Effective: December 22, 2015
Privacy Notice Table Of Contents:
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy applies to
www.1040now.net owned and
operated by 1040Now. To better protect your privacy we provide this
notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make
about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy
to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where
personally identifiable information may be requested. “Personally Identifiable
Information” is information that can be used to identify you such as your name
or email address.
1040Now has received TRUSTe’s Privacy Seal signifying that this
Privacy Statement and our practices have been reviewed for
compliance with the TRUSTe program. In order to view our
relationship with TRUSTe please visit the validation page visible by
clicking on the TRUSTe seal. If you have an unresolved privacy or
data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please
contact TRUSTe at
https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
The TRUSTe program covers only information that is collected through
this website www.1040now.net, and does not cover information that
may be collected through software downloaded from the website.
The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on https://www.1040now.net. We collect the information in connection with
processing our clients’ requests for tax preparation or tax-related products or
services. The types of personally identifiable information collected at these
pages include name, date of birth, and social security number of taxpayer,
spouse and dependents personally identifiable information such as their social
security number considered third party personally identifiable information;
physical address; email address; phone number; and any other information
such as Anonymous Device Identifiers (“Device IDs) required to prepare and file federal and state tax returns such as income,
marital status and other information pertinent to processing your request to
complete a tax return on our Site.
The Way We Use Information:
In accordance to your authorization and acceptance of the terms and conditions
of our online tax preparation and/or tax-related service, we use the
information submitted in order to prepare and transmit your federal and/or
state income tax return to the IRS.
We will share your personal information with third parties only
in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We do not
sell your personal information to third parties.
Subject to applicable laws, we may disclose the information to our affiliates.
Our affiliates may collaborate with us in providing services that you have
requested, or they may offer tax-related or financial services, such as
mortgages, investment accounts, and banking products. These companies are
authorized to use your personally identifiable information only as necessary to
provide these services to us.
In the event that 1040Now sells a portion or all of its
assets to a third party, your personally identifiable information
could be part of the transferred assets. In the event of such
an occurrence, we shall notify you via a prominent notice on our
Site as well as by email of any change in ownership or uses of your
personally identifiable information, as well as any choices
you may have regarding your personally identifiable information.
We may be legally obligated to disclose information to the government or to
third parties under certain circumstances, such as illegal activity on our
Site. 1040Now reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable
information to law enforcement or other government officials as applicable by
law or in response to a formal request in a civil action, court order, judicial proceeding
or similar legal process.
When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to
protect our rights, protect your safety of the safety of
others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
We take precautions to ensure that your personally identifiable information is
only accessible to employees at 1040Now who require access to perform their job
functions in servicing your account, and we do nor sell or rent, or share your
information for commercial purposes.
Testimonials
We post customer testimonials on our Site which may contain personally
identifiable information such as the customers’ City and State. We obtain the
customers consent prior to posting the testimonial on our Site. If a customer
selects to post personally identifiable information to our Site within their
testimonial, it may be used by other users of this Site to send you unsolicited
messages. 1040Now is not responsible for the personally identifiable
information users select to post within their testimonials. If you wish to
update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at
cs@1040now.com.
Tracking Technologies
Technologies
such as: cookies, Anonymous Device Identifiers (“Device IDs"), tags and scripts are used by 1040Now and our
marketing partners, affiliates, or analytics or online customer
support provider. These technologies are used in analyzing trends,
administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site,
users's account(s) creation
and to gather demographic information about our user base as a
whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies
by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis. We
use cookies to remember users’ settings for authentication. Users
can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If
you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to
use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
Analytics / Log Files
As is true of most web
sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in
log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP)
addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and
clickstream data.
We do not link this automatically
collected data to other information we collect about you.
Third Party Sites
This Site may contain links to other Websites. 1040Now is not responsible for
the privacy practices or content of these other Sites. We encourage you to read
the privacy policies of these other Sites prior to providing them with your
information. 1040Now or its affiliates may contact the clients using the
contact information provided by the clients for the purpose of notifying the
clients with information regarding new products, services, and/or upcoming
events. If you do not wish to receive such information, click .
Our Commitment To Data Security:
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy,
and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate
physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the
information we collect online that comply with applicable law and federal
standards.
Whenever our clients send or submit sensitive information
such as Social Security Number to our computer
server, we employ industry-standard EV Secure Socket Layers (SSL) protocol
which provides data encryption, message integrity, and server authentication to
safeguard such information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration.
We follow
generally accepted standards to protect the personal information
submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No
method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic
storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its
absolute security. If you have any questions about security on
our Web site, you can contact us at cs@1040now.com.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can access, change, correct or delete your personally identifiable information by
signing into your account on our Site. In the event that you no longer require
our Services and would like to delete your account on our Site, please contact
us using the information provided below.
We will respond to your request within a reasonable
timeframe.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as
needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as
necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce
our agreements.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to
our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you
by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of
a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you
to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy
practices.
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please contact us:
1040Now, Inc
325 Bainbridge Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
cs@1040now.com
Under penalties of perjury,
I (taxpayer) declare that the information I'm about to enter and
accompanying schedules and statement, and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, they are true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other
than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.