Privacy Policy

Introduction 

TMA Small Business Accounting, P.C. (the “Company”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through Company’s compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information the Company may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.TMASmallBusinessAccounting.com (the “Website”). This policy also describes the Company’s practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing the information.

This policy applies to information the Company collect on the Website or through email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Website.

This policy does not apply to information collected by:

• The Company offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party.
• Any third party, including through any application or content such as advertising that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand the Company’s policies and practices regarding your information and how the Company will treat it. If you do not agree with the Company’s policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Website after the Company makes changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children under the Age of 18

The Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. The Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on the Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website or provide any information about yourself to the Company, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If the Company learns it has collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, the Company will delete that information. If you believe the Company might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at info@tmasba.com.

Web Administration

If you have questions or comments regarding the Company’s security practices or privacy policies, please contact the Company at:

TMA Small Business Accounting, P.C.
9595 Whitley Drive, Suite 102
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Telephone: (317) 571-8080
Fax: (317) 571-1986
E-mail: info@tmasba.com

Information the Company Collects about You and How the Company Collects it

The Company collects several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:

• By which you may be personally identified, such as your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, business name, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.
• That is about you but does not individually identify you.
• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, and your usage details.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to the Company including but not limited to through completion of forms by you on the Website, completing registration requirements in order to receive information about the Company’s products and services, subscribing to the Company’s services or products, requesting further services or products, and correspondence with the Company.
• Automatically as you navigate through the Website. Information collected automatically may include certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, patterns, usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies. The information the Company collects automatically may include personal information which helps the Company improve the Website and to deliver better and more personalized services. The information also enables the Company to estimate the audience size and usage patterns, to store information about your preferences, to speed up your searches, and to recognize you when you return to the Website.

Cookies

The Website uses cookies for its automatic data collection. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, the Company’s system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.

The Company uses flash cookies to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on the Website. The collection of this information facilitates the filling out of various web forms. After completing a form, a cookie is set saving your information (indicated above) which then pre-populates the relevant sections of other forms you may be asked to complete on the Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

The Company also utilizes cookies for password protected sections of the Website. By placing a cookie on the Website, users will not be required to input information on repeated visits.

Cookies are collected as part of the Company’s effort to generate log summaries and measure traffic to the Website. The Company’s reports are general and the Company does not use cookies to monitor a user’s specific experience on the Website.

Web Beacons

Pages of this Website and the Company’s emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Behavior Tracking

The Company also may use cookies, flash cookies, and web beacon technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

How the Company Uses Your Information

The Company uses the information it collects about you or that you provide to the Company, including any personal information:

To help create a profile of the Company’s users and ultimately, a personalized experience to the Website.

To present the Website and its content to you and to improve the content from time to time.

• To notify you about changes and updates to the Website or any products or services the Company offers or provides through it.
• To provide you with information or products and services that you request.
• To carry out the Company’s obligations and enforce its rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and the Company, including for billing and collection.
• In any other way the Company may describe when you provide the information.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

The Company may also use your information to contact you about its goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want the Company to use your information in this way, please check the relevant box located on the form on which the Company collects your data (the registration form) and/or adjust your user preferences in your account profile.

Disclosure of Your Information

The Company is the sole owner of information collected on the Website and the Company may disclose aggregated information about the Website’s users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

The Company may disclose personal information that it collects or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates, whether existing now or in the future.
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties the Company uses to support its business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and only permitted to use the information for the purposes for which the Company discloses it to them.
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about the Website users is among the assets transferred.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide the information.
• For any other purpose disclosed by the Company when you provide the information.
• With your consent.

The information the Company collects is never shared with third parties for commercial use.

The Company may also disclose your personal information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply the Company’s terms of use [INSERT AS LINK TO WEBSITE'S TERMS OF USE] and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
• If the Company believes disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, its customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How the Company Uses and Discloses Your Information and the Ability to Opt-out

The Company strives to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to the Company. The Company has created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

• Opt-out Option. When filling out a registration form of any kind, you will have the ability to ‘opt-out’ of having your information used for purposes not directly related to the Website. For example, the registration form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism to allow information to be sent via mail instead of sending it electronically. Should you no longer wish to receive the newsletter and promotional communications, you may.
• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please keep in mind that some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
• Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address or contact information used by the Company to promote its own products or services, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which the Company collects your data, by using the opt-out link in the Company’s promotional emails, by contacting the Company at info@tmasba.com, or by logging into the Website and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes.

The Company does not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI's website.

Residents of certain states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices.

Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding the Company’s use of their personal information. To learn more about California residents' privacy rights, visit CCPA AND CPRA PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

• Confirm whether the Company processes their personal information.
• Access and delete certain personal information.
• Data portability.
• Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

• Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information's nature processing purpose.
• Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise any of these rights please send the Company an email stating your request to info@tmasba.com.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. However, please know the Company does not currently sell data triggering that statute's opt-out requirements.

Data Security

The Company has implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The Company takes reasonable precautions to protect your information.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where the Company has given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. The Company asks you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although the Company does its best to protect your personal information, the Company cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. The Company is not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to the Company’s Privacy Policy

It is the Company’s policy to post any changes it makes to the privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Website home page or by email to the primary email address specified in your account. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring the Company has an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting the Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.