Taxdunia.com Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 1st April, 2014

Taxdunia.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, Taxdunia.com (the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

1.1 Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site, make a purchase, or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site (such as online chat and message boards).

1.2 Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

1.3 Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

1.4 Data from Social Networks

User information from social networking sites, such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.

1.5 Mobile Device Data

Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.

1.6 Third-Party Data

Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.

1.7 Data from Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys

Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

2. Use of Your Information

We will only use your Customer Information as permitted under applicable law or pursuant to contractual obligations. Most commonly, we will use your Customer Information to perform the Services or to comply with a legal/contractual obligation. We use your Customer Information without limitation, for the following purposes:

• To verify your identity to register you as a Customer, and create and operate your account1(s) with us.
• To provide the Services to you
• To process payments made through our Services.
• To comply with legal obligations.
• To administer and protect our business and the Services, including for troubleshooting, data analysis, system testing, and performing internal operations.
• For risk control, fraud detection, and prevention.
• To perform our obligations that arise out of the arrangement we are about to enter or have entered with you.
• To respond to court orders, establish or exercise our legal rights, or defend ourselves against legal claims.
• To improve customer service to effectively respond to your service requests and support needs.
• To improve the functionality of our Services based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
• To send notifications to manage our relationship with you including to notify you of changes to our Services, send you information and updates pertaining to the Services you have availed, and to receive occasional company news and updates related to us or the Services.
• To monitor trends and personalise your experience.
• To market and advertise the Services to you
• To improve our business; and
• To conduct training and AI-based skill training.

3. Collection of Customer Information

• We are required to collect Customer Information to provide you with the Services, to comply with our contractual obligations and applicable law. If you do not wish to provide such Customer Information as and when requested by us, it will diminish our ability to perform our obligations under the arrangement we have with you or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with features of the Services). And consequently, we may be constrained to cancel or limit your access to the Services (or part thereof).
• Direct interactions: This includes Customer Information you consent to give us when you use our Services or when you interact with us, including, without limitation, when you:
• Create an account with us;
• Use the Services or carry out other activities in connection with the Services;
• Consent to receiving marketing communications; or
• Report a problem with the Services, give us feedback, or contact us.
• Automated technologies or interactions: When you use the Services, we may automatically collect data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, server logs, and other similar technologies. We may also receive such data about you if you visit other websites that use our cookies.
• Third parties or publicly available sources: We receive Customer Information from publicly available sources as well as various third parties, such as our service providers, credit bureaus, partners, alliance partners, group companies, agents, affiliates and government portals.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

4.1 By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

4.2 Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

4.3 Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

4.4 Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4.5 Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

4.6 Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

4.7 Other Third Parties

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

4.8 Sale or Bankruptcy

If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

5. Tracking Technologies

5.1 Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

5.2 Internet-Based Advertising

Additionally, we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Site, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us. For more information about opting out of interest-based ads, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

5.3 Website Analytics

We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

6. Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Site.

7. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

8. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at info@taxdunia.com.