Privacy Policy

Fox Tax Service Inc. focuses on implementing fair information practices that are designed to
protect your privacy. You may have some concern about the confidentiality of the information you
provide to this office. It is our policy to keep your personal and business matters confidential to
the extent permitted by law. Client Information, Privacy Policies and Notice Regarding
Advisor-Client Privileged Communications. The Federal Trade Commission has issued
regulations that require tax preparation firms to provide an annual statement of firm privacy
policies.

Here is our policy: We handle all information you provide us with the utmost
confidentiality. Your personal information will only be shared with members of our firm who need
to know this information in order to complete the work you have hired our firm to do. We will not
disclose your personal information to anyone outside our firm without your express written
permission to do so, or unless we are legally required to do so. For example, if a mortgage lender
contacts our office for a copy of your return or information about it, we will ask that you provide
written permission prior to our responding to that request.

You should also be aware that anything you tell us during the interview for the preparation of
your tax return is confidential, but not protected from the IRS. Privileged communications (those
that are protected from IRS authority to compel our testimony) are limited to non-criminal tax
advice on matters before the IRS or non-criminal tax proceedings in federal courts. Although we
consider any information you provide us as confidential, return preparation engagements are not
covered by advisor-client privilege.

If you feel the nature of any subject matter to be discussed requires protected communications,
please raise that issue so that we can discuss your possible need to consult with an attorney for
legal advice.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://foxtaxes.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

Contact forms

Web Form Opt-In: An embedded form on the end business’s website prompts end-users to enter their mobile phone number and opt into the texting campaign.

 Important Requirements for Web Form Opt-In:

1. Opt-in checkbox MUST be selectable by end-user
   
   
2. Opt-in checkbox MUSTinclude a disclaimer (consent message) such as:
   • “I consent to receive sms notifications, alert from COMPANY NAME HERE. Message frequency varies. Message & data rates may apply. Text HELP to (XXX) XXX-XXX for assistance. You can reply STOP to unsubscribe at any time.”
     
     
3. Opt-in consent message and checkbox MUST be separated from Privacy Policy | Terms of Service and Promotional consent checkboxes. Promotional consent may be something like the following:
   • “By checking this box I agree to receive occasional marketing messages from INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE.”
     
     
4. Opt-in disclaimer MUST have All CTA disclosures present to be considered compliant:

 

• Program name and/or a description of the messages that will be sent (appointment reminders, marketing messages, occasional offers, etc.)
• Organization or individual being represented in the initial message
• Fee disclosure (“Message and data rates may apply”)
• Service delivery frequency or recurring messages disclosure (“4 messages per month”, “Message frequency varies”, “1 message per login”, etc
• Customer care information (typically “Text HELP for help” or Help at XXX-XXX-XXXX) – not required for single message programs (i.e 2FA)
• Opt out instructions (typically “Text STOP to unsubscribe”) – not required for single message programs (i.e 2FA)
• Link to Privacy Policy describing how end user opt-in information will be used. Be sure there is no mention of sharing of personal information with Third Parties (Must not be part of the checkbox statement. Instead, provide the link at the bottom of the form)
• Link to Terms and Conditions describing terms of service (Must not be part of the checkbox statement. Instead, provide the link at the bottom of the form)
• Incorporate a checkbox option that end-users must select in order to receive SMS messaging. The checkbox can not be pre-selected. The checkbox provides the end-user the ability to agree, or not agree, to receive SMS messaging.
  
  

When Phone Number field is Mandatory in Web form OPT_IN.
Consent cheekbones should be separated for both Marketing and Non-Marketing Messages and these checkboxes cannot be pre-selected.

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.

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 we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.