The Company is committed to the privacy and security of personal
information. The purpose of this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is to provide
you with information about how Company collects, uses, shares, and
safeguards personal information it gathers. It also describes options you
have concerning your personal information. In general, our processing of
personal information is designed to improve the experience of our clients
and to provide relevant information about our products, services, and
promotions.
About This Policy
This Policy describes the privacy practices of the Company and its
subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates (collectively and/or individually,
"Company", "our", or "we"). Except as otherwise provided, it applies to our
interactions with our clients and visitors, including, but not limited to:
- Use of our websites, including mobile websites, and/or applications
- Visits to our locations or attendance at one of our events
- Phone and email communications
- Social media interactions on our websites and other third-party websites
like Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp, and YouTube
- Viewing our online advertisements or emails
- Through our authorized service providers
Please read this Policy carefully before using the Website or submitting
information to us. By accessing or visiting the Website, you indicate your
understanding that the collection, use, and sharing of your information is
subject to the terms of this Policy. If you do not consent to the
collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this
Policy, please do not provide us with such information. The nature of our
business requires that we gather and maintain information that is of a
personal nature that you may wish to keep protected. This Policy does not
apply to third-party websites accessible through our Website or other
applications.
Personal Information We Collect
As described below, Company may collect or has collected in the preceding
12 months the following categories of personal information (“PI” or
“personal information”). We may add to the categories of personal
information we collect personal information. In that case, we will inform
you.
- Identifiers. Examples include real name, alias, address, Internet Protocol address,
email address, social security number, or other similar identifiers.
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Other elements
. Examples include name, signature, address, telephone number,
employment, or bank account number.
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Characteristics of protected classifications under federal or state
law.
Examples include date of birth.
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Internet or other electronic network activity
. Examples include information regarding a consumer’s interaction with
the Company’s internet websites and email newsletters
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Personal Financial Information
. Examples include bank account statements, brokerage account
statements, earnings records, etc.
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Records of Personal Property
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Professional or Employment-Related Information
Purposes We Collect Your Personal Information
Set forth below are the business purposes we have collected your PI. We may
change or add to the purposes we collect PI. In that case, we will inform
you and obtain your consent when required by law.
- To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
- To fulfill or meet the reason for which the information is provided. For example,
if you prefer your tax refund to be electronically deposited, we will collect your bank
information.
- To contact you and/or provide you with email alerts, event registrations, and other notices
concerning our products or services, or events or news, that may be of interest to you.
- To engage in marketing activities, including to help design products and services appropriate
for our clients.
- To communicate with you in social media concerning our products and services.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights including those arising from any
contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing, payment, and collections.
- To review, improve, and monitor our website, applications, online services, and overall
client experience, including to provide customization to meet the specific needs, ensure a
consistent experience, and to assess trends, interests, and the demands of clients.
- To provide client service and engage in quality control activities concerning our products
and services.
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order,
governmental regulations, or other lawful processes.
- As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in
the CCPA.
- To process applications for employment, as well as to evaluate and improve our recruiting
efforts.
- As necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, security, and safety of us,
our employees, our consumers, our information systems, and the public.
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution,
or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as
part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held
by us is among the assets transferred.
Sources of Personal Information
- You. Examples of when we collect that information include:
- During a website visit or completed form, or when you visit us at one of our locations or events
- If you upload or share a photo, submit a request, submit information, or post other digital content through one of our websites, applications, or via social media interactions on third party websites like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Yelp
- If you participate in a contest, promotion, program, or workshop
- If you request a quote, proposal, or other information
- If you apply or inquire about employment, see our Applicant Privacy Policy.
- In connection with your interactions with us as a registered user of our websites
- We may use tracking tools, such as browser cookies.
- Your Friends and Family
- Other Professional Advisors
- News Outlets
- Social Media and Related Services
Sharing Personal Information
Of the categories of PI noted above, during the past 12 months, we shared
the following:
Categories of Personal Information Disclosed
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Categories of Third Parties to Whom Disclosed
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Identifiers
Other elements
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haracteristics of protected classifications under
federal or state law
Internet or other electronic network activity
Personal financial information
Records of personal property
Professional or employment-related information
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Third parties as directed by you.
We will share your PI with those third parties to whom
you direct. For example, if you authorize us to send
your tax information to your bank.
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Our business partners.
For example, we might share your PI with one of our
business partners for purposes of collaborating on
providing services to you, or to invite you to an event
we are organizing. These business partners should also
have their own privacy statements that set out the
manner in which they will collect, use, and disclose
PI. Where applicable, we encourage you to review each
such business partner's privacy statement before
signing on with them.
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Third parties who perform services on our behalf.
For example, we share information with certain service
providers, including marketing companies, professional
service providers, collection agencies, information
technology providers, and data storage companies. We
might also authorize our service providers to collect
PI on our behalf.
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Governmental entities, legal service providers.
We may share your PI in order to comply with the law
and in the course of providing our products and
services. We may also disclose information if a
government agency or investigatory body submits a
request.
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Successors to all or portions of our business.
If all or part of our business is sold, we may disclose
PI in preparation for or as part of that transaction.
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We do not generally sell information as the term “sell” is traditionally
understood. However, to the extent “sale” under the CCPA is interpreted to
include advertising technology activities, such as those summarized in our
Website Privacy Policy, as a “sale,” we will comply with applicable law as
to such activity.
We do not have actual knowledge that we have sold personal information of
minors under age 16.
Using of Your Personal Information on Our Website
See our Website Privacy Policy at
https://www.kempercpa.com/privacy/website
IMPORTANT
: By using the Website, you consent to the processing of any PI provided or
collected for the analytics purposes and functions described within the
policy.
Applicable law
This Policy is governed by the laws of the State of
Indiana, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction
for any claims arising under or out of this Privacy Policy shall lie
exclusively with the state and federal courts within Indiana. If any
provision of this Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent
jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Policy, which shall remain in
full force and effect.
Contact Us
If you have additional questions you may call us at (866) 900-4236 or use the
Consumer Request Concerning Personal Information form
located at
https://www.kempercpa.com/privacy/consumer-request
. You can write to us at:
Partner in Charge of Administration
7200 Eagle Crest Blvd
Evansville, IN 47715.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 1, 2020
From time to time we may change our privacy policies. We will notify you of
any material changes to our Privacy Policy by posting an updated copy on
our website. Please check our Website periodically for updates.
For California Residents
This section of the Privacy Policy (“CA Policy”) supplements and amends the
information contained in our Privacy Policy with respect to California
residents. This CA Policy applies solely to individuals, visitors, users,
and others who are natural persons and residents of the State of California
(“consumers” or “you”). THIS ADDENDUM TO THE PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT APPLY
TO USERS WHO ARE NOT NATURAL PERSONS AND NOT CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.
The CA Policy describes Company’s policies and practices regarding the
personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you, including
personal information you submit or we obtain when you access the Site and
other sources. This CA Policy is adopted in part to comply with the
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
Any terms defined within the CCPA have the same meaning when utilized
within this CA Policy. The other provisions of the Policy continue to apply
except as modified in this CA Policy. Note, however, that personal
information as used in this CA Policy does not include:
- Publicly available information from government records.
- De-identified or aggregated consumer information.
- Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.
Consumer Rights.
Pursuant to the CCPA, and as detailed below, consumers have various rights
with respect to their PI.
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Request to Delete.
You have the right to request that we delete your PI from our records
and direct any service providers to delete your PI from their records,
subject to certain exceptions. Upon receipt of a confirmed verifiable
consumer request (see below), and as required by the CCPA, we will
delete and direct any service providers to delete your personal
information from our records.
The Company is not required to comply with your request to delete your PI
if it is necessary for us (or its service provider) to maintain your PI in
order to:
- Complete the transaction for which the PI was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between the Company and you.
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
- 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 Company’s deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, if you have provided informed consent.
- To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with the Company.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Otherwise use your PI, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Upon receipt of a confirmed verifiable consumer request (see below), and as
required by the CCPA, we will provide a response to such requests.
If you are under the age of 18, and a registered user of any Site where
this CA Policy is posted, California law permits you to request and obtain
removal of content or information you have publicly posted. You may submit
your request using the contact information in the Privacy Policy. Please be
aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal
of the content or information you have posted and that there may be
circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if
requested.
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Request to Know.
You have the right to request that we disclose the following to you as
it relates to the 12-month period preceding its receipt of your
verifiable consumer request:
- The categories of PI we have collected about you.
- The categories of sources from which the PI was collected.
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting PI.
- The categories of PI we disclosed for a business purpose.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share PI.
- The specific pieces of PI we collected about you.
Upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request (see below), and as required
by the CCPA, we will provide a response to such requests.
In addition to the CCPA, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you
to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal
information by certain members of Company to third parties for the third
parties’ direct marketing purposes. Consumers who have provided their
personal information to us may request information about our disclosures of
certain categories of personal information to third parties for their
direct marketing purposes. Such request must be submitted to us by calling(866) 900-4236 or using the Consumer Request Concerning Personal Information form at
https://www.kempercpa.com/privacy/consumer-request
. Please mention in your call or indicate on the form that you are making a
"California Shine the Light" inquiry. Within 30 days of receiving such a
request, we will provide a list of the categories of such personal
information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing
purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the
names and addresses of these third parties. This request may be made no
more than once per calendar year. We reserve our right not to respond to
requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.
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Nondiscrimination.
We will not discriminate against you in violation of the CCPA for
exercising any of your CCPA rights. For example, we generally will not
provide you a different level or quality of goods or services if you
exercise your rights under the CCPA.
Submitting Consumer Rights Requests
To submit any of the Consumer Rights requests as outlined above, please
contact us at (866) 900-4236 or using the Consumer Request Concerning Personal Information form at
https://www.kempercpa.com/privacy/consumer-request
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We reserve the right to only respond to verifiable consumer requests. A
verifiable consumer request is one made by any individual who is:
- the consumer who is the subject of the request,
- a consumer on behalf of the consumer’s minor child, or
- by a natural person or person registered with the Secretary of State authorized to act on behalf of a consumer.
If we request, you must provide us with sufficient information to verify
your identity and/or authority to act on behalf of the consumer. In
general, we may ask you to provide identifying information that we already
maintain about you or we may use a third-party verification service. In
either event, we will try to avoid asking you for sensitive PI to verify
your identity. We may not be able to respond to your request or provide you
with PI if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request
and confirm the PI relates to you. However, making a verifiable consumer
request does not require you to create an account with us. Additionally,
you will need to describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us
to review, understand, assess, and respond. PI collected from an individual
to determine whether a request is a verifiable consumer request may not be
used or disclosed for any other purpose except as required by law. We will
endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45)
calendar days of receipt, but we may require an extension of up to
forty-five (45) additional calendar days to respond and we will notify you
of the need for the extension.
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 by mail or electronically, at your option. Any disclosures
we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the receipt of
your verifiable consumer request. The response we provide will also explain
the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. To the extent
permitted by the CCPA, we will respond to no more than two requests during
any 12-month period.
You may authorize a natural person or a business registered with the
California Secretary of State to act on your behalf with respect to the
right under this CA Policy. When you submit a Request to Know or a Request
to Delete, unless you have provided the authorized agent with a qualifying
power of attorney, you must provide your authorized agent written
permission (signed by you) to act on your behalf and verify the authorized
agent’s identity with us. We reserve the right to deny requests from
persons or businesses claiming to be authorized agents that do not submit
sufficient proof of their authorization.
Questions.
If you have questions about this CA Policy, please contact us as described
above in the Privacy Policy.
Last updated on July 01, 2020.