Privacy Policy
The PICPA respects the personal information of its membership and visitors
to the CPAzone.org Web site. We know you are concerned about the confidentiality
and security of your financial and other personally identifiable information
you may provide to us. The PICPA makes every effort to protect and use
such information responsibly and appropriately.
Information Collection
From General Visitors
The PICPA does not collect any personally identifiable information
from general visitors to our Web site. We do however use server side
logs and applications to track Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser
types, Internet Service Providers (ISP), number of clicks per page,
and other statistical information that is not linked to personally identifiable
information. The PICPA does this in an effort to analyze trends so we
can continue to improve upon the content and services we offer on our
Web site.
From Members or Customers
In order to process certain requests from members or customers (such
as, requests for additional information, and other services) the PICPA
collects only the appropriate information needed to process the request
voluntarily from the user. Some of the information that may be voluntarily
collected in order to process the request can include contact information
(name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, and general
information regarding current school and or grade level, etc.). All
online purchasing of products or services are completed on one of our
parent Web sites located at http://www.picpa.org and at http://www.picpa.com.
Before purchasing any of the products or services offered by the PICPA,
we encourage you to review the privacy policy for picpa.org and picpa.com
listed and updated on http://www.picpa.org. At no point does the PICPA
collect any of this information in an involuntary manner.
Information Use
General Visitors
All information collected from general visitors to the site is anonymous
and does not contain any personally identifiable information. This information
is used in an effort to analyze trends so we can continue to improve
upon the content and services we offer on the CPAzone Web site.
Members or Customers
All information collected from Members or Customers is used to process
certain voluntary requests made from such Members or Customers (such
as, requests for additional information, and other services). The PICPA
collects only the appropriate information needed to process the request.
Some of the information that may be voluntarily collected in order to
process the request can include contact information (name, address,
phone number, fax number, email address, and general information regarding
current school and or grade level, etc.). The contact information is
collected for request fulfillment, to contact the user if a problem
should arise with their request, and/or notify the customer of services
and/or products that may be of interest to them.
This information is kept confidential by the PICPA and is not sold
to any third party.
All online purchasing of products or services are completed on one
of our parent Web sites located at http://www.picpa.org and at http://www.picpa.com.
Before purchasing any of the products or services located on these sites,
we encourage you to review their privacy policy listed and updated on
http://www.picpa.org. At no point does the PICPA collect any of this
information in an involuntary manner.
Third Party Disclosures
The PICPA does not disclose or release any personally identifiable
information collected on the CPAzone Web site www.cpazone.org to any
third party, with the following exceptions:
The PICPA may disclose confidential information if made in response
to a valid order of a court or authorized agency of government and will
work to establish a legal means to limit such disclosure and only disclose
that segment of confidential information which counsel advises must
be disclosed.
Users of http://www.picpa.org and http://www.picpa.com are encouraged
to review the current privacy policy located at http://www.picpa.org
for Third Party Disclosure policy information pertaining to those sites.
Links to Other Web sites and Online Advertisements
The CPAzone Web site contains links and/or advertisements that link
to other sites that have been provided for your ease of use. Reference
herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade
name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute
or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by PICPA.
Your use of any third party Web sites is at your own risk and we encourage
our users to read the terms and conditions of use and privacy policy
for each site they may use.
This privacy policy applies solely to the information collected, displayed,
and used on the CPAzone Web site located at http://www.cpazone.org.
Cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of information generated by some sites you
may have visited. It can contain information that can be used to track
your visits to a particular site and allows for site customization on
a per user basis.
Why do we need cookies?
Cookies on the CPAzone site are used to enable enhanced features, such
as the online quick poll and others. They also allow us to customize
certain areas on the site based on the user's interests.
Will cookies compromise my privacy?
We want to assure you that we are committed to protecting your confidentiality
and do not store any personally identifiable or financial information
in any of the cookies on our site. All of the cookies on our site are
known as session ID cookies. This type of cookie terminates once the
user closes their browser.
Policy Changes
As our Web site changes and the types of services we offer continue
to expand, our privacy policy will be updated and changed in an ongoing
manner. We will continue to post all changes to this policy here and
recommend that you frequently revisit this page to familiarize yourself
with such changes.
If you have any questions regarding our current privacy policy or suspect that any of your personally identifiable information was used in a manner that does not completely comply with this privacy policy, please contact us by Email, postal mail, or fax at the address listed in the PICPA Contact Address section in this privacy policy.
PICPA Contact Address |
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PICPA |
Phone: (215) 496-9272 |