or to request that We delete any information about You that We have obtained from an Integrated Service, You may contact Us. Please note that while any changes You make will be reflected in active user databases instantly or within a reasonable period of time, We may retain all information You submit for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where We otherwise reasonably believe that We have a legitimate reason to do so.
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We will however retain Your information needed for administrative and transactional communications.
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9. California Privacy Rights
If You are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits You to request and obtain from We, information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data to the third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year, free of charge, once a year.
We do not share Your Personal Data with third parties for those parties’ direct marketing use. For more information about Our privacy and data collection policies, You may wish to review Our Privacy Policy.
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California residents, who are under 18 and are registered users of We, are allowed to request and have removed, any content or information that they have posted publicly. However, in cases where the law does not require or allow the removal of information, this may not be applicable. This is under California Business and Professions Code Section 22581.
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California Do Not Track Disclosure: We do not track the personally identifying information of Our users and visitors over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising. We respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, some other third-party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities so that they can tailor the information or advertising they present to You. If You wish to opt out of this tracking, You can enable privacy settings in Your browser.
10. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13 years of age in the USA or 16 years of age in the European Union. The Website is not directed to children under the age of 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union. We will not knowingly allow children under 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union to register for or become users of the Website.
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If You are under 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union years of age, You should not provide Personal Data to Us.
If We discover that a child under the age of 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union has provided Us with Personal Data and We do not have parental consent, We will immediately delete that child’s information.
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11. Cookie Policy
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11.1 Cookies We Use
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
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Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but Personal Data that We store about You may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
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Purpose Of Using Cookies
Authentication – We use cookies to identify You when You visit Our Website and as You navigate Our Website;
Status – We use cookies to help Us determine if You are logged into Our Website;
Personalization – We use cookies to store information about Your preferences and to personalize the Website for You;
Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect Our Website and Services generally;
Analysis – We use cookies to help Us to analyze the use and performance of Our Website and Services;
Cookie Consent – We use cookies to store Your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
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Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on Your computer when You visit Our Website.
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of Our Website. Google Analytics gathers information about Website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to Our Website is used to create reports about the use of Our Website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
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Cookie We Use
Session Cookies
These are temporary cookies that contain no expiration date and are deleted after the users browser is closed. You will be required to log in again at the next session, where you will be treated as a new user
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Session cookies examples: Shopping cart, remembering previous actions, managing and passing security tokens, multimedia content player session cookies, load balancing session cookies and third party social content plug in sharing cookies
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Persistent Cookies
These are cookies which are saved in your browser until they are deleted by the you or are deleted by your browser after they reach their expiration date.
Persistent cookies examples: Authentication, language selection, theme selection, favorites, internal site bookmarks, menu preferences, address and payment information.
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Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow us to remember choices that have been made by you in order to create an experience that’s made to fit. These cookies safely store authentication and identification information, for example your language selection or region.
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Performance Cookies
Performance cookies allow us to collect information, such as the most used pages or error messages, in order to understand how you use our website and enable us to create a better user experience. All information collected by performance cookies in anonymous.
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11.2 Managing Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.
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12. Links to Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
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13. Public Areas
Information shared in public areas (e.g., blog comments) becomes public. Use discretion when posting.
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14. Changes and Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy as needed. Material changes will be communicated on our website.
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15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
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Ascend Accounting & Business Solutions
Email:info@johnsonbrowncpa.com
Contact URL: Contact Form