Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://guardiantax.com/, and Guardian Tax and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Guardian Tax include https://guardiantax.com Guardian Tax website is a a reputable tax relief site. By using the Guardian Tax website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Guardian Tax may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
- Employer
- Job Title
If you purchase Guardian Tax products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
Guardian Tax may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
- Age
- Gender
- Household Income
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use How users consent to messaging
- The user fills out a form on the website where they can consent to receive notification messages from our company. There is also a box they can check to receive product updates and/or marketing messages. The messaging disclosure is displayed to the user by this form.
- By submitting your phone number, you are authorizing us to send you text messages and notifications. Message frequency may vary. Message/Data rates apply. Reply STOP to unsubscribe to a message sent from us.
Use of your Personal Information
Guardian Tax collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
Guardian Tax may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Guardian Tax and its affiliates.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
We may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:
- To improve customer services: Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
- To personalize user experience: We may use infomation in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
- To improve our Site: To send messaing to those individuals when they have consented to such messaging.
- To complete the services requested: Information is uses to complete the services requested by the user.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Guardian Tax does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Guardian Tax may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Guardian Tax, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Guardian Tax may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Guardian Tax or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Guardian Tax; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Guardian Tax, or the public.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Guardian Tax. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Guardian Tax website.
Use of Cookies
The Guardian Tax website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Guardian Tax pages, or register with Guardian Tax site or services, a cookie helps Easy Tax Relief to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Guardian Tax website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Guardian Tax features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Guardian Tax services or websites you visit.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, 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 you and us;
- 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;
- 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 our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
Guardian Tax does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Guardian Tax may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
Guardian Tax reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Guardian Tax welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Guardian Tax has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Guardian Tax at:
Guardian Tax
38 Executive Park Ste.315
Irvine, California 92614
Email Address:
info@guardiantax.com
Telephone number:
(800)516-4650
Effective as of July 2024
