privacy Policy
United Tax Services Inc. (“United Tax,” “we,” “us” or “our”) recognizes the importance of protecting the information provided to us by visitors to www.unitedtax.ca This privacy statement explains what information may be collected from you when you visit our Websites, how that information is used and how it is shared with third parties.
Information Collected by United Tax: Voluntary Registration
We collect personal information (which may include, without limitation, your name, email address, social security number, mailing address and/or telephone number) from you when you voluntarily register on the Websites or when you request information or a service (e.g., tax preparation services, accounting & bookkeeping services) on the Websites.
Surveys or Contests
From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our sites. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).
IP Addresses
United Tax collects IP addresses for system administration, to report and review aggregate information, and to audit the use of our Websites. When visitors request pages on our or our affiliates’ sites, our servers log the visitors’ IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information, which means that a visitor’s session will be logged, but the visitor will remain anonymous to us. We may use IP addresses to identify a visitor if it is necessary to protect our business and legal interests, Website, clients, or others.
CookiesCookies are used to specify a visitor’s preferences and to analyze a visitor’s Website usage trends and patterns. This helps us to better understand our visitors’ needs and improve areas of our services that our visitors may find valuable. While both of these activities depend on the use of cookies, you have the option of disabling the cookies via your internet browser preferences. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Websites and some services may not function properly or operate slower.
How United Tax May Use the Collected Information
United Tax does not sell or market your personal information to any third parties. We use information collected on the Websites for the following:
We also may use your information to inform you about other products or services available from United Tax and our affiliates. You may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from affiliated third parties. If you opt to receive information from these third parties, we will share your name and e-mail address with such third parties. We may match personal information collected on the Websites with affiliated third party data.
United Tax may keep track of what portions of the Websites visitors are viewing and other visitor statistics such as geographic location, and aggregate this information to help us create a better experience for future Website visits. This is all done without knowing your name or other personal information in order to describe our viewers and services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
United Tax may disclose the personal information you provide to us to our business partners, sponsors or affiliates so they can assist us in providing the services you request. By requesting information from our business partners, sponsors, and affiliates through the Websites, you give us permission to transfer your personal information to them so they can fulfill your request.
Please feel free to contact United Tax at info@unitedtax.ca or by calling 905-856-5222 if you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or United Tax's collection and use of your personal information.
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMSYou understand that any information you provide through our Websites will be governed by this privacy policy.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THESE SITES.Your continued use of the Websites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept such changes. If we amend this privacy policy to permit material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you of such amendment by prominently posting notice of such amendment on the Websites’ homepages.
This Privacy Policy is effective January 1, 2013.
Information Collected by United Tax: Voluntary Registration
We collect personal information (which may include, without limitation, your name, email address, social security number, mailing address and/or telephone number) from you when you voluntarily register on the Websites or when you request information or a service (e.g., tax preparation services, accounting & bookkeeping services) on the Websites.
Surveys or Contests
From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our sites. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).
IP Addresses
United Tax collects IP addresses for system administration, to report and review aggregate information, and to audit the use of our Websites. When visitors request pages on our or our affiliates’ sites, our servers log the visitors’ IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information, which means that a visitor’s session will be logged, but the visitor will remain anonymous to us. We may use IP addresses to identify a visitor if it is necessary to protect our business and legal interests, Website, clients, or others.
CookiesCookies are used to specify a visitor’s preferences and to analyze a visitor’s Website usage trends and patterns. This helps us to better understand our visitors’ needs and improve areas of our services that our visitors may find valuable. While both of these activities depend on the use of cookies, you have the option of disabling the cookies via your internet browser preferences. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Websites and some services may not function properly or operate slower.
How United Tax May Use the Collected Information
United Tax does not sell or market your personal information to any third parties. We use information collected on the Websites for the following:
- To provide the products and services you request and communicate with you regarding those requests
- Internal market analysis
- To improve our products and services
- To provide you with information on new products or special offers
- To tailor the Websites according to your interests
- For marketing or promotional purposes
We also may use your information to inform you about other products or services available from United Tax and our affiliates. You may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from affiliated third parties. If you opt to receive information from these third parties, we will share your name and e-mail address with such third parties. We may match personal information collected on the Websites with affiliated third party data.
United Tax may keep track of what portions of the Websites visitors are viewing and other visitor statistics such as geographic location, and aggregate this information to help us create a better experience for future Website visits. This is all done without knowing your name or other personal information in order to describe our viewers and services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
- We may use personally identifiable information about you to fulfill your requests for our services, to respond to your inquiries about those services, and to describe other products, programs, or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
- We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to contact you about your account with us or to provide you with important products or service information.
- We may disclose the personally identifiable information described above to our affiliates to enhance our services and provide you with additional product and service opportunities that we believe may be of interest to you
- We may also provide information to non-affiliated third parties that perform operational services related to your account or marketing services for us. Sharing information with these types of companies is permitted by law. Such a company might include a financial service provider with whom we have a joint marketing agreement or a non-financial company (such as a data processor or Internet service provider) with whom we have a service agreement. The information we may share also comes from the sources described above and might include your name, address, phone number and account experience with us.
- We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order, subpoena, legal process, process, or other judicial, administrative, or investigative proceeding, or where we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is required by law. We also may disclose such information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or for other purposes permitted or required by law. In addition, we may transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company.
United Tax may disclose the personal information you provide to us to our business partners, sponsors or affiliates so they can assist us in providing the services you request. By requesting information from our business partners, sponsors, and affiliates through the Websites, you give us permission to transfer your personal information to them so they can fulfill your request.
Please feel free to contact United Tax at info@unitedtax.ca or by calling 905-856-5222 if you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or United Tax's collection and use of your personal information.
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMSYou understand that any information you provide through our Websites will be governed by this privacy policy.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THESE SITES.Your continued use of the Websites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept such changes. If we amend this privacy policy to permit material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you of such amendment by prominently posting notice of such amendment on the Websites’ homepages.
This Privacy Policy is effective January 1, 2013.