1. Privacy Policy for Tax Care

At Taxcare.net, accessible from https://www.taxcare.net, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Taxcare.net and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Taxcare.net. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

2. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

3. Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

Tax Care does not sell, rent, or share your personal information—including SMS opt-in data—with third parties for marketing or any other purposes.

4. SMS Privacy and Consent

When you opt in to receive text messages from Tax Care, you are consenting to receive service-related messages. Your phone number and SMS consent information will not be shared with any third parties under any circumstances. Message frequency varies, and standard message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying “STOP.”

Tax Care values the privacy of your communication and is committed to safeguarding your SMS contact and content data. We do not sell or share SMS contact or content data with third parties.

Collection and Use of SMS Data
When you communicate with Tax Care via SMS, we may collect information such as:

• Your phone number
• The content of your messages
• Responding to your inquiries
• Providing customer support
• This information is used solely for the following purposes:

We will not use your SMS data for any other purpose without your written consent.

Protection of SMS Data 
Tax Care employs industry-standard security measures to protect SMS data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We are dedicated to ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of your SMS communications.

Disclosure of SMS Data 
Tax Care does not disclose SMS contact or content data to third parties unless: 

• Required by law
• Necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Tax Care, its users, or others
• Your Rights

User rights/You have the right to: 
Access, correct, or delete your SMS contact or content data, except where retention is required by law
For assistance or to exercise your rights, please contact us at info@taxcare.net
Retention policy
Indicate how long data is stored and the criteria for its deletion.
Changes to this SMS Privacy Policy
Tax Care reserves the right to update or modify this SMS Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised policy on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for updates.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding this SMS Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at info@taxcare.net or (925) 688-1400.

5. How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

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• Understand and analyze how you use our webste
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the webste, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails
• Find and prevent fraud

6. Log Files

Taxcare.net follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

7. Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Taxcare.net.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Taxcare.net, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Taxcare.net has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

8. Third Party Privacy Policies

Taxcare.net’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

9. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

10. GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

11. Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Taxcare.net does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

12. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time. Updates will be posted on our website with a revised effective date.