Privacy policy

Introduction

SMS Business Entities Inc. dba Bookkeeping by SMS (“Company” or “We”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.bookkeepingbysms.com/ (our “Website“) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
• Through mobile and desktop applications you download or utilize from this Website,      which may provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and      this Website.
• When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites      and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this      policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

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

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

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at jane@bookkeepingbysms.com.

Residents of certain states under 13, 16, or 18 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see your States’ Privacy Rights for more information.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

• By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address,      email address, telephone number, social security number, or any other      identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal      information“);
• That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your  financial information, age or occupation; and/or
• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and      usage details.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may      include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through      cookies.
• From third parties, for example, our business partners or service providers.

Information You Provide to Us 

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes      information provided at the time of subscribing to our service, posting      material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for      information when you report a problem with our Website.
• Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you      contact us.
• Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research      purposes.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted“) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties, including our third-party partners and service providers (collectively, “User Contributions“). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, including your login in order to utilize our services, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details      of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data,      logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and      use on the Website.
• Information      about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address,      operating system, and browser type.

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). You will have the option to opt out of behavioral tracking on this website.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• Estimate      our audience size and usage patterns.
• Store      information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website      according to your individual interests.
• Speed      up your searches.
• Recognize      you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies      (or browser cookies). 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 our Website.      Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse      cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our      Website.
• Web      Beacons. Pages of our Website and our 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).

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie non-personal information collected automatically to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. 

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To      present our Website and its contents to you.
• To      provide you with information, products, or services that you request from      us.
• To      fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• To      provide you with notices about your account, including expiration and      renewal notices.
• To      carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any      contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and      collection.
• To      notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we      offer or provide though it.
• To      allow you to participate in interactive features or applications on our      Website.
• In      any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
• For      any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To      our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To      contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support      our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal      information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we      disclose 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 Bookkeeping by SMS’s assets, whether as a going concern or      as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which      personal information held by Bookkeeping by SMS about our Website users is      among the assets transferred.
• To      third parties to market their products or services to you if you have      consented to these disclosures. We contractually require these third      parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the      purposes for which we disclose it to them.
• To      fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• To      deliver to you the services you requested through our website.
• To      send statements, invoices and payment reminders to you, and collect      payments from you.
• For      any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• With      your consent.

We 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 our Terms of Use and other agreements,      including for billing and collection purposes.
• If      we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights,      property, or safety of Bookkeeping by SMS, our clients, or others. This      includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for      the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

• 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.      If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site      may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
• Promotional      Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email      address/contact information used by the Company to promote our own or      third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by checking the      relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data or at any      other time by logging into the Website and adjusting your user preferences      in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by      sending us an email stating your request to jane@bookkeepingbysms.com.      If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email      asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does      not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product      purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other      transactions.

We do 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.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can send us an email at jane@bookkeepingbysms.comto request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Laws & Your State Privacy Rights

This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted under the GDPR, the laws of Colorado and the United States. You may obtain a copy of this Privacy Policy through our Site or by sending us a request in writing.

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:

• Confirm      whether we process their personal information.
• Access      and delete certain personal information.
• Correct      inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the      information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
• Data      portability.
• Opt-out      of personal data processing for:
  • targeted       advertising (excluding Iowa);
  • sales;       or
  • profiling       in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant       effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).
• Either      limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.

The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.

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

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

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

jane@bookkeepingbysms.com