We at Abacus Pros respect your privacy concerns and value our relationship with you. We want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose information about you. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with this website (https://abacus-pros.abacuspros.net/), the products and services available on this website, and other information collection sources.

1. This privacy policy addresses the privacy rights of individuals who:

• Visit or use our website.
• Interact with us on behalf of a customer regarding the provision of services.
• Interact with us on behalf of a service provider in connection with the products and services our service provider provides to us.
• Apply to work with us.
• Receive marketing communications from us.
• Share their email address or phone number with us; and/or
• Interact with us via email, phone, or in person.

2. We collect information from a variety of sources and in a variety of ways, including but not limited to, the following:

2a. Contact and Other Personal Information

When you visit our website, sign up to receive communications from us, or complete the Contact Us form on the site, you may provide (or we may collect) contact and other personal information such as your name, postal address, zip code, email address, username, and telephone number.

2b. Purchase and Transaction Information

When you make a purchase on our site or through us, we or our service provider(s) collect payment information. We also collect transaction information about repeated transactions on our site or through us.

2c. Device and Browser Information

When you visit or access our website, your browser automatically sends certain information such as browser type, language preference, operating system, internet service provider, internet protocol (IP) address, device identification number, geo-location data, and online browsing data (such as date and time of access to our website, referring website address, pages viewed, features used, links clicked, and other actions you take in connection with the website.

2d. Professional/Employment Information

When you apply to work with us, we will collect certain information in order to process your application, such as the schools you attended, grades, past employers, and reasons for leaving.

3. We use the information we collect about you in the following ways:

3a. To communicate with you

We use the contact information you provide to communicate with you, send news and promotional information, provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and respond to your inquiries.

3b. For administrative purposes

We use your information to process your transactions, provide customer service, evaluate your application to join our team, and assist you with inquiries about our services.

3c. For marketing purposes

We use your information for marketing purposes, including, but not limited to, notifying you of special promotions, offers, and events via email, direct mail, social media, and other means.

3d. To improve our website, products, and services

The information we collect helps us customize content on our website, facilitate access to our website, develop new products, services, features, and functionality, and recognize a computer or device that has visited our website before.

3e. For data analytics purposes

We combine information about our visitors to our website to produce aggregated statistical information that helps us understand the frequency of visits to our site, the pages visited, and the features clicked.

3f. For legal purposes

We also use the information we collect where necessary to protect against, and identify, fraud and other commercial activity, to comply with law or a legal obligation to which we are subject, or to exercise or defend legal claims.

4. We may share the information we collect:

• With our service providers (including contractors, agents, and business partners) so that they may perform services for us, such as running our website, sending communications for us, executing marketing programs and promotions, and processing payments. We do not authorize these service providers to use or disclose your information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.
• With our customers for marketing and customer relations purposes. To the extent data is shared with other customers it will be anonymized to remove any identifiable information before it is shared.
• With our affiliates for the purposes of supporting our business operations, which may include legal and administrative support.
• With other third parties, such as law enforcement or other government entities: (1) if we believe there has been a violation of our website policies; (2) if we believe that someone may be causing injury to our rights or property, other users, or anyone else; (3) to respond to judicial process or to provide information to law enforcement; or (4) as required by law.
• In the event of a sale or restructuring of the business, such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale of all or a portion of the company’s assets. In such an event, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure the transferee uses your information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Cookies

We and our third-party service providers set and use cookies and similar technologies to store and manage user preferences, enable content, gather analytic and usage data, and deliver targeted advertising. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on a computer or other device and is used to identify the device and to collect information. Cookies are typically assigned to one of the following categories, depending on their function and intended purpose:

1. Essential cookies enable you to navigate our website and to use our services and features. Without these cookies, our website will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like, and we may not be able to provide certain core functions and features.
2. Analytics cookies collect information about the use of our website and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us the most frequently visited pages and analyze site traffic. We use them to look at overall patterns of usage on the site, rather than the usage of any particular individual. We use third-party service providers, including Google Analytics, to analyze the use of our website. You can opt-out of the use of web analysis at any time either by either downloading and installing a Browser Plugin offered by Google, or by configuring your browser to delete and reject cookies.
3. Customer interaction cookies allow us to communicate with you, including real-time communication through our chat feature. Most browsers are set up to accept cookies automatically. You can deactivate the storing of cookies or adjust your browser to inform you before the cookie is stored on your computer. Some browsers have “do not track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. We do not currently respond to those signals

Retention

We will keep the information that we collect for as long as reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose for which you provided it, to the extent necessary for us to protect our rights, or as otherwise required by applicable laws.