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Privacy Policy
Effective on 01/28/2022
Last Updated 01/28/2022
This Privacy Policy applies to i1099.com (the "Site") and the i1099.com online
tax filing service (the "Service") (collectively, “Our Site and Service”) owned
and operated by Chatsworth CPA Inc. (“Chatsworth CPA”, "we", "us", or
"our"). This Privacy Policy describes how i1099.com collects and uses the
information you provide on Our Site and Service. It also describes the choices
available to you regarding our use of your Personal Information and how you
can access and update this information.
This Privacy Policy covers i1099.com’s practices for collecting, using,
maintaining, protecting and disclosing information you provide through Our
Site and Service. By using Our Site and Service, you agree to the collection
and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not
addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute
resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-
form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Children’s Privacy | Information We Collect | Use of Personal
Information | Sharing Personal Information | Your Choices | Correcting and
Updating Your Personal Information | Email Choice/Opt-
Out | Security | Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies | Advertising | Links
to Other Websites | Social Media Features | Testimonials/Feedback | Do Not
Track | Your Privacy Rights | Non-Discrimination | GDPR | Notice of
Changes | Contact Info
Information We Collect
Our Site and Service collect information that identifies, relates to, describes,
references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked,
directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device ("Personal
Information"). In particular, we may collect the following categories of Personal
Information from you:
Category
Examples
How We Collect
Identifiers.
A real name, postal address, unique personal
identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol
address, email address, account name, Social
Security number, driver's license number, passport
number, or other similar identifiers.
We collect this
information from
users who set up an
account and who
provide this
information through
use of Our Site and
Service.
Personal
Information
categories listed
in the California
Customer
Records statute
(Cal. Civ. Code
§ 1798.80(e)).
A name, signature, Social Security number, address,
telephone number, passport number, driver’s license
or state identification card number, bank account
number, credit card number, debit card number, or
any other financial information. Some Personal
Information included in this category may overlap
with other categories.
We collect this
information from
users who set up an
account and who
provide this
information through
use of Our Site and
Service.
Protected
classification
characteristics
under California
or federal law.
Age (40 years or older)
We collect this
information from
users who set up an
account and who
provide this
information through
use of Our Site and
Service.
Commercial
information.
Records of products or services purchased, obtained,
or considered, or other purchasing or consuming
histories or tendencies.
We collect this
information from
users who set up an
account and use Our
Site and Service.
Internet or other
similar network
activity.
Browsing history, search history, information on a
consumer’s interaction with a website, application,
or advertisement.
We collect this
information from
visitors to the Site,
users who set up an
account and who
provide this
information through
use of Our Site and
Service.
Geolocation
data.
Physical location or movements.
We collect this
information from
visitors to the Site,
users who set up an
account and who
provide this
information through
use of Our Site and
Service.
Personal Information does not include:
• Publicly available information from government records.
• Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.
• Information excluded from applicable state privacy laws, such as
information regulated under federal laws, including Personal Information
covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, such as the Fair Credit
Reporting Act (FRCA) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
i1099.com obtains the categories of Personal Information listed above from
the following categories of sources:
• Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products
and services you purchase, when you set up an account for our
services, or when you contact us directly.
• Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on Our
Site and Service.
Use of Personal Information
We may use or disclose the Personal Information we collect in the categories
above for one or more of the following business purposes:
• To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example,
if you share your name and contact information to ask a question about
our products or services, we will use that Personal Information to
respond to your inquiry. If you provide your Personal Information to
purchase a product or service, we will use that information to process
your payment and facilitate delivery. We may also save your information
to facilitate new product orders or process returns.
• To provide, support, personalize, and develop Our Site and Service.
• To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.
• To process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments and
prevent transactional fraud.
• To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including
to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our
responses.
• To personalize your experience and to deliver content, product and
service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and
ads through Our Site and Service, third-party sites, and via email or text
message (with your consent, where required by law).
• To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of Our Site and
Service, databases and other technology assets, and business.
• For research, analysis, and product development, including to develop
and improve Our Site and Service.
• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable
law, court order, or governmental regulations.
• As described to you when collecting your Personal Information.
• To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring,
reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of
i1099.com's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of
bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal
Information held by i1099.com about users of Our Site and Service is
among the assets transferred.
i1099.com will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use
the Personal Information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or
incompatible purposes without providing you notice. If you provide us
Personal Information about others, or if others give us your Personal
Information such as name, Social Security number and date of birth for tax
filing purposes, we will only use that information for the specific reason for
which it was provided to us.
Sharing Personal Information
i1099.com may disclose your Personal Information to third party service
providers for a business purpose (see Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights). For
example, we may share your Personal Information with third parties that help
us provide Our Site and Service such as a credit card processing company to
bill you for services, a W2 import service to import your W2 information, or an
email service provider to send out emails on our behalf. In addition, with your
permission, we may provide your Personal Information to third parties that
facilitate additional services to you at your request such as audit assistance or
using your federal tax refund to pay your tax preparation fees. When we
disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, we enter into a contract
that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that
Personal Information confidential and not use it for any purpose except
performing the contract.
In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in
response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national
security or law enforcement requirements. We may also disclose your
personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena
or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is
necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others,
investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose
In the preceding twelve (12) months, i1099.com has disclosed the following
categories of Personal Information of certain users of Our Site and Service for
a business purpose to our affiliates and third-party service providers:
• Identifiers
• California Customer Records Personal Information categories
• Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
• Commercial information
• Internet or other similar network activity
• Geolocation data
Other Sharing of Personal Information
In the preceding twelve (12) months, i1099.com has shared the following
categories of Personal Information of certain users of Our Site and Service to
our affiliates, third party service providers and data aggregators for marketing
and advertising purposes:
• Identifiers
• Commercial information
• Internet or other similar network activity
• Geolocation data
Your Choices
Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
In accordance with applicable state laws, you may request certain information
about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past 12
months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request
(see Exercising Access, and Data Portability Rights), we will disclose to you:
• The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
• The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected
about you.
• Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or sharing that
Personal Information.
• The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal
Information.
• The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you
(also called a data portability request).
• If we sold or disclosed your Personal Information for a business
purpose, two lists disclosing:
o sales, identifying the Personal Information categories that each
category of recipient purchased; and
o disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the Personal
Information categories that each category of recipient obtained.
Deletion Request Rights
You may request that i1099.com delete any of your Personal Information that
we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we
receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access,
and Data Portability Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to
delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception
applies.
We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary
for us or our service provider(s) to:
1. Complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal
Information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions
reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business
relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive,
fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such
activities.
3. Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing
intended functionality.
4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise
their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal.
Penal Code § 1546 seq.).
6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical
research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics
and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render
impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you
previously provided informed consent.
7. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer
expectations based on your relationship with us.
8. Comply with a legal obligation.
9. Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are
compatible with the context in which you provided it.
Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights
To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above,
please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:
• Submitting your request through your account by signing in and going to
My Account
• Visiting our website to submit your request.
Only you, or someone authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable
consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a
verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data
portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request
must:
• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are
the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an
authorized representative.
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly
understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
As part of this process, government identification may be required. As noted
above, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your
behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent, you must provide a valid
power of attorney, your valid government issued identification, and the
authorized agent’s valid government issued identification.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if
we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the
Personal Information relates to you.
Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an
account with us. However, we do consider requests made through your
password protected account sufficiently verified when the request relates to
Personal Information associated with that specific account. If you do not have
an account with us, you will need to contact us by submitting an email to:
support@i1099.com
We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer
request to verify the requestor’ identity or authority to make the request.
For instructions on exercising opt-out rights, see Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights.
Response Timing and Format
We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request as soon as possible
in accordance with applicable law.
If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that
account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written
response using the contact information you have provided electronically.
Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the
verifiable consumer request's receipt. The response we provide will also
explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request. For data portability
requests, we will select a format to provide your Personal Information that is
readily usable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity
to another entity.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer
request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we
determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that
decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights
You have the right to direct us to not share your Personal Information with
third-party marketers or advertisers (the "right to opt-out"). We do not intend
for Our Site and Service to be used by consumers less than 16 years of age
and we do not share the Personal Information of consumers we actually know
are less than 16 years of age.
To opt-out, you (or your authorized representative) may do so by either
updating your preferences in our Cookie Preferences Center which can be
accessed through your account.
Once you make an opt-out request, we will wait at least twelve (12) months
before asking you to reauthorize the sharing of your information. However,
you may change your mind and opt-in to sharing such information by either
updating your preferences in your account or contacting us by email.
You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your opt-out rights.
We will only use Personal Information provided in an opt-out request to review
and comply with the request.
Correcting and Updating Your Personal
Information
i1099.com acknowledges that you have the right to access your Personal
Information. Upon request, we will inform you whether we hold any of your
Personal Information. To review, update or amend your Personal Information,
or to request deletion of your Personal Information, or to request that we no
longer use your Personal Information to provide you services, you may log
into your account and make the appropriate changes in your account
management center or you may contact us on our website or
at support@i1099.com with a detailed request. Your request should include
your first and last name, account username or email address used to set up
the account, and a detailed description of your request. For additional details
and rights with respect to deleting your Personal Information, see Deletion
Request Rights.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as
needed to provide you with Our Site and Service. We will retain and use your
information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve
disputes, and enforce our agreements. You may continue to receive
marketing emails and newsletter emails even after you stop utilizing Our Site
and Service, unless you have opted out of receiving marketing emails and
newsletter emails using the method described in the Choice/Opt-Out section
of this Privacy Policy.
Email Choice/Opt-Out
You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by
following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails or by changing
your account settings. If you choose to stop receiving our newsletter or
marketing emails, we will continue to send you necessary service and
transactional communications.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We maintain
reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your data from loss,
misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. When you enter sensitive information
(such as a credit card number) on Our Site and Service, we encrypt the
transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal
Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage,
is 100% secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information,
we cannot guarantee the security of Personal Information transmitted to Our
Site and Service.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where you
have chosen a username and password to access your account and certain
parts of Our Site and Service, you are responsible for keeping this username
and password confidential. In the event that you believe your username or
password has been compromised, please contact us at support@i1099.com.
If you have any questions about security on Our Site and Service, please
contact us at support@i1099.com.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the Site,
track users’ movements around Our Site and Service and to gather
demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive
reports based on the use of these technologies on an individual as well as
aggregated basis.
We use cookies for remembering user settings. Users can control the use of
cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use
the Site, but your ability to use some features or areas of Our Site and Service
may be limited.
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and
store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP)
addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages,
operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data.
We may combine this automatically collected log information with other
information we collect about you. We do this to improve Our Site and Service.
Advertising
We may partner with third parties to either display advertising on Our Site and
Service or to manage our advertising on other sites. Third party partners may
use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities
on Our Site and Service or other sites in order to provide you advertising
based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this
information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may
opt-out of interest-based ads by visiting the following consumer choice
mechanisms:
• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)’s self-regulatory opt-out page
(http://optout.aboutads.info/) and mobile application-based
"AppChoices" download page (https://youradchoices.com/appchoices)
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)’s self-regulatory opt-out page
(http://optout.networkadvertising.org/)
Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to
receive generic ads.
Links to Other Websites
Our Site and Service include links to third-party websites whose privacy
practices may differ from those of i1099.com. If you submit Personal
Information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy
policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website
you visit.
Social Media Features
Our Site and Service include social media features, such as the Facebook
"Like" button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are
visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function
properly. Social media features and related widgets are either hosted by a
third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these social
media features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing
the service.
Testimonials/Feedback
We display personal testimonials and feedback of satisfied customers on Our
Site and Service in addition to other endorsements. With your consent (see
Terms of Service, Section 5), we may post your testimonial, or feedback,
along with information such as your first name, last name initial, and city and
state of residence. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial or
feedback, you can send the request to support@i1099.com.
Do Not Track Signals
There is no uniform or consistent standard or definition for responding to,
processing, or communicating Do Not Track signals. Our Site and Service
attempt to identify Do Not Track signals and treat them as a valid opt-out
request for certain cookies that are not strictly necessary or related to Site and
Service performance and function. For more information on Do Not Track
signals, see All About Do Not Track (https://allaboutdnt.com/).
Your Privacy Rights
i1099.com complies with applicable state privacy laws with respect to your
Personal Information. Our privacy practices comply with the California
Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") and other applicable state privacy
laws.
Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights or
rights granted to you under other applicable law. Unless permitted by
applicable law, we will not:
• Deny you goods or services.
• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including
through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or
services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a regulation in European
Union (EU) law, is a new set of rules that changes the way personal data of
individuals inside the European Economic Area (EEA) can be collected and
processed. Among other things, the law can apply to non-EU companies who
are offering goods or services to persons inside the EEA. i1099.com takes the
privacy and security of its customers, and of any person whose data
i1099.com handles, very seriously. i1099.com follows stringent data privacy
and cyber security protocols to protect the personal data it handles. However,
the GDPR is a unique set of regulations particular to EU law, and does not
mesh well with the current framework in the United States.
i1099.com is headquartered in Los Angeles, California in the United States.
Our Site and Service are hosted and administrated in the United States or
hosted with cloud service providers who are headquartered in the United
States. i1099.com's target users are in the United States. i1099.com does not
currently intend to offer goods or services to individuals in the European
Union. If you are located in the European Union, or anywhere outside of the
United States, be aware that information you provide to us or that we obtain
as a result of your use of Our Site and Service may be processed in,
transferred to, and stored in the United States and will be subject to United
States law. The privacy and data protection laws of the United States may be
different from the laws of your country of residence.
With the implementation of GDPR, we are taking further steps to ensure that
any potential customers understand that i1099.com does not intend to sell its
goods or services to persons inside the EEA. These include limiting access to
certain web-based services when attempting access from within EU borders.
Notice of Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information
practices. If we make material changes to our Privacy Policy we will notify you
by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of
a notice on Our Site and Service. We encourage you to periodically review
this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Accessibility
i1099.com is committed to making our Privacy Policy accessible to individuals
with disabilities. If you use assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a
screen reader, text-enlargement programs, etc.) and the format of the Privacy
Policy interferes with your ability to access any information in the Privacy
Policy, please contact us at support@i1099.com. Please indicate the nature of
your accessibility problem, the preferred format you would like to receive the
Privacy Policy, and your contact information so that we may respond in a
manner that is helpful for you.
Contact Information
If you have questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, contact us
by writing or emailing at the address below:
Chatsworth CPA Inc.
i1099.com
21691 Devonshire St. Suite 217
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Email: support@i1099.com
Use of our products and services are governed by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Licensed CPA Firm under its corporate business name Chatsworth CPA Inc.
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