Privacy
1040.com is committed to protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online
experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the 1040.com Web
site and governs data collection and usage. By using the 1040.com
website, you consent to the data practices described in this
statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
1040.com collects personally identifiable information, such as
your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone
number. 1040.com also collects anonymous demographic information,
which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender,
preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and
software that is automatically collected by 1040.com. This
information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain
names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This
information is used by 1040.com for the operation of the service,
to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general
statistics regarding use of the 1040.com Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally
identifiable information or personally sensitive data through
1040.com public message boards, this information may be collected
and used by others. Note: 1040.com does not read any of your
private online communications.
1040.com encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web
sites you choose to link to from 1040.com so that you can
understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your
information. 1040.com is not responsible for the privacy statements
or other content on Web sites outside of the 1040.com and 1040.com
family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
1040.com collects and uses your personal information to operate
the 1040.com Web site and deliver the services you have requested.
1040.com also uses your personally identifiable information to
inform you of other products or services available from 1040.com
and its affiliates. 1040.com may also contact you via surveys to
conduct research about your opinion of current services or of
potential new services that may be offered.
1040.com does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to
third parties. 1040.com may, from time to time, contact you on
behalf of external business partners about a particular offering
that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address,
telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In
addition, 1040.com may share data with trusted partners to help us
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 1040.com, and they are required to
maintain the confidentiality of your information.
1040.com does not use or disclose sensitive personal
information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations,
without your explicit consent.
1040.com keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers
visit within 1040.com, in order to determine what 1040.com services
are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized
content and advertising within 1040.com to customers whose behavior
indicates that they are interested in a particular subject
area.
1040.com Web sites will disclose your personal information,
without notice, only 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 1040.com
or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of
1040.com; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of 1040.com, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The 1040.com Web site 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 1040.com pages, or register with
1040.com site or services, a cookie helps 1040.com 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 1040.com Web site, the information you previously provided can
be retrieved, so you can easily use the 1040.com 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 1040.com services or Web sites you
visit.
Security of your Personal Information
1040.com secures your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. 1040.com secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a
controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card
number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through
the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
protocol.
Changes to this Statement
1040.com will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to
reflect company and customer feedback. 1040.com encourages you to
periodically review this Statement to be informed of how 1040.com
is protecting your information.
Contact Information
1040.com welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of
Privacy. If you believe that 1040.com has not adhered to this
Statement, please contact 1040.com at webmaster@1040.com. We will
use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and
remedy the problem.