At Green Collar, LLC we know that the privacy of your personal information is important to you. That’s why at Green Collar is our emphasis on confidentiality, integrity, trust and security of personal and financial information. These values are reflected in our longstanding commitment to protect your privacy.
We receive personal, nonpublic information about our clients in order to aid in tax consulting, provide other tax related or investment services. This information usually includes name, address, social security numbers, family situation, income, employment information, tax liability, bank account information, and stock or mutual fund ownership.
On this Web site, we strive to provide you with the most comprehensive and dependable information and services. You can access this information with complete anonymity. Whether researching our products and services, using our tools, or accessing our educational content, you are not required to provide personal information. Whenever you do supply personal information, it is kept secure and used solely to answer your inquiry, comply with your request, or supply you with information about new products and services to help you meet your needs.
Our Online Privacy Pledge
- Collect only the information we need to deliver superior products and services to you.
Prevent unauthorized access to your information.
Maintain control over the confidentiality of your personal information and give you a choice with regard to having your information shared with other companies for marketing purposes.
- Maintain up-to-date privacy notices on our Web sites.
The following policies and procedures protect the privacy of your information:
Categories of Information We May Collect
In the normal course of business we may collect the following types of information:
- Information you provide on applications and other forms (name, address, social security numbers, family situation, income, employment information, tax liability, bank account information, and stock or mutual fund ownership.)
Safeguarding Your Information
Access to information gathered on our Web sites is limited to personnel who need the information to perform their job responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed state and federal regulations. These safeguards are maintained for both existing and former clients. We continually update and improve our security standards, procedures, and technology to protect against unauthorized access to your confidential information.
How We Use Your Information
We may share your personal information within the Green Collar organization or with non-affiliated companies as described below.
- We may share your information within the Green Collar organization as permitted by law, including for routine business administration.
- We may share information with non-affiliated companies as allowed by law, such as firms that perform services on our behalf including administering and marketing our products. We require these companies to meet strict privacy standards.
- We may disclose information to non-affiliated entities when required by law, such as to respond to a subpoena, to prevent fraud, or to comply with an inquiry by a governmental agency.
Keeping Up-To-Date With Our Privacy Policy
Questions and Answers About Privacy:
- What information does this site collect? How is it used?
- What privacy rules apply when I visit other Web sites?
- What security measures does the site maintain to protect my personal information?
- How will I know if the Privacy Policy changes?
- Our commitment to you.
What information does this site collect? How is it used?
You can navigate through most of this Web site without submitting any personal information. The on-line calculators and information about our products and services can all be accessed without providing any personally identifiable information about you. When you do choose to provide us with information at the site, we will use it in the appropriate manner.
What privacy rules apply when I visit other Web sites?
This site provides links to other Web sites, including Green Collar subsidiaries and affiliates, business partners, and third party sites containing information that we believe you may find useful. When you visit those sites, you will be operating under their individual privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully review the respective privacy policies.
What security measures does the site maintain to protect my personal information?
We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personally identifiable information collected online from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. All information you supply on the site is encrypted during transmission and then stored on a secure server. However, you should be aware that our return e-mail messages to you cannot be encrypted and thus cannot be considered fully secure. Non-encrypted e-mail can be intercepted and viewed by other Internet users without your knowledge or consent.
How will I know if the Privacy Policy changes?
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy. If we do so, we will post notification on this site at least thirty days before the new policy goes into effect. To ensure you are aware of changes to our policy, we post the effective date of our policy. No data collected under this privacy policy will be used in a manner inconsistent with our stated policy, unless we provide you with the opportunity to tell us you would not like to participate in any programs we may establish.
Our Commitment to You
We strive to provide you with the most comprehensive source of tax return preparation and other tax related or investment services information on the Web. When we ask for personal information of any kind, or give you with the opportunity to supply such information, it is solely to improve our ability to meet your needs and respond to your requests. We will continue to do whatever we can to protect your privacy at our site.