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PRIVACY POLICY
PayPrep and its employees are serious about protecting your privacy. This Privacy
Policy ("Policy") explains the way PayPrep handles various types of
information that you may be asked to disclose in the course of using the services
on the PayPrep.com website (the "Site"). The following Policy serves
as the standard for all PayPrep employees for the collection, use, retention and
security of your nonpublic personal information.
1. Collecting Information:
In using the Site, PayPrep may collect "nonpublic personal information"
about you. "Nonpublic personal information" is nonpublic information
about you that PayPrep obtains in connection with providing a financial service
to you. PayPrep may collect such information from the following sources:
(a) Preparing and Paying Taxes:
Members will be asked to provide certain information relevant to calculating and
paying your taxes.
(b) Credit Card Information:
Members will be asked to provide information for the facilitation of financial
transactions that you authorize PayPrep to complete.
(c) Contact Information:
Members will be asked to provide information relevant to your communicating with
PayPrep.
(d) Technical Information:
PayPrep may collect technical information, which does not allow us to identify
you personally, including the type of Internet Browser or computer operating system
that you are using and the domain name of the website from which you linked to
the Site. PayPrep may also store some information in the form of a "cookie"
or similar file that is automatically downloaded to your computer. If you do not
want cookies sent to or stored on your system, please select the appropriate option
for your Internet Browser.
2. Disclosing Nonpublic Personal Information:
In using the Site, PayPrep may disclose the information it collects only in accordance
with the following provisions:
(a) General Disclosures:
PayPrep is permitted under law to disclose nonpublic personal information about
you to third parties, including, but not limited to, the IRS or other relevant
tax authority, to assist us in servicing your account with PayPrep, to government
entities in response to subpoenas, and to credit bureaus. We do not disclose any
nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law.
(b) Specific IRS Disclosures:
As a method for detecting fraud in tax information transmitted via the Internet,
the IRS requires PayPrep to provide to the IRS, in connection with the electronic
filing of tax returns, the Internal Protocol (IP) address of the computer from
which the return originated. PayPrep is also required to notify the IRS whether
the e-mail address of the person electronically filing the return has been collected.
(c) Affiliate Sharing:
PayPrep is permitted under law to share information about our experiences or transactions
with you or your account with companies related to us by common control or ownership
("affiliates"). In the event that any company acquires PayPrep whether
by merger, purchase of stock, acquisition of substantially all of the assets related
to the Site or any other means reasonably designed to transfer ownership of the
Site to such company, PayPrep will transfer all Member nonpublic personal information
to such an affiliate. The obligations of this Policy will be assumed in connection
with any such transfer.
3. PayPrep will retain all Member nonpublic personal information until at least
the end of the calendar year for the purpose of facilitating the production of
tax and other relevant financial documents. Additionally, PayPrep may store all
Member nonpublic personal information for at least three (3) years for Member
convenience and in the event of an audit by an appropriate tax authority. If you
decide to close your account(s) or become an inactive Member, PayPrep will continue
to adhere to this Policy with respect to your nonpublic personal information.
In the event that you wish to receive this information, PayPrep may charge you
a service fee for the storage and transmitting of such information.
4. You are not required to receive any mailings from us or our sponsors that
you do not wish to receive. During the registration process, you will have the
option to sign up to receive PayPrep mailings and sponsor offers. If you wish
to discontinue receiving these items, you may change your subscription preferences
at any time by contacting PayPrep at customerservice@payprep.com.
5. You do not have to participate in any surveys. From time to time, PayPrep
may solicit your opinion to determine your preferences and dislikes in order to
provide you with a better product. These surveys are always optional to the Member
and your decision not to participate in a survey will not affect your status as
a Member. Should you choose to participate, any information you give us may be
used in aggregate form for further marketing purposes. In no event will PayPrep
disclose any nonpublic personal information you provide in these surveys to any
third parties.
6. PayPrep takes steps to safeguard Member information. PayPrep restricts access
to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that
information to provide products and services to you. Employees who violate these
standards will be subject to disciplinary measures. We maintain physical, electronic
and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic
personal information.
7. PayPrep reserves the right to make changes to this Policy. You acknowledge
that posting such changes on the Site constitutes sufficient notice and will be
deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes. Please check this space
regularly for any changes. If PayPrep plans to make changes to this Policy with
respect to any nonpublic personal information, PayPrep will post those changes
to this Policy 30 days before they take effect. You agree to receive all subsequent
annual privacy notices at the Site.
User acknowledges that any use of this Site is subject to
the Terms and Conditions Agreement and this Privacy Policy,
including any updates thereto.
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