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Privacy & Security Statement
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Protecting your privacy and keeping your information secure is our top priority. Our standards exceed those proscribed by the Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act of 1999.
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Protecting Your Information Online
When you apply online for our service, or provide information to us at our web site(s), you provide personal and financial information that is necessary for us to process your requests. Sensitive information provided to us at our web site(s) is sent in a "secure session" established with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). We use SSL technology encrypt sensitive information that is sent over the Internet between your computer us. |
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Protecting Your Information Offline
In the interest of security and privacy all information provided by you is secured offline using the strongest encryption available. Our internal network is secure by both hardware and software firewalls and only remains on our network for the duration of its actual need and use. After which all records regarding your account (with the exception of contact information) is backed-up on an encrypted CD and stored securely.
Access to your information is strictly limited to only staff working directly on your account. |
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Statistical Logging
All visitors to our web site remain anonymous. We do not collect or distribute any information about specific visitors to our site. The only record kept is of the domain (Internet Service Provider) that the visitor has come from. This information is for internal use only to gather information on interest levels of certain features and pages in order to further serve our customer's needs. |
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Email Confidentiality
All e-mail correspondence and attached information sent to us is handled as confidential and used only to serve the requests of the sender. We will only disclose information to third parties about your account or the requests you make except those authorized by you. Email is never stored on our public server and removed from our internal network following the same procedures as outlined above. |
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Linked Sites
We have not reviewed all of the sites linked to our site. Linkage to another site does not indicate any approval or endorsement of any material contained in a linked site, and we are not responsible for their contents. Your connection to linked sites is at your own risk. |
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How To Contact Us Regarding Security And Privacy Issues
We take security and privacy matters very seriously and it is important to us that you understand and are comfortable with this Security & Privacy Statement. If you have any questions about our Privacy & Security Statement and the way it affects you, please feel free to e-mail me at lorraine@palkacpa.com. |
