Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Global Virtual Solutions is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website, and clients who utilize our accounting services. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share the information we obtain from you. By accessing or using our website and services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website and services:

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

This includes information you provide when filling out forms on our website, communicating with us via email, or engaging our services:

Contact Data: Name, email address, mailing address, phone number.
Professional Data: Job title, company name, and other business details.
Financial & Sensitive Client Data: (Collected primarily for rendering services, not usually via the general website forms) Financial records, tax identification numbers, bank account details, transaction history, and other sensitive financial information.
Account Credentials: Passwords and login details for client portals, if applicable.

B. Information Collected Automatically

As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns:

Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including the pages you view, the links you click, and the time and duration of your visit.

3. How We Collect Information

We use various technologies for automatic data collection, including:

Cookies (or browser cookies): Small files placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser.
Web Beacons: Small electronic files (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To Provide Services: To fulfill our obligations under any contracts with you, including accounting, tax, and consulting services.
Communication: To respond to your inquiries, send administrative information (such as policy updates), and deliver service-related communications.
Marketing: To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us or that we believe may be of interest to you. (You will have the option to opt-out of marketing communications.)
Website Improvement: To improve our website, services, and marketing efforts by analyzing website traffic and user behavior.
Security & Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms and conditions, and protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others.

5. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about our users without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (e.g., cloud storage providers, IT support, professional advisors) who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, restructuring, or other transfer of some or all of [Your Accounting Service Name]'s assets.
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of [Your Accounting Service Name], our clients, or others.

6. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

All sensitive information (especially financial and tax data) is encrypted and protected by secure channels (e.g., SSL/TLS).
Access to client data is restricted to employees and contractors who need the information to perform their duties and are subject to strict confidentiality obligations.

However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Your Data Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
Request erasure of your personal data (subject to legal obligations).
Object to the processing of your personal data.
Request data portability.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided in Section 9.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at:

[Your Accounting Service Name] Address: [Your Business Address] Email: [Privacy Contact Email Address] Phone: [Your Business Phone Number]

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.