Welcome to A Plus Consulting LLC (the "Site"). We understand that privacy and confidentiality are critical to the businesses and professionals who engage with us. This statement governs our privacy practices with respect to those users of the Site ("Visitors") who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register or engage with us to receive consulting and advisory services offered by A Plus Consulting LLC (collectively, "Services") ("Authorized Clients").
Personally Identifiable Information
"Personally Identifiable Information" refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. For consulting engagements, this may also include confidential business information provided to us for the purpose of delivering advisory services, such as financial statements, organizational data, operational metrics, or strategic plans. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.
What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?
We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from our Authorized Clients: the name, email address, phone number, address, business profile information, company financial and operational data shared during engagements, the nature and size of the business, and the scope of advisory services the Authorized Client intends to engage us for.
What organizations are collecting the information?
In addition to our direct collection of information, our third-party service vendors (such as payment processors, banking partners, accounting platforms, and secure document storage providers) may collect this information from our Visitors and Authorized Clients. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors and Authorized Clients. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the service delivery chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.
How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?
We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site, recommend appropriate consulting services, and fulfill service requests. This includes using client information to scope, plan, and deliver business strategy, financial advisory, operations, management, compliance, and growth engagements. We may email Visitors and Authorized Clients about insights, new services, or events relevant to their business, and to respond to specific inquiries or provide requested information.
With whom may the information be shared?
Personally Identifiable Information about Authorized Clients may be shared with our advisors and trusted third-party contractors strictly for the purpose of delivering the contracted services. We may share aggregated and anonymized information about our Visitors, including demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Clients, with our partners and vendors for analytics purposes. We also offer the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving information or being contacted by us or by any party acting on our behalf.
How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information and confidential client business data collected by A Plus Consulting LLC is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of A Plus Consulting LLC except for use as indicated above. We utilize industry-standard security measures, including encryption, access controls, and signed confidentiality agreements, to protect all sensitive client information.
What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?
Visitors and Authorized Clients may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and partners by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at [email protected].
Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, may use cookies to serve ads on our Service.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Are Cookies Used on the Site?
Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Clients. For example, if an Authorized Client is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the Authorized Client off. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the A Plus Consulting website, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Cookies used by our service providers
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. You can find more details about which cookies are used in our cookies info page.
How does A Plus Consulting use login information?
A Plus Consulting LLC uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, browser version, pages visited, date and time of visit, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user's movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.
What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Clients on the Site?
A Plus Consulting LLC has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need-to-know basis for evaluating Authorized Clients for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information.
How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?
All of our employees and contractors are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Clients is only accessible to a limited number of qualified staff who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as financial details or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Clients for any such occurrences.
How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Visitors and Authorized Clients may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at [email protected].
Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We provide Visitors and Authorized Clients with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site's database by contacting us. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor's entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.
Your rights
These are summarized rights that you have under data protection law:
- The right to access
- The right to rectification
- The right to erasure
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to object to processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to complain to a supervisory authority
- The right to withdraw consent
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address "Children", anyone under the age of 18 years, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18 years. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please get in touch with us immediately in the contact details provided. If we come to know that children below 18 years have provided personal information, we will delete the information from our servers immediately.
Compliance With Laws
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Clients.
What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?
We will let our Visitors and Authorized Clients know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Client has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Client to allow such Visitor or Authorized Client to prevent such disclosure.
Links
This site contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.