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Privacy Policy

 

Billings Bridge Bookkeeping Services (hereinafter "Billings Bookkeeping", "we", "us"  or "our") is responsible for protecting the personal information of its clients.   This policy is designed to meet the needs of Billings Bookkeeping's clients and conform to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”).  It covers the collection, use, disclosure and retension of personal information by Billings Bridge Bookkeeping Services.

 

Personal Information

 

Personal information includes any factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual, or from which, the dentify of an identifiable individual can be deduced.

 

This includes information in any form, such as:         

  • Age, name, ID numbers, income, or ethnic origin

  • Opinions, evaluations, comments, social status, or disciplinary actions, and 

  • Employee files, credit records, loan records, medical records, the existence of a dispute with a client, or the intentions of a client.

 

Personal information does not include the name, title, business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.

 

Billings Bookkeeping collects personal information only for the following purposes:

  • To open an account

  • To provide services that clients have requested and maintain commercial relations with them,

  • To understand clients' business  needs and recommend services,

  • To make special offers to clients,

  • To manage our business, and

  • To meet any legal and regulatory requirements.

 

Billings Bookkeeping will not use your personal information for any other reason without your consent and will only share your information with third parties to assist in completing the above uses. Any third party’s use must adhere to Billings Bookkeeping's privacy policies or be allowed by law.

 

Billings Bookkeeping operates this website, which is hosted by Wix.com Ltd., and is solely responsible for its content.  Wix.com Ltd. partners with a number of third party suppliers to potentially provide Billings Bookkeeping with certain services.  This website is not connected to Google Analytics and does not use apps obtained from the Wix App Market.

 

This website may contain links to other websites. These links are provided solely for the convenience of users. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and we encourage our users to read the privacy statements of all such websites  as may collect personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such linked third-party websites.

 

Accountability

 

Billings Bookkeeping is accountable for all personal information in its possession, including any personal information disclosed to third parties for processing or other administrative functions.

 

Billings Bookkeeping is accountable for this privacy policiy as well as its enforcement.

 

 

 

Identifying Purposes

 

Billings Bookkeeping will identify the purpose for which personal information is collected before collecting it.

 

Informed Consent

 

Billings Bookkeeping will obtain written consent for all personal information collected, used or disclosed by us unless such collection or use without consent is permitted by law. In some circumstances, your consent will be implied from your conduct toward us.

 

Limiting Collection

 

The collection of personal information will be limited to information that is necessary for the purposes identified above by Billings Bookkeeping, will be collected by fair and lawful means, and will only be for purposes that a reasonable person would consider are appropriate in the circumstances.

 

Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention

 

Personal information collected by Billings Bookkeeping will not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required or permitted by law. Personal information will be retained only as long as is necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes, or to meet legal requirements or professional standards.

 

Personal information will be disposed of in a secure manner so as to prevent any privacy breach.

 

Accuracy

 

Personal information will be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is to be used. 

 

Safeguards

 

Billings Bookkeeping will safeguard your information against unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

 

Openness

 

Billings Bookkeeping will make information available to its clients about the policies and practices that apply to the management and safekeeping of their personal information.

 

Individual Access

 

Upon request, an individual will be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of their information, and will be given reasonsble access to it. An individual may correct any personal information if its accuracy and completeness is disputed and found to be in error.

 

Challenging Compliance

 

An individual may challenge compliance with the above privacy principles. Billings Bookkeeping will investigate all complaints in a timely manner.

 

updated Oct. 8, 2015

 

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