866-230-4257

Privacy Policy

1. GENERAL

Your Fixed Asset Accountant, d/b/a Your Fixed Asset Accountant (“YFAA,” “We,” “Our,” or “Us”), is the proprietor of this website and respects the privacy of everyone. As a visitor (“Site Visitor,” “User,” or “You”) to our website (https://Yourfixedassetaccountant.com/privacy-policy/) and its related services, we value your trust and confidence. This YFAA Privacy Policy (hereafter “Privacy Policy”) outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information in connection with your use of our website and related services (collectively, the “Website” and, together with the Website, the “YFAA Services” or “Services”).

We collect information about You from various sources, including when You register for Our Services through your user account (“Account”), your general use of the Services, and third-party websites and services. To provide You with our Services, we may collect, transfer, manipulate, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to carefully read this Privacy Policy, as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with Us.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in the YFAA Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”). It is important that you familiarize yourself with the Terms of Service before accessing or using our Services. By accessing and using Our Services, You agree to comply with the Terms of Service. Please note that concerning the YFAA Services, this Privacy Policy supersedes any other privacy agreement you may have with Us.

2. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
  • 2.1 Personal Information Provided by You – YFAA Services include online back office, bookkeeping, and accounting services which are designed for small, medium-sized businesses and large corporation. The information We gather enables Us to personalize, improve, and continue to operate the Services. In connection with certain aspects of the Services, We may request, collect, and/or display some of Your Personal Information on Your Account. “Personal Information” is information that can be used to directly identify a person, and may include information such as the individual’s name, email address, telephone number, bank statements, credit card information, and accounting and financial information. We may collect Personal Information directly from You when You: i) Register to use the services; ii) Use the Services; iii) Contact the YFAA support team; and/or, iv) Visit the Website. You may choose not to provide Your Personal Information, but it may result in Us being unable to provide You with Our Services.
  • 2.2 Collection of Personal Information about Third Parties from You – In Your use of Our Services, We may also collect information from You about someone else. If You provide us with Personal Information about someone else, You warrant and represent that You are authorized to disclose that information to us and that We may collect, use, and disclose such information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and to be able to provide you with our Services under the Terms.
    • 2.2.1 This means that You must take reasonable steps to ensure the individual concerned is aware of and/or consents to the various matters detailed in this Privacy Policy, including the fact that their Personal Information is being collected, the purposes for which that information is being collected, the intended recipients of that information, the individual’s right to obtain access to that information, Our identity, and how to contact Us.
    • 2.2.2 Where requested to do so by Us, You must also assist Us with any requests by the individual to access or update the Personal Information You have collected from them and entered into the Services.
  • 2.3 Information Collected Automatically Using Cookies – In providing Our Services, We use “Cookies.” A cookie is a small text file that is stored on Your computer for record-keeping purposes. A cookie does not identify You personally or contain any other information about You, but it does identify Your computer.
    • 2.3.1 We and some of our affiliates and third-party service providers may use a combination of “persistent cookies” (cookies that remain on Your hard drive for an extended period) and “session ID cookies” (cookies that expire when You close Your browser) on the Website to, for example, track overall site usage, and track and report on Your use and interaction with ad impressions and ad services.
    • 2.3.2 You can set Your browser to notify You when You receive a cookie so that You will have an opportunity to either accept or reject it in each instance. However, You should note that refusing cookies may hurt the functionality and usability of the Website and may prevent YFAA Services from working properly, or at all.

3. USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
  • 3.1 Use of Personal Information – We collect Your Personal Information so that We can provide You with the Services. In doing so, We may use the Personal Information We have collected from You for purposes related to the Services, including but not limited to:
    • 3.1.1 Verify Your identity and perform client screening;
    • 3.1.2  Administer the Services;
    • 3.1.3 Notify You of new or changed services offered about the Services;
    • 3.1.4 Carry out marketing or training relating to the Services;
    • 3.1.5 Assist with the resolution of technical support issues or other issues relating to the Services;
    • 3.1.6 Comply with applicable rules, laws, and regulations; and,
    • 3.1.7 Communicate with You.
  • 3.2 By using the Services, You consent to Your Personal Information being collected, held, and used in this way and for any other use You authorize. We will only use Your Personal Information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or by Your express consent.
  • 3.3 Note that when You register for Your Account or pay Your invoice for services rendered, any payment information you provide is collected through and stored on third-party websites, such as Stripe.
  • 3.4 Non-Identification On Use for Other Purposes – YFAA may, with the assistance of third parties, use the information provided to YFAA for purposes such as improving the delivery or quality of services or technology to You and other clients, to allow You and other clients to evaluate various business transactions and opportunities, and for use in presentations to You, other clients, and non-clients.
  • 3.5 When Your information is used outside of YFAA or such third parties assisting them, You will not be identified as the source of the information, nor will any of Your personally identifiable information be compromised. For example, Your information may be aggregated or anonymized so that it is not personally identifiable.

4. TRANSFER YOUR DATA
  • 4.1 Transfer to Services Over the Internet – All Data that is entered into the Services by You, or automatically imported on Your instruction, is transferred to our servers as a function of transmission across the Internet. By using the Services, You consent to Your Personal Information being transferred to our servers as set out in this Privacy Policy.
  • 4.2 Transfer of Your Data to Third-Party Applications – The Services may allow You as a Subscriber, or another Authorized User within the relevant subscription to the Services, to transfer Data, including Your Personal Information, electronically to and from third-party websites, services, and applications. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of such third parties that We do not own or control. While We attempt to facilitate access only to those third-party websites, services, and applications that share our respect for Your privacy, We have no control over, and take no responsibility for, the privacy practices or content of these websites, services, and applications. You are responsible for checking the privacy policy of any such applications so that You can be informed of how they will handle Your Personal Information.

5 . LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • 5.1 Disclosure to Third Parties – We will only disclose the Personal Information You have provided to Us to other parties if it is necessary and appropriate to facilitate the purpose for which Your Personal Information was collected under this Privacy Policy, including the provision of the Services. We will not otherwise disclose Your Personal Information to a third party unless You have provided Your express consent. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, We do reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as We reasonably believe is necessary to:
    • 5.1.1 Satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request;
    • 5.1.2 Enforce this privacy policy and our terms of service, including investigation of potential violations hereof;
    • 5.1.3 Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues;
    • 5.1.4 Respond to user support requests; or,
    • 5.1.5 Protect Our rights, property, or safety, Our users, and the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention.
  • 5.2 Where possible and appropriate, We will notify You if We are required by law to disclose Your Personal Information.
  • 5.3 Sharing Your Personal Information with Contracted Third-Parties – We may employ and contract with people and other entities that perform certain tasks on Our behalf and who are under Our control (Our “Agents”). We may need to share Personal Information with Our Agents to provide the Services to You. Unless We tell You differently, Our Agents do not have any right to use Personal Information or other information We share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to Our sharing of Your Personal Information with Our Agents.
  • 5.4 Transfer of Data During Business-Related Transactions – Finally, We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the transferred business assets. Moreover, if We, or substantially all of the assets relating to YFAA, were acquired, or if YFAA is discontinued or We go out of business or enter bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of Us or Our assets may continue to use Your Personal Information as outlined in this Privacy Policy.

6. PROTECTION OF YOUR DATA
  • 6.1 Security of Your Personal Information – We are committed to protecting the security of Your Personal Information and We take all reasonable, industry-standard precautions to protect it from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. Your Personal Information is stored on secure third-party servers that use 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard, Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security to protect data in transit between third-party apps and servers. Your Account is secured by a user-created password and SHA256 encryption technology. YFAA takes certain, limited steps to protect Your Accounts and content. YFAA restricts access to your information to those individuals (such as contractors and employees) who need access to such information to perform their jobs. YFAA does not guarantee the security of Your account, content, or passwords, and You are solely responsible for the security of the login credentials. You post Content at your own risk.
  • 6.2 Responsibility for Securing User Login Credentials – However, the Internet is not in itself a secure environment and We cannot give an absolute assurance that Your Personal Information will be secure at all times. Transmission of Personal Information over the Internet is at Your own risk, and You should only input, or instruct the inputting of, Personal Information to the Services within a secure environment. You are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to Your account and Personal Information, including, for example, by protecting Your account credentials and limiting access to devices on which You access the Services.
  • 6.3 We will advise You as soon as reasonably possible, and by applicable laws, upon discovering or being advised of a security breach where Your Personal Information is lost, stolen, accessed, used, disclosed, copied, modified, or disposed of by any unauthorized persons or in any unauthorized manner.
  • 6.4 No Responsibility for Third-Party Content – YFAA cannot control other users with whom You share content. At any time, unauthorized access, or use (due to a security breach), hardware or software failure, or other circumstances may compromise the security of accounts, content, or passwords.
  • 6.5 While YFAA will allow you to set options that limit access to your content, these options are not guaranteed. YFAA is in no way liable or responsible for security breaches. Further, even after removal, copies of content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored content.
  • 6.6 Any improper collection or misuse of information is a violation of YFAA’s Terms of Use and should be reported to YFAA at the information provided in the Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy

7. YOUR RIGHTS
  • 7.1 You may Request Access to Your Personal Information – It is Your responsibility to ensure that the Personal Information You provide to Us is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. You may request access to the Personal Information We hold about You, or request that We update or correct any Personal Information We hold about You, by setting out Your request in writing and sending it to us at www.Yourfixedassetaccountant.com.
  • 7.2 We will process Your request as soon as reasonably practicable, provided We are not otherwise prevented from doing so on legal grounds. If We are unable to meet Your request, We will let You know why. In some circumstances, it may be necessary for Us to seek to arrange access to Your Personal Information through a mutually agreed intermediary.
  • 7.3 You Can Opt-Out of Any Communications – We send billing information, product information, service updates, and Service notifications to You via email or SMS text messaging. Our emails and text messages will contain clear and obvious instructions describing how You can choose to be removed from any mailing or messaging lists not essential to the Services. We will remove You from mailings relating to YFAA at Your request. Please read the applicable unsubscribe instructions carefully. Please note that requesting to be removed from one mailing or messaging list may not result in You being removed from all mailing or messaging lists to which You are subscribed. You may need to send separate requests to be removed from each specific mailing or messaging list to which You are subscribed.

8. RETENTION
  • 8.1 We’ll only keep Your Personal Information for as long as We require it to provide You with the Services. We make available the stored data for 180 days, to allow the customers the make use of the stored data such as PDFs of filing data, transaction history, or invoices, to assist the customer in reproducing them. Upon termination or expiration of services, the stored data will be available for ninety (180) days, ending at which the data shall be deleted. However, We may also be required to keep some of Your Personal Information for specified periods, for example under certain laws relating to corporations, money laundering, and financial reporting legislation, and to comply with professional standards.
  • 8.2 You Have Certain Rights Under the California Privacy Laws – Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to:
    • 8.2.1 Ask Us for a notice identifying the categories of personal customer information that We share with Our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If You are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address:

      Your Fixed Asset Accountant, Inc.
      131 Continental Drive, Suite 301
      Newark, Delaware 19713

    • 8.2.2 Request that the personal information that has been collected by Us from You, be deleted, subject to certain exceptions, where such information is mandatorily required to be stored by Us under legal obligations.

9. PRIVACY POLICY FOR CHILDREN
  • 9.1 In compliance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Website, Our Services, and Products are not directed towards, or meant for access by children under the age of 13. Any access to our Website, Services, and Products by any child between the ages of 13 to 18, is to be monitored by a parent or guardian and needs to be done with their consent. Any unsupervised access to Our Services or Products by children under the age of 13 to 18, is prohibited and will be terminated upon discovery. Additionally, any personally identifiable information being provided by any child under the age of 13, or information that identifies a child under the age of 13, will be deleted immediately upon discovery, if in violation of this restriction.

10. MODIFICATIONS
  • 10.1 We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information We collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected. If We make changes in the way We collect or use information, We will notify You by posting an announcement on the Services or sending You an email. You are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when You use the Services after such changes have been posted.

11. LEGAL COMPLIANCE
  • 11.1 Consent to Processing Information Provided by You – By accessing or using Our Website or otherwise providing information to Us, You consent to the processing and transfer of information in and to the U.S. Company is governed by the laws of the state in which We operate and conduct business.
  • 11.2 Disclosure when Required under Laws –We will disclose any details or information, without notification to customers or users, if required to do so by federal, state, or local law, or to safeguard the rights or property of YFAA; and, under vital circumstances, to protect the individual safety and security of YFAA’s customers and employees.
  • 11.3 Further Queries – If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or Your dealings with this Website, please contact Us by sending a letter to Us at the address shown on the Contact Us page. You may also contact Us by E-mail or by submitting a contact form found on the Contact Us page.

12. INTERNATIONAL USERS
  • 12.1 The Service is controlled, operated, and administered by YFAA from Our offices within the USA. If You access the Service from a location outside the USA, You are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that You will not use the YFAA content accessed through the Website in any country or any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions, or regulations.

13. CONTACT FOR QUERIES
  • 13.1 If You have questions or comments about Our administration of Your data, please contact Us at (www.Yourfixedassetaccountant.com/) or by writing Us at:

    Your Fixed Asset Accountant, Inc.
    131 Continental Drive, Suite 301
    Newark, Delaware 19713
    Email: yourfixedassetaccountant.com
    Phone: 866-230-4257