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Privacy Policy
Who we are
We are Lenard Silverman CPA, a trusted provider of accounting and financial services dedicated to helping individuals and businesses manage their finances with confidence. Our team, led by Lenard Silverman, CPA, specializes in tax planning, QuickBooks training, and comprehensive bookkeeping solutions. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, accuracy, and confidentiality in all our services. Protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information is a core part of our mission.
Our website address is: https://lenardsilvermancpa.com/.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to provide and improve our services, ensure compliance with legal obligations, and deliver a personalized experience. Specifically, we may use your information to:
- Deliver Services: Process transactions, manage your account, and provide accounting, tax, and QuickBooks training services.
- Communicate with You: Respond to inquiries, send updates, and share important information about your account or our services.
- Improve Our Offerings: Analyze usage trends and feedback to enhance our website, tools, and customer experience.
- Ensure Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements and maintain accurate records for auditing and tax purposes.
- Protect Security: Detect and prevent fraud, unauthorized access, and other harmful activities.
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Any data shared is strictly for service delivery or legal compliance.
Information We Collect
We collect information that helps us provide high-quality accounting and financial services while ensuring compliance and security. This may include:
- Personal Identification Details: Name, address, phone number, and email address.
- Financial Information: Bank account details, tax identification numbers, and other data necessary for tax preparation and accounting services.
- Business Information: Company name, business address, and relevant financial records for commercial clients.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and usage data when you interact with our website to improve functionality and security.
- Communication Records: Emails, messages, and documents shared with us for service delivery and support.
We only collect information that is necessary for the services you request and handle all data in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
How We Protect Your Information
We take the security of your personal and financial information seriously. To safeguard your data, we implement industry-standard measures, including:
- Encryption: Sensitive information is encrypted during transmission and storage to prevent unauthorized access.
- Secure Systems: Our servers and software are regularly updated and monitored to maintain strong security protocols.
- Access Controls: Only authorized personnel have access to your information, and they are trained in confidentiality and data protection practices.
- Regular Audits: We conduct periodic reviews and audits to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and to identify potential vulnerabilities.
- Fraud Prevention: Advanced monitoring tools help detect and prevent fraudulent or suspicious activities.
While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We encourage clients to use strong passwords and safeguard their own systems.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
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.