MBS Accounting Technology & Advisory, LLC (MBSATA) prioritizes your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes MBSATA’s privacy practices regarding the methods for collecting, using, and disclosing your personal information. Please take some time to review our privacy practices and contact us with any questions.
BY USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Definitions
Collect means to store information, including via cookie technology, for purposes of retrieval at a later time to initiate communication with or make determinations about the person who is the subject of such information.
Disclose means to reveal, release, transfer, disseminate, or otherwise communicate information orally, in writing or by electronic or other means, other than to the person who is the subject of such information.
Personal Information means any information concerning a natural person that can be used to identify that natural person.
Process means to perform any operation or set of operations on any data, information, material, work, expression or other content, including to (a) collect, receive, input, upload, download, record, reproduce, store, organize, combine, log, catalog, cross-reference, manage, maintain, copy, adapt, alter, translate or make other improvements or derivative works, (b) process, retrieve, output, consult, use, disseminate, transmit, submit, post, transfer, disclose or otherwise provide or make available, or (c) block, erase or destroy.
User means any natural person who uses the internet to access the MBSATA website.
Collection and Use of Information
The following information is automatically collected when you visit our website:
- the Internet Protocol Address and domain name used, but not the e-mail address. The Internet Protocol Address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer;
- the type of browser and operating system you used;
- the date and time you visited this site;
- the web pages or services you accessed at this site;
- the website you visited prior to coming to this website (referrer URL);
- the website you visit as you leave this website; and
if you downloaded a form, the form that was downloaded.
language, unique device identifier, location, and the time zone where the website is used
The foregoing information is used to improve this website’s content and deemed not to constitute personal information.
Personal Information
When you contact us, including by social media, or participate in an online survey, we may collect a variety of information, including your name, company name, phone number, email address, contact preferences, device identifiers, location information, and social media profile information.
We may process your personal information, with your consent, for compliance with a legal obligation to which MBSATA is subject, for the performance of a contract to which you are party, in order to protect your vital interests, or when we have determined it is necessary for the legitimate business interests of MBSATA.
Any information we collect will be subject to the laws of the United States of America, regardless of the country from which their data originates.
Cookies
As you browse the MBSATA website, advertising cookies will be placed on your computer.
A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website when you visit. Cookies store specific information about your website visit, like your preferred language and other settings. We use cookies for many purposes, such as to remember your safe search preferences, to count how many visitors we receive to a page, to help you sign up for our services, and to protect your data.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies allow the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting Cookies – Always Active
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and perform statistical analysis to improve our website and services. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
Disclosure to Third Parties
At times MBSATA may provide third parties with certain personal information to provide or improve our products and services, including to deliver products at your request, or to help MBSATA market to consumers. When we do, we require those third parties to handle it in accordance with relevant laws. Personal information will never be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes.
Third-Party Marketing
We have engaged one or more third party service providers to track and analyze both individualized usage and volume statistical information from interactions with our Websites.
MBSATA shares personal information with companies who provide services such as information processing, managing and enhancing customer data, providing customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever MBSATA operates.
Our display advertising partner, AdRoll, then enables us to present you with retargeting advertising on other sites based on your previous interaction with MBS Accounting Technology & Advisory, LLC, (MBSATA) website. The techniques our partners employ do not collect personal information such as your name, email address, postal address, or telephone number. You can visit this page to opt out of AdRoll’s and their partners’ targeted advertising.
These third parties use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and similar tracking technologies to collect and use certain information about your online activities, either on our Websites and/or other websites or mobile apps, to infer your interests and deliver you targeted advertisements that are more tailored to you based on your browsing activities and inferred interests (“Interest Based Research”).
Our third-party service providers may also use cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to our Websites and/or other sites to measure and track the effectiveness of advertisements and our online marketing activities (for example, by collecting data on how many times you click on one of our ads). The information collected by these third parties does not include personal information that enables you to be specifically identified (e.g. by reference to your name or email address).
Others
It may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence − for MBSATA to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate. We may also disclose information about you, but only where there is a lawful basis for doing so, if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our Terms of Use or protect our operations or Users. This could include providing information to public or governmental authorities. Additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale we may transfer any and all personal information we collect to the relevant third party.
Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, MBS Accounting Technology & Advisory, LLC, (MBSATA) uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. MBS Accounting Technology & Advisory, LLC, (MBSATA) will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us, nor will such information be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection.
Privacy Policy Updates
MBSATA reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Every user should periodically revisit this Privacy Policy for any updates as you continue to use the website.