HigginsAndSmith.com Website Privacy Policy
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE OF POLICY. Higgins & Smith Certified Public Accountants
("us", or "we", or "Higgins & Smith") is committed to
respecting the privacy rights of its customers,
visitors, and other users of the Blove Clove Designs
Website at HigginsAndSmith.com (the "Site"). We
created this Website Privacy Policy (this "Policy")
to give you confidence as you visit and use the
Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair
information practices and the protection of privacy.
This policy is only applicable to the Site, and
not to any other websites that you may be able to
access from the Site, each of which may have data
collection and use practices and policies that
differ materially from this Policy.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
2.1 WHAT BASIC INFORMATION DOES HIGGINS & SMITH COLLECT?
In operating the Site, Higgins & Smith may include
registration, online surveys, and other online
forms that ask users to provide their names,
e-mail addresses, and other contact information.
When you open an account at HigginsAndSmith.com, we
collect the following information: business name,
name, address, phone number, email, and website.
2.2 WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES HIGGINS & SMITH COLLECT?
(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically
recognize visitorsâ domain names and IP addresses
(the number assigned to computers on the internet).
No personal information about you is revealed in
this process. The Site may also gather anonymous
"traffic data" that does not personally identify
you, but that may be helpful for marketing
purposes or for improving the services we offer.
(b) COOKIES. From time to time, we may use the
standard "cookies" feature of major browser
applications that allows us to store a small
piece of data on your computer about your visit to
our website. We do not set any personally
identifiable information in cookies, nor do we
employ any data capture mechanisms on our website
other than cookies. Cookies help us learn which
areas of our site are useful and which areas need
improvement. You can choose whether to accept
cookies by changing the settings on your browser.
However, if you choose to disable this function,
your experience at our website may be diminished
and some features may not work as they were
intended.
3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
3.1 WHAT DOES HIGGINS & SMITH DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?
(a) PERSONAL INFORMATON. We will not share your
personal information with any third parties
without your consent, except as necessary
to provide you with the services offered by us or
to comply with the law. We may use your personal
information to verify your identity, to check your
qualifications, or to follow up with transactions
initiated on the Site. We may also use your
contact information to inform you of any changes
to the Site, or to send you additional information
about Higgins & Smith. If you give your
permission during the account registration
process, we may share your contact information
with our business partners or other companies so
that they may send you promotional materials.
(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous
information to analyze our Site traffic, but we
do not examine this information for individually
identifying information. In addition, we may use
anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems
with our server, to administer our site, or to
display the content according to your preferences.
Traffic and transaction information may also be
shared with business partners and advertisers on
an aggregate and anonymous basis.
(c) USE OF COOKIES. We may use cookies to deliver
content specific to your interests, to save your
password so you don't have to re-enter it each
time you visit our site, or for other purposes.
Promotions or advertisements displayed on our site
may contain cookies. We do not have access to or
control over information collected by outside
advertisers on our site.
(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may
disclose personal information if required to do
so by law or in the good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts
of the law or comply with legal process served on
Higgins & Smith or its parent company,
subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect and defend
the rights or property of Higgins & Smith or
the users of the Site, or (3) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the safety of the public
or users of the Site.
(e) SALE OF INFORMATION. In order to accommodate
changes in our business, we may sell or buy
portions of our company or other companies or
assets, including the information collected
through this Site. If Higgins & Smith or
substantially all of its assets are acquired,
customer information will be one of the assets
transferred to the acquirer.
(f) ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Unfortunately, we do not
maintain any procedures for you to review or
request changes to the information that we collect
about you, except that you may request that we
remove all information about you from our database
by contacting us in accordance with Section
6.1 below.
4. SECURITY
The Site has security measures in place to prevent the
loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we
obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our
ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, or alteration,
and we will have no liability to you or to any third
party arising out of any such loss, misuse,
or alteration.
5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND HIGGINS & SMITH'S CONTROL
5.1 PUBLIC FORUMS
The Site may include interactive forums such as
message boards and chat rooms. Please remember
that any information that is disclosed in these
areas becomes public information and you should
exercise caution when deciding to disclose your
personal information.
5.2 THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to other websites. If you
choose to visit other websites, we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or content of those other
websites, and it is your responsibility to review the
privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you
understand and agree with their policies.
6. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES
6.1 CONTACTING US
If you have to any questions about this Policy, our
practices related to this Site, or if you would like
to have us remove your information from our database
please feel free to contact us at the following:
privacy@higginsandsmith.com.
6.2 UPDATES AND CHANGES
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change,
update or modify this Policy, simply by posting such
change, update, or modification on the Site and
without any other notice to you. Any such change,
update, or modification will be effective immediately
upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility
to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that
you continue to agree with all of its terms.
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