Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to Rusk & Company. This Online Privacy Policy addresses the kinds of information that we may gather about you when you visit or submit forms on our website located at www.RuskCPA.com (the “Website”), how we expect to use that information, and the choices you have regarding our use of such information. We reserve the right to change our Online Privacy Policy, at any time and for any reason, by posting changes to the Website. Nothing contained in this Online Privacy Policy is intended to create a professional relationship between Rusk & Company and you.

Information We Collect

When you visit the Website, we do not collect personally identifiable information – such as your name, physical address, phone number, email address – unless you choose to fill out a form to contact us – such form is found on pages of the Website – or otherwise choose to send us an email. We may automatically collect non-personally identifiable information that we receive from our server logs from your browser, including your type of browser, IP address, cookie information and the page you requested.

How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We use non-personal identifiable information to monitor and improve the performance of the Website, including without limitation, navigation links and search terms. If you choose to fill out a form on the Website to contact us or otherwise choose to send us an email, we will use your personally identifiable information to review and respond to your inquiries. We may store your personally identifiable information and may use that information for future communications with you. We will not distribute, sell, rent or otherwise disclose your personal identifiable information to any third party except as follows:
to our business partners solely to operate and maintain our Website;
to business partners and other third parties who provide services on our behalf;
in special cases in response to subpoena and legal process; and
in special cases when we have reason to believe that the law permits or requires it, for example, to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property.

How We Link to Other Websites

Our Website contains links that may direct you to other websites that are beyond our control. These websites are linked only for your convenience and you access them at your own risk. We have no control over these websites or how they collect, distribute or otherwise use any personal information, and we do not guaranty the security of any information that you may disclose. We encourage you to review the terms of service and privacy policies available at these other websites.

How We Secure Information

We take great care in providing secure transmission of your information over the Internet via our secure file transfer. Even though we strive to protect your personal identifiable information, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

How We Use Cookies

Cookies are data text files that a website transfers to a visitor’s computer for record-keeping purposes. Cookies allow website operators to facilitate and customize your visit by saving your preferences while tracking information about your visit to a website. We use the data collected by cookies to retrieve certain information previously provided by you and to help us provide our visitors with a better experience at our Website. Many improvements and updates to the Website are based on the data collected by cookies. Information that we track with cookies includes, without limitation, the total number of visitors and pages viewed and which areas of our Website you visited. Although most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, you can reset your browser preferences to indicate when a cookie is being sent or to refuse all cookies. However, note that if you refuse cookies, you may have difficulty accessing cookie-enabled services available at our Website.

How We Protect Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children and encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their child’s online activities and interests. You must be at least 13 years of age to use our Website. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal identifiable information about visitors to our Website who are under 13 years of age.

How to Contact Us

If you have comments or questions about our Online Privacy Policy, please contact us by using the “Contact Us” form located on our Website.

Effective Date: June 15, 2015.