This Website Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes how BreezePoint Bookkeeping (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, retains, and discloses information when you use our public website and blog (the “Site”). This Notice applies only to information collected through the Site. It does not apply to data collected in connection with our client services, engagement letter, or any client portal, which are governed by a separate privacy policy. For California residents, please review the “California Privacy Notice” section included below.
1) Information We Collect on the Site
When you use the Site, submit a contact form, complete a signup or inquiry form, post a blog comment, or communicate with us in response to a contact form, we may collect identifiers such as your name, email address, and phone number. For signup or inquiry specifically, we may collect state of business registration, legal business name, owner first and last name, owner date of birth, business website URL, and business legal entity. We also collect internet or other electronic network activity information such as pages viewed, time on page, clicks, scrolls, navigation, and referrer URL, as well as approximate geolocation derived from IP address. We collect device and technical information such as IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and language settings. If you post comments on the blog, we collect the content you submit and any display name and optional website URL you provide. We do not collect biometric data and we do not collect precise geolocation through the Site.
2) Sources of Information
We collect information directly from you through forms, comments, and email correspondence initiated from the Site. We also collect information automatically from your device and browser through cookies, pixels, and similar technologies, including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, and the Facebook/Meta Pixel. Our service providers operating on our behalf—such as hosting, anti-spam, comment platforms, and email delivery—may process information for us.
3) How We Use Information (Website)
We use website-collected data to operate, secure, and improve the Site and blog; to measure marketing performance; to respond to messages and inquiries; to schedule consultations and prepare proposals; to administer comments and anti-spam; to perform troubleshooting and diagnostics; and to comply with law and enforce our terms.
4) Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising Pixels
We use cookies, analytics, and advertising pixels to understand general visitor behavior and to measure marketing performance. These tools may automatically collect technical data such as browser type, device type, IP address, approximate geolocation, and interaction data such as clicks, scrolls, and navigation. You can manage cookie settings in your browser. Some Site features may not function properly if cookies are disabled. Because there is no common standard for browser “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals, the Site may not respond to all DNT signals; please use your browser controls, our cookie preferences, and the opt-out options described in this Notice. Where required by law, such as in the European Union or the United Kingdom, we will obtain your consent before setting non-essential cookies, including analytics and advertising cookies. You can manage your preferences at any time via the Cookie Settings link in our footer.
5) Promotions and Email Marketing (Website)
If you opt in to marketing emails on the Site, we may send promotional communications. Marketing emails include our sender information and a physical mailing address and always provide an unsubscribe option. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link in the email or by contacting us at admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com.
6) Blog Comments and Anti-Spam
When you submit a comment, we collect the comment content you provide along with the name you choose to display and any optional website URL. For security and spam prevention, we may process IP address and browser user-agent information. Approved comments, your display name, and any website URL you provide may be visible to the public on the Site.
7) Email Communications Following Contact Form
If you submit a contact form, we may follow up by email to respond to your inquiry and continue the conversation. We use the information you provide to address your request and maintain the correspondence as part of our records for customer service, security, and legal compliance.
8) Disclosures of Information
We disclose website personal information to service providers and processors for hosting and content delivery, analytics, anti-spam, comment platforms, email delivery, and advertising platforms that support pixels. We may disclose information to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets. We may disclose information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request. We may also disclose information to enforce or apply our Site Terms of Use or an Engagement Agreement and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes, and if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our organization, our clients, or others.
9) “Sale,” “Sharing,” and Targeted Advertising
We do not sell personal information for money. Our use of advertising pixels and certain analytics may be considered sharing personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under some state laws. You may request to opt out of such processing by emailing admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com. Where required by law, we make reasonable efforts to honor browser-based opt-out signals such as Global Privacy Control. If you are a California resident and our processing constitutes “selling” or “sharing” personal information under the CPRA, you may exercise your right to opt out by using the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in our site footer or by contacting us at admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com. We also make reasonable efforts to honor browser-based opt-out signals, such as Global Privacy Control, as required by California law. Nevada residents may submit a “do not sell” request to admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com; we do not currently sell personal information as defined by Nevada law.
10) Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on your state of residence and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a portable copy of certain personal information and to opt out of targeted advertising. To submit a request, use our privacy request web form [ADD LINK HERE → /privacy-request] or email admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com. We may need to verify your identity, and we aim to respond within the time required by law. If you are a California resident, please review our separate California Privacy Notice for additional rights and disclosures Link to California Private Notice. We may need to verify your identity to process certain requests, for example by confirming control of the email address used to contact us and, if needed, requesting limited additional information. We aim to respond within forty-five (45) days of receiving your request and may extend once where permitted by law; if we extend, we will inform you of the reason and extension period. Where required by applicable law, including Colorado, we recognize universal opt-out mechanisms for targeted advertising. If we decline to act on a request, you may appeal by emailing admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com with the subject “Privacy Request Appeal.” We will respond within the time required by law with our decision and the reasons for it. Where required by law, including Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah, you may also appeal a decision regarding your privacy request by emailing admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com with the subject “Privacy Request Appeal.”
11) Data Retention
We retain website personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Notice or as otherwise required by law, including operating and securing the Site and blog, responding to inquiries, administering comments, recordkeeping, and legal compliance. When retention is no longer necessary, we delete, de-identify, or aggregate the data.
12) Security
We use commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures designed to protect personal information against accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. No website, system, or online service is completely secure, email and chat may not be secure, and any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. You are responsible for protecting your information.
13) Children
Our Site is intended for adults and is not directed to individuals under eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under thirteen (13). If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information. If you are under 18, please do not submit personal information through the Site. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us at admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com so we can take appropriate action.
14) Additional or Different Privacy Policies
We may provide additional or different privacy policies that are specific to certain features, services, or activities. Those policies will supplement or replace this Notice to the extent of any conflict for those features, services, or activities.
15) Changes to This Notice
We may update this Notice from time to time. When we do, we will update the Effective date above and post the revised Notice on this page. Your continued use of the Site after we make changes as described here is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
16) Contact Us
To ask questions, exercise your rights, or contact us about this Notice, email admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com.
17) International Data Transfers
We may transfer, store, and process information outside of the country where it was collected, including in the United States and other countries where we or our service providers operate. Where required by law, we implement appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or other lawful transfer mechanisms, and we take steps to ensure your information receives an adequate level of protection.
18) Accessibility
If you need this Notice in an alternative format (for example, a large-print or accessible PDF), contact us at admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com.
This California Privacy Notice (“Notice”) supplements the Website Privacy Notice of BreezePoint Bookkeeping (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). It applies only to California residents and only to information collected through our public website and blog (the “Site”). It does not apply to data collected in connection with our client services or any client portal, which are governed by a separate privacy policy.
1) Categories of Personal Information We Collect (Website)
In the last 12 months, when you use our Site, contact form, signup/inquiry form, or blog comments, we may collect the following categories of personal information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA: identifiers such as name, email address, and phone number; for signup/inquiry specifically, state of business registration, legal business name, owner first and last name, owner date of birth, and business website URL; internet or other electronic network activity information such as pages viewed, time on page, clicks, scrolls, navigation, and referrer URL via analytics and pixels; approximate geolocation derived from IP address (not precise); device and technical information such as IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and language settings; and user-generated content such as blog comments, display name, and any optional website URL you provide in connection with comments. We do not collect Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) via the Site as defined by CPRA, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, precise geolocation, financial account credentials, racial or ethnic origin, union membership, genetic or biometric data, or mail and email content where we are not the intended recipient.
2) Sources of Personal Information
We collect personal information directly from you through the contact form, signup or inquiry form, blog comments, and email correspondence in response to your contact form. We also collect information automatically from your device and browser via cookies, pixels, and similar technologies, including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, and the Facebook/Meta Pixel. In addition, our service providers operating on our behalf, such as hosting, anti-spam, comment platforms, and email delivery providers, may process personal information for us.
3) Business or Commercial Purposes for Collection and Use
We use website-collected data to operate, secure, and improve the Site and blog; to measure marketing performance; to respond to messages and inquiries; to administer comments and anti-spam; to perform troubleshooting and diagnostics; and to comply with law and enforce our terms.
4) Disclosures of Personal Information
We disclose website personal information to service providers and processors, including hosting and content delivery networks, analytics providers, anti-spam services, comment platforms, email delivery providers, and advertising platforms that support pixels, for the purposes described in this Notice. We may also disclose personal information to successors or assignees in the event of a business transfer, and to governmental or legal authorities where required by law. In addition, we disclose personal information as needed to enforce our Site Terms (and, where applicable, an Engagement Agreement) or other agreements, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, visitors, or others.
5) “Sale” and “Sharing” (Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising)
We do not sell personal information for money. Our use of advertising pixels, such as the Meta Pixel, and certain analytics or pixels may be considered sharing personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. If our processing constitutes selling or sharing, California residents may opt out by using the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in our footer or by emailing admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com. We make reasonable efforts to honor browser-based opt-out signals, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), as required by California law.
We do not “sell” or “share” personal information of consumers we know are under sixteen (16) years of age. If we learn that personal information from a consumer under sixteen has been “sold” or “shared” in a manner inconsistent with this statement, we will cease such processing and take appropriate steps as required by law. For consumers under thirteen (13), any “sale” or “sharing” would require verifiable parental consent, and for consumers ages thirteen (13) to fifteen (15), it would require the consumer’s affirmative opt-in.
6) Retention
We retain website personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Notice or as otherwise required by law, including operating and securing the Site and blog, responding to inquiries, administering comments, recordkeeping, and legal compliance. When retention is no longer necessary, we delete, de-identify, or aggregate the data.
7) Your California Privacy Rights (Website)
Subject to exceptions, California residents have the right to know and access the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collected about them, the categories of sources, our purposes for collection, the categories of recipients, and the categories of personal information disclosed; the right to data portability; the right to deletion of personal information we collected, with certain exceptions; the right to correction of inaccurate personal information; the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (as described in Section 5); the right to limit the use and disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information where applicable (not applicable here because we do not collect SPI via the Site as defined by CPRA); and the right to be free from discrimination for exercising their rights.
8) How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a request, use our privacy request web form breezepointbookkeeping.com/contact or email admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com with the subject “California Privacy Request,” and specify whether your request is to know or access, port, delete, or correct personal information. We may need to verify your identity, for example by confirming control of the email address used to contact us and, if needed, by requesting limited additional information. If you use an authorized agent, we may require proof of your signed authorization permitting the agent to act on your behalf and may ask you to verify your identity directly with us. We aim to respond within 45 days of receipt; if reasonably necessary, we may extend once by an additional 45 days and will inform you of the extension.
9) Notice at Collection
We provide this Notice at or before the point of collection by linking it from our Site footer and from pages or forms where personal information is collected.
10) Children
Our Site is intended for adults and is not directed to individuals under eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under thirteen (13) through the Site. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information. If you are under 18, please do not submit personal information through the Site. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us at admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com so we can take appropriate action.
11) California Minor Content Removal
If you are a California resident under eighteen (18) and have a registered account on the Site that allows you to post content publicly, you may request removal of content or information you posted by contacting admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com with the subject “Minor Content Removal.” Please include a description of the content and where it appears. This right does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal; for example, content may be retained where required by law or where it has been copied, reposted, or cached by others.
12) Financial Incentives
We do not offer programs that provide price or service differences related to the collection, retention, sale, or sharing of personal information.
13) Changes to This Notice
We may update this Notice from time to time. When we do, we will update the Effective date above and post the revised Notice on this page.
14) Contact Us
For questions about this Notice or your rights, email admin@breezepointbookkeeping.com.