Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://blueonyxtax.com.

Data We Collect

We collect data in order to fulfill orders place on our website. The data we collect include the following:

Additionally some software used may capture IP address used to help with website performance and the reduction of spam.

We do not store any sensitive payment information such as credit card numbers. Our payment providers is provided by third party tools who are authorized for collecting the payment on our behalf.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use certain analytics software to track how visits are made to our site. We use Google Analytics on our site. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. To understand the privacy and terms for Google Analytics please go here.

Google analytics is used to track website traffic and improve website performance.

Who we share your data with

The data you submitted to our site may be transferred to third party software for the purpose of sending emails. Your information will never be sold or used in any matter that’s not directly related to the business relationship you have with us.

How long we retain your data

Comments on Our Site

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Newsletter Registration

When you register for our newsletter we will keep your name and email address indefinitely unless you ask to remove you from our mailing list. When you do business with us we will retain your name and email address for marketing purposes unless you ask us to remove you from the list.

Quoting Form

Any generic tax information, for example types of income and types of expense you provide to us through our quoting system will be removed from our system 7 days after the quote was sent to you.

Sensitive Tax Situation

Sensitive tax related information is not kept on our website servers, but are stored in systems that meet the required security requirements to keep that data secure.

If you hire us for tax preparation or resolution we will retain that data based on the applicable laws pertaining to your situation.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.