Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: December 4, 2022
Tax Godz LLC (“Tax Godz LLC,” “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) recognizes the importance of protecting the information provided to us by visitors to www.taxgodzglobal.com (our “Website”). This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains what information may be collected from you when you visit our Website, regardless of how you access or use the Website, whether via personal computers, mobile devices, or otherwise, and how that information is used and how it is shared with third parties. It also describes your choices regarding the use, access, and collection of your personal information.
Tax Godz LLC offers individual tax preparation services and related products and services, including in certain markets, tax resolution services, through various affiliates, franchisees and company-owned stores. Because we offer in-store and online tax preparation services, our privacy policies will vary depending on how you interact with Tax Godz LLC. This Privacy Policy applies solely to our Website, independent of any business relationship you may have with us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to our data collection activities offline or otherwise outside of our Website (unless otherwise stated below).
This Privacy Policy may change and will be updated on our Website. Changes are made when necessary to maintain the security, effectiveness, and appropriateness of our privacy and data security policies and practices, and to reflect the on-going changes in our industry. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are in agreement with any changes. If we amend this Privacy Policy to permit material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you of such amendment by prominently posting notice of such amendment on our Website’s homepages prior to the change becoming effective or by email (sent to the email address associated with your account). However, we will not use your previously collected personal information in a manner materially different than indicated at the time it was collected without your consent.
In addition, please review the Website’s Terms of Use, which governs your use of the Website. By using our Website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and our collection, use, and sharing of your information and data, and other activities, as described below.
If you have questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us by calling (248) 327-6405 A. Information Collected by Tax Godz LLC.
1. Voluntary Registration
We collect personal information (which may include, without limitation, your name, email address, social security number, date of birth, credit card information, mailing address and/or telephone number) from you when you voluntarily register on the Website or when you request information or a service (e.g., tax preparation services) on the Website. Additional information may be gathered during your subsequent use of the site, or when we communicate with you via telephone, email or other means. This personal information may include, without limitation, your employment and income information, your bank account information, credit scores and credit history, and tax return information and associated IRS filings. In order to create an account on our Website and administer that account, we will also collect a username and password which you will then use to access your account and other information.
2. Surveys or Contests
From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our Websites. If you participate, we may request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address) and demographic information (such as ZIP Code).
3. Passive Collection
As is true of most websites, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies to gather certain information automatically. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our Website (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the Website.
4. Tracking Technologies
Tax Godz LLC and our partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users’ movements around the Website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole (“Tracking Technologies”). These Tracking Technologies may set, change, alter or modify settings or configurations on your device. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our Website or service.
A few of the Tracking Technologies include, without limitation, the following (and subsequent technology and methods later developed):
Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a device when it is used to visit the Website. A Flash cookie (or locally shared object) is a data file placed on a device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may be built-in to or downloaded by you to your device. HTML5 cookies can be programmed through HTML5 local storage. Unlike Flash cookies, HTML5 cookies do not require a plug-in. Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Also, these tools may not be effective with regard to Flash cookies or HTML5 cookies. For information on disabling Flash cookies, go to Adobe’s website at http://www.adobe.com. Please be aware that if you disable or remove cookies, Flash cookies, or HTML5 cookies on your device, some parts of our Website may not function properly, and that when you revisit our Website your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.
Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our Website’s pages and messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or email can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to the Website, to monitor how users navigate the Website, to count how many emails that were sent were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.
Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Website, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Website, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.
5. Information from Third Parties
We may receive information about you from other individuals that use the Website. Additionally, we may, from time to time, supplement the information we collect directly from you on our Website with outside records from third parties for various purposes, including to enhance our ability to serve you, to tailor our content to you and to offer you opportunities that may be of interest to you. To the extent we combine information we receive from those sources with your personal information we collect on the Website, it will be treated as personal information and we will apply this Privacy Policy to such combined information, unless we have disclosed otherwise. In no other circumstances do our statements under this Privacy Policy apply to information we receive about you from third parties.
Examples of the types of personal information that may be obtained from public sources or purchased from third parties and combined with information we already have about you, may include:
- Address information about you from third party sources, such as the U.S. Postal Service, for verification and fraud-prevention purposes.
- Purchased marketing data about our customers from third parties that is combined with information we already have about you, to create more tailored advertising and products.
You may opt-out of these practices by emailing us at info@taxgodzglobal.com We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
9. Collection and Use of Third Party Personal Information
We may also collect, from you, the following personal information about your contacts: name and email address. When you provide us with personal information about your contacts we will only use this information for the specific reason for which it is provided.
C. How Collected Information May Be Shared with Third Parties
Tax Godz LLC may disclose the personal information you provide to us to our service providers, business partners, sponsors or affiliates so they can assist us in providing the services you request. By requesting information from our business partners, sponsors, and affiliates through the Websites, you give us permission to transfer your personal information to them so they can fulfill your request. We may also share aggregated user statistics with third parties.
We may also disclose collected information in certain cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with any of our rights or property, visitors, or anyone else. We may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
The IRS requires a device ID as part of the electronic filing record to aid in their defense against fraudulent return filing. Device ID identifies the device (e.g., computer, tablet, phone or other device) used to create the tax return. Our software system is recording this ID during the preparation of your tax return and will provide it to the IRS (and states) when your tax return is filed electronically.
1. Linked Third Party Websites
The Websites may contain links to other affiliated websites or websites of interest that are not under our direction or control (“Linked Third Parties”). Such links are included as a convenience. Linked Third Parties may include social networking websites and websites of advertisers, sponsors, and partners that may contain our or our affiliates’ logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other websites may send their own cookies to visitors, collect data, or solicit information. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you may provide while visiting Linked Third Parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to Linked Third Parties and only applies to our Websites. You should exercise caution and review the privacy policy of any Linked Third Parties you are visiting.
We are not responsible for, and cannot control, the information practices of Linked Third Party websites. By using the our Website, you acknowledge and agree to indemnify Tax Godz LLC and its affiliates, and hold us harmless from and against any liability, claim, cause of action, demand, loss, damage, injury, and/or litigation (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs), or any kind whatsoever, whether brought by an individual or other entity, or imposed by a court of law or administrative action of any jurisdiction, arising from or related to, either directly or indirectly, the use of your information by a Linked Third Party or the privacy policy of any such Linked Third Party.
2. Social Media
Our Website includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, and widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that may run on our Website. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
You may find additional information about our products and services through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. It is important to keep in mind that any information you share is visible to all participants on these social media platforms and you should never post any sensitive personal information on them (such as your social security number). Please be aware that if you contact us on one of our social media platforms, request services via social media, or otherwise direct us to communicate with you via social media, we may contact you via direct message or use other social media tools to interact with you.
Please carefully review the terms of use and the privacy policies of these social media sites as they may be different from our own policies.
2. Information for Parents
The Website is a general audience website and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children younger than the age of thirteen (13) as required by United States law. We will delete any personal information collected that we later determine to be from a user younger than the age of thirteen (13). If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of thirteen (13) and believe he or she has disclosed personal information to us, please contact us at info@taxgodzglobal.com
OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PRACTICES
In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information, as defined in the Relating to Michigan Residents and the other 49 states residents. The categories of personal information that we collect, use, and disclose about a United States resident will depend on our specific relationship or interaction with that individual.
We have no actual knowledge that we sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
You understand that any information you provide through our Websites will be governed by this Privacy Policy.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THESE WEBSITES.
Your continued use of the Websites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept such changes. If we amend this Privacy Policy to permit material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you of such amendment by prominently posting notice of such amendment on the Websites’ home pages prior to the change becoming effective.
To the extent any provision of this Privacy Policy is found by a competent tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed to the extent necessary for the remainder to be valid and enforceable.
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24040 West 10 mile road Southfield, MI 48033
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