Privacy Policy and Disclaimers

Updated November 1, 2024

Tax & Financial Solutions understands the importance of privacy, collecting, maintaining, and using personal information. This Privacy Policy and Disclaimer (Policy) applies to any person that uses or accesses the website owned and maintained by Tax & Financial Solutions, www.cpatfs.com (Site) or who receives services from Tax & Financial Solutions in his or her individual capacity.

BY USING OR ACCESSING THIS SITE, WWW.CPATFS.COM YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND DISCLAIMER. PLEASE READ THE POLICY CAREFULLY.

The information, artwork, text, video, audio, or pictures (collectively “Information”) contained on the Site is owned and operated by Tax & Financial Solutions. The Information on this Site is provided by Tax & Financial Solutions for general guidance and is intended to provide users general information of interest. The Information provided is not intended to replace or serve as a substitute for any accounting, tax, legal or other professional advice. Based on specific facts or circumstances, the application of laws and regulations may vary. You should consult with a Tax & Financial Solutions professional or other applicable professional before making any decision or taking any action.

We try to make sure that the Information on the Site is accurate and obtained from reliable sources.  Tax & Financial Solutions does not guarantee or warrant the Site. Therefore, the Information is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, timeliness, and completeness. We make no representation, warranty or guarantee that the Site will be error-free, omission-free or free of viruses. Tax articles and other Information on this Site are not intended to be used, and cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding accuracy-related penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. In no event shall Tax & Financial Solutions, its related partners, principals, managing directors, agents or employees be liable for any direct or indirect damages, whatsoever, without regard to the form of any action, arising out of or in connection with the Site, any content on or accessed by use of the Site, or any copying, display or other use hereof.

Cookies

We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our Site and identify repeat visitors to our Site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Site. Performance cookies such as Google Analytics, are used and help us keep track of the pages visited and help us to determine what is important and of interest to our Site visitors.

By accessing our Site, you agree to the use of cookies as described herein. You can disable cookies on your device. To learn more about cookies, see www.allaboutcookies.org

Information

Tax & Financial Solutions is the sole owner of the information collected on this Site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contacts from you, such as your name, address, email address, phone number. We do not sell or rent this information to any third parties.

The information collected is used solely for communicating with you as the intended party. We do not share your information with external parties for marketing or any other purposes.

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our service, including to monitor the usage of our service.
  • To manage your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to you as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.

All messages you send through the Service, whether to us or other users, are stored on our servers. Tax & Financial Solutions employs servers and services owned by third parties to retain these messages.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our clients or former clients to any third parties except required by the Code of Professional Ethics and Ethics Rulings of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), or as permitted by law.

Tax & Financial Solutions, when legally compelled to do so, may disclose any of your information or in good faith, believes the law requires such disclosure, or disclose your information for the protection of the legal rights of Tax & Financial Solutions.

Unless we have specifically requested and have provided a secure transmission method, we request that you do not send sensitive information such as social security number, health insurance number, driver’s license number, credit card number, bank routing, ABA or account number, birth date, or any other personally identifiable information.

 

SMS Disclosure

By reaching us by SMS, you agree to receive recurring messages from Sartec Partners LLC. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency depends on your interactions and preferences. You can reply STOP to opt-out of future messages or HELP for more information.

Security

We are committed to helping ensure that your information is secure. When you submit sensitive information via the firm’s portals, your information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. We will not ask for sensitive information to be submitted via our website contact forms. Unencrypted means of transmitting data, such as emails and website contact forms, are not considered a safe way of sending sensitive information (e.g., financial information, social security card numbers or credit card information). We take care of and use reasonable measures to protect user information and unlawful access to information. No transmission over the internet, data storage, or security systems or measures are fully secure. We, therefore, cannot guarantee the security of any information we have received from you or transmitted to you.

If you believe your information is not secure due to a problem on our Site, please contact us immediately at admin@cpatfs.com.

Links

As a matter of convenience to the user, Tax & Financial Solutions has provided links to websites owned and operated by others (Third Party Sites). Tax & Financial Solutions does not have control of the Third-Party Sites. Tax & Financial Solutions is not responsible for the content on the Third Party Sites and makes no representations or warranties regarding privacy policies, computer viruses, or other damage that may be caused by downloading information from Third Party Sites. This Policy does not apply to Third-Party Sites. We reserve the right to request the removal of links from another site to cpatfs.com.

Opt-Out

If you do not want to receive any marketing-related materials from us, please see How to Contact Us to opt out from receiving such information.

Other Matters

The name and logo ‘Tax & Financial Solutions’ (hereinafter “the Mark”) is a trademark owned by David Babikyan. The Mark and all associated intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyrights, are exclusively reserved by Tax & Financial Solutions.

Any unauthorized copying, reproduction, modification, use, or distribution of the Mark is strictly prohibited. This includes use on websites, business cards, advertisements, promotional materials, or any other commercial or non-commercial purposes.

To request permission for use of the Mark, please contact: admin@cpatfs.com

This Site’s intended use is for persons older than 13 in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).

The site does not detect or react to a browser’s Do Not Track setting. The site does not track personally identifiable information and Google Analytics statistics are anonymized.

Tax & Financial Solutions California Privacy Notice

In addition to our full Privacy Policy at https://www.cpatfs.com/privacy.html, this California Privacy Notice applies to certain California residents (“Consumers”) from whom we collect personal information as a business under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (California Civil Code §§ 1798.100 to 1798.199) and its implementing regulations, as amended or superseded from time to time (“CCPA”).

Information for California Residents

We collect Personal Information from California residents and comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act and related laws and regulations (“California privacy laws”). This California Privacy Notice applies to California residents (“users,” “you,” or “your”).

For the purposes of this California Privacy Notice, “Personal Information” means information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a particular individual or household. However, the following categories of information are not Personal Information:

  • Publicly available information;
  • Deidentified or aggregated data; or
  • Information otherwise excluded from the scope of California privacy laws.

This Privacy Notice provides the following information to California residents:

  • Categories of Personal Information we collect;
  • Purposes for which we use Personal Information;
  • Categories of Personal Information we disclose to third parties;
  • Categories of third parties to which we disclose Personal Information; and
  • Consumer rights under California privacy laws and how to exercise those rights, specifically including:
    • The rights to access, correct, or delete their Personal Information;
    • The right to limit the use of their Sensitive Personal Information in certain circumstances; and
    • The rights to opt out of targeted advertising, sales of Personal Information, or profiling.

Categories of Non-Sensitive Personal Information

The table below outlines the non-sensitive categories of Personal Information Tax & Financial Solutions collects about California residents and whether and how they are disclosed to third parties.

We collect Non-Sensitive Personal Information from the following sources:

  • Directly from our users

Category of Personal Information:

Identifiers

Examples

Identifiers may contain the following: names, addresses, social security numbers, etc.

Purpose(s)

To perform our services in accordance with professional standards.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Identifiers to enable processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Category of Personal Information:

Personal Characteristics

Examples

Personal Characteristics may contain the following: age.

Purpose(s)

To perform our services in accordance with professional standards.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Personal Characteristics to enable processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Category of Personal Information:

Commercial Information

Examples

Commercial Information may contain the following: names, addresses, phone numbers, and business ownership.

Purpose(s)

To perform our services in accordance with professional standards.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Commercial Information to enable processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Category of Personal Information:

Internet/Electronic Activity

Examples

Internet/Electronic Activity may contain the following: browsing history, app use, device ID, etc.

Purpose(s)

Specific to employees and subprocessors with access to our environment to maintain reasonable security measures.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Internet/Electronic Activity to enable processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data until the user deletes their account, after which it is retained only to the extent required by applicable law or for purposes of preventing fraud.

Category of Personal Information:

Professional Information

Examples

Professional Information may contain the following: employment history.

Purpose(s)

Specific to employees and prospective employees to screen individuals as part of our recruiting processes.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Professional Information to enable processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Category of Personal Information:

Educational Information

Examples

Educational Information may contain the following: school transcripts.

Purpose(s)

Specific to employees and prospective employees only, to screen individuals as part of our recruiting processes.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Educational Information to enable processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Categories of Sensitive Personal Information

The table below outlines the categories of Sensitive Personal Information Tax & Financial Solutions collects about California residents and whether they are disclosed to third parties. 

We collect Sensitive Personal Data from the following sources:

  • Directly from our users

Category of Sensitive Personal Information:

Government ID Data

Examples

Government ID Data may contain the following: Social Security number, Driver’s License, State ID, Passport number, other government ID.

Purpose(s)

To perform our services in accordance with professional standards.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties. 

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Government ID Data to perform services in accordance with professional standards.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Category of Sensitive Personal Information:

Financial Data

Examples

Financial Data may contain the following: balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, tax returns, miscellaneous financial data and schedules, etc., as in accordance with professional standards.

Purpose(s)

To perform our services in accordance with professional standards.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties. 

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors and Affiliates. We disclose Financial Data to perform services in accordance with professional standards and to enable processors to perform services on our behalf.

Retention Period

We retain this data as required by law and in accordance with professional standards.

Use of Personal Information

We use Personal Information for the purposes described above. Personal Information may also be used or disclosed as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.

Disclosing Personal Information

We disclose Personal Information to the following categories of third parties:

  • Processors (also referred to as “Service Providers” or “Contractors” in California law): We use processors to securely handle Personal Information on our behalf for our business purposes and only on our instructions. California privacy laws and our contracts with these companies prevent them from using your Personal Information for their own purposes.
  • Affiliates: We may disclose your information to our affiliates, subsidiaries, and representatives as part of providing our services.

See the tables above for more details about how different categories of Personal Information are disclosed.

We do not sell Personal Information to anyone. We do not share Personal Information for advertising or promotional purposes.

International Data Transfers

Your Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in locations outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. We take steps to ensure that your data is handled securely and in line with this Policy, regardless of where it is processed.

Data Retention

We retain your Personal Information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will also retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Exercising Your Personal Information Rights

California residents have the following rights under California privacy laws:

  • The right to know the Personal Information we have collected about them, including the categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Information, the purpose(s) for collecting, selling, or sharing your Personal Information, and the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed your Personal Information
  • The rights to correct or delete Personal Information;
  • The right to limit the use of Sensitive Personal Information in certain circumstances;
  • The rights to opt out of targeted advertising, sales of Personal Information, or profiling; and
  • The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising their privacy rights.

If you are a California resident, you can request to exercise your personal data rights under California privacy laws by contacting us at admin@cpatfs.com or calling us at 1-747-477-3477.

To protect your privacy, we may need to authenticate your identity before we respond to your rights request. We will verify your identity by sending an email to your email address on file with a link to click. We may ask you for additional information as part of this process, including the last four digits of your social security number. If you do not complete the verification process, we may be unable to process your request. Any information you provide to authenticate your identity will only be used to process your rights request and not for any other purpose. Please be aware that we do not accept, or process rights requests submitted through other means.

We will respond to your rights request within 45 days, though in certain cases we may inform you that we will need up to another 45 days to act on your request. If we suspect fraudulent or malicious activity on or from your account, we will delay acting on your request until we can appropriately verify your identity and the request as authentic. Also note that each of the rights are subject to certain exceptions.

We reserve the right to decline to process, or charge a reasonable fee for, requests from a California resident that are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive.

Notice of Right to Limit the Use of Sensitive Personal Information

You have the right to limit some uses of Sensitive Personal Information. You may direct companies not to use Sensitive Personal Information except as necessary to provide goods or services you have requested or other exempt purposes.

However, we only use Sensitive Personal Information for purposes that are exempt from this right, such as to provide you with goods or services you have requested, to detect and prevent security incidents, or verifying the quality of our goods and services. The full list of these exempt purposes is specified in California Code of Regulations, Title 11, Section 7027(m).

Children’s Data

We do not knowingly sell or share for targeted advertising the Personal Information of California residents under 16 years of age.

We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), in addition to California privacy law, with respect to any Personal Information we collect or use from children under the age of 13.

Authorized Agent Requests

California privacy law allows you to designate an authorized agent to make a rights request on your behalf. Your authorized agent may submit such a request by following the same method described above in the section titled Exercising Your Personal Information Rights. We may require verification of your authorized agent’s authority in addition to the information we require for verification of your identity.

Notice of Financial Incentive

We do not offer financial incentives to California residents based upon the collection, retention or sale of Personal Information.

Policy Changes

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be communicated to you, and your continued use of our services implies your acceptance of the updated policy. By using our services, you agree to the terms outlined in this privacy policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this CPRA Privacy Notice, contact admin@cpatfs.com.

 

Last updated: November, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax & Financial Solutions California HR Privacy Notice

Privacy Information for California Employees, Contractors, and Applicants

We collect Personal Information from current and past employees (‘Employees’), Contractors and Applicants and comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), together referred to as “California Privacy Law.” This California HR Privacy Notice applies to California Employees, Contractors, and Applicants (“you” or “your”). Tax & Financial Solutions (“TFS”) will extend these rights to TFS employees located in the United States of America. To learn more about your rights, see TFS’s California HR Privacy Notice.

 

Privacy Information for California Employees, Contractors, and Applicants

We collect Personal Information from current and past employees (‘Employees’), Contractors and Applicants and comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act and related laws and regulations (“California privacy laws”). This California HR Privacy Notice applies to California Employees, Contractors, and Applicants (“you” or “your”).

“Personal Information” means information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a particular individual or household. However, the following categories of information are not Personal Information:

  • Publicly available information;
  • Deidentified or aggregated data; or
  • Information otherwise excluded from the scope of California privacy laws.

This Privacy Notice provides the following information to California Employees, Contractors, and Applicants:

  • Categories of Personal Information we collect;
  • Purposes for which we use Personal Information;
  • Categories of Personal Information we disclose to third parties;
  • Categories of third parties to which we disclose Personal Information; and
  • How Employees, Contractors, and Applicants can exercise their rights under California privacy laws:
    • The rights to access, correct, or delete Personal Information;
    • The right to limit the use of sensitive Personal Information in certain circumstances; and
    • The rights to opt out of targeted advertising, sales of Personal Information, or profiling.

Categories of Non-Sensitive Personal Information

The table below outlines the non-sensitive categories of Personal Information Tax & Financial Solutions collects about Employees, Contractors, and Applicants and whether and how they are disclosed to third parties.

We collect Non-Sensitive Personal Information from the following sources:

  • Directly from our Employees, Contractors, and Applicants

Category of Personal Information: Identifiers

Examples

Identifiers may contain the following: names, addresses, social security numbers, etc.

Purpose(s)

To process payroll, perform background checks, and comply with statutory obligations.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Identifiers to enable our processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

Category of Personal Information: Personal Characteristics

Examples

Personal Characteristics may contain the following: age.

Purpose(s)

To process payroll, perform background checks, and to comply with statutory obligations.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Personal Characteristics to enable our processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

Category of Personal Information: Internet/Electronic Activity

Examples

Internet/Electronic Activity may contain the following: browsing history, app use, device ID, etc.

Purpose(s)

Specific to employees and contractors, to access to our environment to maintain reasonable security measures.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties. 

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Internet/Electronic Activity to enable our processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

Category of Personal Information: Professional Information

Examples

Professional Information may contain the following: employment history.

Purpose(s)

To screen individuals as part of our recruiting processes.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Professional Information to enable our processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

Category of Personal Information: Educational Information

Examples

Educational Information may contain the following: school transcripts.

Purpose(s)

To screen individuals as part of our recruiting processes.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Sharing

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Educational Information to enable our processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

Categories of Sensitive Personal Information

The table below outlines the categories of Sensitive Personal Information Tax & Financial Solutions collects about Employees, Contractors, and Applicants and whether they are disclosed to third parties.

We collect Sensitive Personal Information from the following sources:

  • Directly from our Employees, Contractors, and Applicants

Category of Sensitive Personal Information: Government ID Data

Examples

Government ID Data may contain the following: social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card, passport number, or similar government ID.

Purpose(s)

To process payroll, perform background checks, and to comply with statutory obligations.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties. 

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Government ID Data to enable our processors to provide service on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

Category of Sensitive Personal Information: Sensitive Category Data

Examples

Sensitive Category Data may contain the following: social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card, passport number, or similar government ID.

Purpose(s)

To process payroll, perform background checks, and to comply with statutory obligations.

Targeted Advertising

We do not engage in targeted advertising or disclose this information for targeted advertising purposes.

Sale

This information is not sold to third parties.

Other Disclosures

This information may be disclosed to Processors. We disclose Sensitive Category Data to enable our processors to provide services on our behalf.

Retention Period

In accordance with our data retention policy, professional standards, and as required by law.

 

Use of Personal Information

We use Personal Information for the purposes described above. Other examples of how we may use your Personal Information within Tax & Financial Solutions include:

  • Publishing Employees’ work contact information in an intra-company directory for other Employees to view.
  • Disclosing applicants’ submitted Personal Information with our HR department and other employees to process applications.
  • Creating profiles of contractors’ performance based on work product.

Personal Information may also be used or disclosed as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.

Disclosing Personal Information

We disclose Personal Information to the following categories of third parties:

  • Processors (also referred to as “Service Providers” or “Contractors” in California law): We use processors to securely handle Personal Information on our behalf for our business purposes and only on our instructions. California privacy laws and our contracts with these companies prevent them from using your Personal Information for their own purposes.
  • Other Employees, Contractors, and Applicants: Content you post on our systems may be displayed to other Employees, Contractors, and Applicants as appropriate.

See the tables above for more details about how different categories of Personal Information are disclosed.

We do not sell Personal Information to anyone. We do not share Personal Information for advertising purposes.

Exercising Your Personal Information Rights

California Employees, Contractors, and Applicants have the following rights under California privacy laws:

  • The right to know the Personal Information we have collected about them, including the categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Information, the purpose(s) for collecting, selling, or sharing your Personal Information, and the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed your Personal Information
  • The rights to correct, or delete Personal Information;
  • The right to limit the use of Sensitive Personal Information in certain circumstances;
  • The rights to opt out of targeted advertising, sales of Personal Information, or profiling; and
  • The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising their privacy rights.

If you are a California Employee, Contractor, or Applicant, you can request to exercise your Personal Information rights under California privacy law by contacting us at admin@cpatfs.com or calling us at 1-747-477-3477. 

To protect your privacy, we may need to authenticate your identity before we respond to your rights request. We will verify your identity by sending an email to the email address on file with a link to click. We may ask you for additional information as part of this process, including the last 4 digits of your social security number. If you do not complete the verification process, we may be unable to process your request. Any information you provide to authenticate your identity will only be used to process your rights request and not for any other purpose. Please be aware that we do not accept, or process rights requests submitted through other means.

We will respond to your rights request within 45 days, though in certain cases we may inform you that we will need up to another 45 days to act on your request. If we suspect fraudulent or malicious activity on or from your account, we will delay acting on your request until we can appropriately verify your identity and the request as authentic. Also note that each of the rights are subject to certain exceptions.

We reserve the right to decline to process, or charge a reasonable fee for, requests from an Employee, Contractor, or Applicant that are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive.

Notice of Right to Limit the Use of Sensitive Personal Information

You have the right to limit some uses of Sensitive Personal Information. You may direct companies not to use Sensitive Personal Information except as necessary to provide goods or services you have requested or other exempt purposes.

However, we only use Sensitive Personal Information for purposes that are exempt from this right, such as to provide you with goods or services you have requested, to detect and prevent security incidents, or verifying the quality of our goods and services. The full list of these exempt purposes is specified in California Code of Regulations, Title 11, Section 7027(m).

Children’s Data

We do not knowingly collect or use the Personal Information of children under 16. If you believe that we have collected the Personal Information of a child under 16, please contact us at admin@cpatfs.com.

Authorized Agent Requests

California privacy law allows you to designate an authorized agent to make a rights request on your behalf. Your authorized agent may submit such a request by following the same method described above. We may require verification of your authorized agent in addition to the information for verification above for Employees, Contractors, and Applicants and households.

Policy Changes

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be communicated to you, and your continued use of our services implies your acceptance of the updated policy. By using our services, you agree to the terms outlined in this privacy policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this California HR Privacy Notice, contact us at admin@cpatfs.com.

Last updated: November, 2024