Accounting4Me - Our Privacy Policy Statement

PRIVACY STATEMENT

We are concerned about your privacy and respect it. So in order to keep your information confidential, we provide you this notice detailing our online practices and the way your information is collected and used.

Security

We follow generally accepted industry standards and cloud security to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once received. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, but, unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secured.

We, however, will endeavour to take reasonable steps to protect the information you may provide us for our online products and services.

In addition, our employees and contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.

If you have any questions about security on our website, you can email us by using our email contact form.

Disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose your information as and when required by law and/or comply with judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes if necessary.

We collect information about you only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted by you. The reason we do so is so that we can provide you with further services, or answer your questions, or forward any requests and inquiries. Our intention is that this policy shall protect your personal information from being dealt with in any way that is inconsistent with applicable privacy laws in New Zealand.

Processing

We collect and process information about visitors to its website when you have filled out inquiry forms or signed up with us for email alerts.
We use this personal data in accordance with the purpose set forth in this Privacy Statement and is committed to safeguarding the personal data collected.
We comply with local data protection laws as amended from time to time.

Information

The main purposes for which we collect and use personal information is so we can:

⇨ provide our services;

⇨ respond to an individual's request;

⇨ maintain contact with clients;

⇨ keep clients and other contacts informed of the services we offer.

If you choose not to provide us with personal information, we may be unable to do such things.

We periodically send out marketing emails detailing new developments and services offered to our clients. However, you can elect not to receive marketing information from us by writing to us at [email protected]. Or, alternatively, you may use the unsubscribe function in that email to notify us that you do not want to receive further marketing information from us by email.

Disclosure

We do not routinely disclose personal information to other organisations unless:

⇨ disclosure is permitted by this policy;

⇨ to protect the rights, property or personal safety of any member of the public or a customer of Accounting4Me or the interests of Accounting4Me;

⇨ you give your consent; or

⇨ such disclosure is otherwise required or permitted by law, regulation, rule or professional standard.

Accounting4Me uses a range of service providers to help us maximise the quality and efficiency of our services and business operations.

Cloud Systems

Accounting4Me stores personal information within services provided by offshore Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). Currently, we only utilize the services of a CSP who can guarantee that information saved remains within a specific geographic location within the CSP infrastructure. Accounting4Me utilizes cloud services from a CSP who has met the data sovereignty and data privacy framework stipulated by the New Zealand Government.

We aim to achieve the best industry practice in the security of personal information. It is our policy not to retain an individual’s information once there is no longer a legal or business need for us to do so.

Cookies

Accounting4Me uses cookies on its website to ensure you have the best possible user experience and can navigate through it quickly, and efficiently. Cookies are also used to provide you with relevant information and offers.

Contact

Accounting4Me may contact you from time to time via email, but this communication will never ask you to enter your personal details either through an email, or a text message.

If in doubt about the validity of any particular message you may receive, we encourage you to forward the message to us: [email protected].

Data

Accounting4Me does not seek to collect sensitive personal data such as political opinions, religious beliefs, health or other tax-irrelevant matters through this website.

Third Parties

Please note that this Privacy Statement does not extend to third party sites linked to this website and/or to third party sites linked to this website.

Amendments

Accounting4Me reserves the right to modify (sections or parts of) this Privacy Statement at any time and without prior notice. It is recommended that you review this Privacy Statement periodically for changes.