Privacy Policy
Legal Notice
This privacy policy will explain how US TAX SERVICES AG uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
The information on this website is for information only purposes and is not to be used or considered as tax or legal advice.
Privacy Notice
US TAX SERVICES AG, Löwenstrasse 40, 8001 Zurich (herein referred to as “US TAX SERVICES”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) takes your privacy seriously. US TAX SERVICES adheres to high data protection standards as well as transparency of personal data collection and processing. Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (rather than to a legal entity, such as a company). This privacy notice contains information on what data is collected when visiting www.ustaxservices.ch. The federal act on Data Protection and EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 ("EU GDPR") establish the legal basis for this notice.
Consent
By visiting this website you consent to the usage of your personal data as outlined in this privacy notice. US TAX SERVICES may make changes to our privacy notice at any time.
What data is being collected?
When using our site usage data is collected automatically. Usage Data may include information such as your Device Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), Browser type, Browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit and the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
What is the collected data being used for?
US TAX SERVICES uses the personal data to ensure that our website is properly functioning. Further, from the information we collect we analyse how our website is being use and how we can improve it.
If you contact us via our website we may use your email address to send you marketing and tax information materials. If you do not wish to receive these communications please let us know and we will remove you from our mailing list.
Your rights
You have a right to ask US TAX SERVICES to rectify inaccurate personal data we collect and process and the right to request restriction of your personal data pending such a request being considered.
Where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Please also note that the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You have a right to ask us to stop processing your personal data, or to request deletion of your personal data. These rights are not absolute as sometimes there may be overriding interests that require the processing to continue. However, we will consider your request and respond to you with the outcome.
Where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, or where such processing is necessary for entering into or performing our obligations under a contract with you, you may have the right under applicable data protection laws to request your personal data be transferred to you or to another controller. You have the right to ask US TAX SERVICES for a copy of some or all of the personal data we collect and process about you.
In certain circumstances US TAX SERVICES may process your personal data through automated decision-making, including profiling. Where this takes place, you will be informed of such automated decision-making that uses your personal data, be given information on the logic involved, and be informed of the possible consequences of such processing. In certain circumstances, you can request not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling.
Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.
Google analytics
This website uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.
The information generated by cookies about your use of this website will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will make use of this information to evaluate your visit to the website, to compile reports about activities on our site and to provide further services associated with website and internet use. Google may also pass on this information to third parties, in so far as this is required by statute or in case the data is to be processed by a third party on Google’s behalf. On no account will Google combine your IP address with other data in its possession.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on our website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information with Google Analytics about activity
Further information about Google Analytics may be found here: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html
Security Note
We have in place appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized or unlawful access to the personal data you have provided to us. As complete data security cannot be guaranteed for communication via e-mails, instant messaging, and similar means of communication, we recommend sending any confidential information by an alternative secure means, such as our client portal. A full description of our data security measures as it applies to U.S. tax return preparation services is included in the Engagement Letter you sign with US TAX SERVICES AG.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Email us at: info@ustaxservices.ch
Call us at: +41 44 212 40 60