Privacy Policy

Tom Bauters CPA LLC is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using any of our websites then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Tom Bauters CPA LLC may change this policy from time to time. Changes to our policy will be updated on our websites only. You should check our policy from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any modifications. This policy was last updated on December 29, 2023.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • Name
  • Job title
  • Contact information, including email address, phone number(s), physical and mailing addresses
  • Demographic information such as postal code, preferences, and interests
  • Other information relevant to tax documents, tax forms, IRS forms, payroll stubs, to our products and services

We collect information about you when you provide it to us directly and automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information we may receive directly from you may include your name, address, date of birth, tax id/social security number, account numbers and financial information relating to your account(s). Information collected automatically through tracking technologies such as cookies may include usage details, internet protocol (“IP”) address and device identifiers.

All data collected by Tom Bauters CPA LLC is stored in a database environment, regardless of which Tom Bauters CPA LLC site you contacted us through.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

This means we’ll:

  • create a profile about you to help us understand you as a customer and tailor the communications we send you;
  • tell you about other products and services you might be interested in;
  • try to identify products and services you’re interested in; and

We use the following for marketing and to identify the products and services you’re interested in.

  • Your contact details. This includes your name, birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and physical and mailing addresses.
  • Information from cookies and tags placed on your connected devices.
  • Details of the products and services you’ve bought and how you use them.

We’ll send you information (about the products and services we provide) by phone, post/mailing, email, text message, social media, online banner advertising. We also use the information we have about you to personalize these messages wherever we can as we believe it is important to make them relevant to you. We also check that you are happy for us to send you marketing messages before we do so. In each message we send, you also have the option to opt out.

We’ll only market other organizations’ products and services if you have said it is OK for us to do so.

You can ask us to stop sending you marketing information or withdraw your permission at any time.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we safeguard and secure the information we collect online via electronic and managerial procedures. We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the safety and security of your information also depends on you.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our websites may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Right to access personal information

Under the law, any individual has a right to ask for a copy of the personal information held about them. This means that you can ask for the information that Tom Bauters CPA LLC holds about you. This is known as the right of ‘subject access’.

When making a request you will need to give us:

  • a request in writing (by post or by email)

We may need to ask you to provide:

  • proof of your identity
  • proof of your physical and mailing address
  • proof of your phone number and email address
  • any information that we reasonably need to locate the information you have requested (for example the website or event you registered for)

Right to restrict processing of personal information

In some situations, you have the right to require us to restrict the processing of your personal information. We may restrict your personal information by temporarily moving the information to another processing system, making the information unavailable to users, or temporarily removing published information from a website. We may also use technical methods to ensure the personal information is not subject to further processing and cannot be changed. When we have restricted processing of personal information, this will be clearly indicated on our systems.

You can require us to restrict processing in the following circumstances:

  1. You are concerned that the information we hold about you is inaccurate. You can ask us to restrict the information until we are able to determine whether the information is accurate or inaccurate;
  2. We are processing your personal data unlawfully and you do not want us to delete the information but restrict it instead.
  3. We no longer need the information for the purposes for which we collected it, but they are needed by you for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
  4. You have objected to the processing (see below), and we need to decide whether the legitimate grounds we have to process the information override your legitimate interests.

Processing you think is unlawful

If you tell us what you think we are processing your personal information unlawfully, but you do not want the information to be erased, you have the right to require us to restrict the processing of that information.

We will ask you for an explanation about why you think the processing is unlawful, and may also ask that you provide evidence to support this view.

Processing of personal information you think is inaccurate

You can tell us if you think the personal information we are processing about you is factually inaccurate.

If we find that the personal information we are processing about you is inaccurate, we will take appropriate steps to correct the information.

Right to erasure of personal data (“the right to be forgotten”)

In the following circumstances, you have the right to require that Tom Bauters CPA LLC securely deletes or destroys your personal information:

  • If the personal information we hold about you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we originally collected it.
  • The processing is based on consent – if you have previously given your consent to Tom Bauters CPA LLC collecting and processing your personal information, and you notify us that you withdraw your consent.
  • If you think Tom Bauters CPA LLC has processed your personal information unlawfully.

If you think any of the above situations apply, we may ask you for an explanation and further information to verify this.

Right to data portability

If you have provided your information to Tom Bauters CPA LLC, you have the right to request and receive a copy of that information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

There are some situations in which the right to data portability does not apply. For further information, please contact: tom@tombauterscpa.com

Exercising your rights concerning the processing of your personal information

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights concerning the way in which we process your personal information, please contact:

Tom Bauters
Tom Bauters CPA LLC
9581 East 100 North
Akron, Indiana 46190
Phone: +1 (574) 505-0813
Email: tom@tombauterscpa.com