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Privacy Policy

Who we are

At Giesler-Tran Bookkeeping (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit https://gieslertranbookkeeping.com, contact us, or use our bookkeeping and financial support services. This policy is tailored to the firm’s bookkeeping services, online consultation requests, and contact methods described on the website.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily submit, including:

  • Full name
  • Business name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Mailing address (if applicable)
  • Financial or bookkeeping information you choose to provide
  • Messages submitted through our contact forms
  • Information shared during consultations

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Referral source
  • Website usage statistics

This information helps us improve website performance and user experience.

2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Keep the website functioning properly
  • Improve website performance
  • Analyze visitor behavior
  • Remember user preferences

You can disable cookies through your browser settings; however, some features of the website may not function correctly.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Respond to inquiries
  • Schedule consultations
  • Deliver bookkeeping and financial services
  • Communicate regarding our services
  • Improve our website
  • Maintain website security
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Send occasional updates or newsletters (only where permitted)

4. Financial Information

As a bookkeeping firm, we may receive financial information necessary to provide our services.

We treat this information as confidential and only use it to perform the services you have requested.

We do not sell or rent your financial information.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with:

  • Trusted service providers assisting in website hosting, communications, scheduling, cloud storage, or accounting software
  • Professional advisors such as attorneys or CPAs when necessary
  • Government authorities when legally required
  • Successors in the event of a merger, acquisition, or business transfer

All third-party providers are expected to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security standards.

6. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

While we strive to protect your information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:

  • Provide our services
  • Meet legal, accounting, or tax obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce our agreements

When information is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymize it where appropriate.

8. Your Privacy Rights

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

  • Access your personal information
  • Request corrections
  • Request deletion of your information
  • Object to certain processing
  • Request data portability where applicable
  • Withdraw consent when processing is based on consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information below.

9. Third-Party Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or integrate services such as scheduling tools, email providers, payment processors, or accounting software.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

Please review their privacy policies separately.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our services are intended for businesses and adults.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information, please contact us so we can remove it.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Any revisions will be posted on this page with an updated Effective Date.

Your continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of any revised policy.

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.