Our Privacy Policy

01. Purpose of Policy

PPI Business Services, Inc., Payroll People, Payroll Tax People, LLC, Payality, and its affiliated entities (“us,” “we,” or “Company”), is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its customers and visitors to payrollpeople.com and www.payrolltaxpeople.com websites (collectively, the “Website”). We, as the controllers of your data, collect, use, and are responsible for certain personal information about you, and have created this Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit and use our Website and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Privacy Policy is only applicable to our Website, any of our other websites that post this Policy, and data that we have collected since making the Website available.

We ask that you read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use, and share personal information, your rights in relation to your personal information and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.

02. Notice Concerning Children and Minors

We do not direct any of our content specifically at children under the age of 13 years, nor do we collect any personal information from anyone who we know to be under the age of 13 years. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a particular user is under the age of 13 years, we will use our best efforts to prevent access to the Website of such user and to delete any personal information in such user’s account on our Website.

California Civil Code Section 22581 permits minors under the age of 18 years, or their parents or guardians, to request and obtain removal of their information. To request removal of your personal information please contact us using the methods described in this Policy. Note that removal under the law does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of your information.

03. Information We Collect and Use

In operating the Website, we may collect or obtain certain information such as your name, mailing address(es), e-mail address(es), phone number(s), gender, age, date of birth, social security number, occupation, education level, income, race, religion, political party affiliation, and other bibliographic information, payment and applicable financial account information, and information pertaining to your creditworthiness, assets, income, or liabilities, information about your use of the Website, products and services which you have purchased, obtained, or have researched or to which, by use of the Website, have otherwise indicated interest, your IP address, geolocation data, domain servers, types of computers accessing our Website, types of browsers, and other data of a technical nature which relates to your use and access of the Website (collectively referred to as “Information”).

As used in this Policy, and any of its supplemental policies, “Personal Information” is any Information that identifies (or can be used to identify) you or which permits the physical or online contacting of you, such as your name, address, email address, and phone number. “Anonymous Information” is any information that does not identify, and cannot reasonably be used to identify, you. “Pseudonymous Information” is any information that cannot be attributed to you without the use of additional information. “Aggregate Information” is any information about groups of visitors to our Website that does not identify, and cannot reasonably be used to identify, you.

3.1. How We Collect Information

Information you Provide Us: We may include registration, surveys, questionnaires, and other forms on the Website that ask you to provide information, including Personal Information. Some of the information that we collect is required from you to enable us to provide you with the services you request from the Website. For example, you may request that we add you to our newsletter, may request that we contact you, or you may order product or services from us, and as part of that request we may require you to provide your name, address, phone numbers, and/or email address. We will inform you at the point of collecting information from you whether you are required to provide information to us. If you choose not to provide us with the required information, you may be unable to utilize the services provided at the Website.

Server Information: Our servers may automatically collect Information of a technical nature, such as your IP address and your browser type, which relates to your use and access of the Website. This data does not in and of itself personally identify you but is helpful for improving user experience. In the event that you provide Personal Information while visiting our Website, this data may be correlated to you and thus your Personal Information.

Beacons: We may also use web beacon or other technologies to better tailor the Website to provide better customer service. If these technologies are in use, when you access these pages of the Website, a non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated which may be processed by us or by suppliers or affiliates, or other entities. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies, therefore our use of beacons, the information in those beacons, and our purpose for using them is discussed in more depth in our “Cookie Policy.” If you do not want cookie information to be associated with your visits to these pages, you may be able to set your browser to turn off cookies; however, web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages.

Cookies: From time to time, we may use the “cookies” feature of major browsers and browser applications that allows us to store data on your computer about your visit to our Website. We may set any Personal Information in cookies and may employ any data capture mechanisms on the Website other than cookies. Cookies help us learn which areas of the Website are useful and which areas need improvement, in addition to enhancing user experience. Some material displayed on the Website may contain cookies set by third-parties. We do not have access to or control over information collected by such third-parties on our Website, and thus such cookies are not subject to this Policy. You may be able to choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience on the Website may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended. For a list of cookies that we set, the information in those cookies, and our purpose for using them, please visit our “Cookie Policy” at https://www.payality.com /privacy-policy/#cookies-section.

Online Tracking: Many browsers provide the ability for a user to send a “Do Not Track” signal which indicates that a user does not wish to have activity tracked. We may collect Personal Information across third-party websites or online services and may permit third-parties from tracking consumers while they are on the Website. For a list of the trackers and our purpose for using them, please visit our “Privacy Disclosures Page” at https://www.payality.com /privacy-disclosures/ Currently there is no industry standard on how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals; however, if you send a “Do Not Track” signal while using the Website, we will take every effort to respect your wishes that are possible. In any event, we will adhere to the standards set forth in this Policy.

Third Party Sources: We may also obtain information from additional sources of data, not directly collected from you, to tailor the Website to provide better customer service. For example, you may engage with us through social media services or third-party platforms, plug-ins, or applications, through which you may allow us to have access to certain information in your profile or account, such as your name, email address, photographs, network connections, and activities. Please refer to the respective policies on those third-party services, platforms, plug-ins, and applications to review your privacy rights and settings. Information may include public or private data from various sources and held at varied secured data storage facilities, inside and/or outside of the United States or the European Economic Area. For an entire list of specific data collected from third-parties, how the data is stored, and our purpose for using the data, please visit our “Privacy Disclosures Page” at https://www.payality.com /privacy-disclosures/. We will hold such data for the period of time as set forth, and at least for any period of time required by law.

Advertising Choices: We may provide third-party advertising on the Website in an attempt to provide additional content that may be relevant to you. We do not control the use of any information about you that the third-party advertiser may obtain or use, and recommend you review their data collection and use policies. There are a variety of tools which are available to you to “opt-out” of interest-based advertising on the Website, as well as on the internet generally, including by utilizing the tools available from Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance. There are also a variety of browser tools and plug-ins which you can use in an attempt to block advertising and advertisements as you use the internet. For an entire list of specific data collected by these third-parties, please https://www.payrollpeople.com /privacy-disclosures/.

3.2. How We Use Information

We use the Information, including Personal Information and all other information, to provide you access to the experiences, products, and services on the Website that you request, to personalize the content and experiences on the Website, to communicate with you about transactions initiated on the Website, to offer you any additional products or services that we think you may have an interest in receiving, to analyze the Website traffic, to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer the Website, to determine how users interact with the Website, and for other similar reasons. We may also use the Information to send you offers for products and/or services from third-parties, and to provide you with targeted advertising based on your activity on the Website and any third-party websites, platforms, plug-ins, and applications.

We may also use Anonymous Information, Pseudonymous Information, or Aggregate Information (or other information other than Personal Information) in any other manner that we deem appropriate or necessary, including to operate, understand, and improve the Website, products, services, and operations, including by using research and analytics tools. Such use may include sharing this type of information with business partners and advertisers.

Dependent on the jurisdiction in which you access our website, you may be required to expressly consent to the sale, sharing, or rent of your Personal Information to third-parties, as well as those not affiliated with us. Please review the applicable section of this Privacy Policy to you for a greater discussion relating to those rights. If those rights are not applicable to you, we may sell, share, or rent Personal Information to third-parties, and we may otherwise disclose Personal information to third-parties not affiliated with us. Notwithstanding, we may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us or our any one of our related companies, subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or customers or visitors.

We may employ or engage companies and individuals to perform business functions on its behalf. These persons may be engaged in a variety of functions which include, but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing payments, and providing customer service. Unless you exercise a statutory right, such as a right to opt out, these persons may be provided with Personal Information or other information required to perform their functions as our agent.

In order to accommodate changes in our business, we may sell or buy portions of our company or other companies or assets, including the information collected on the Website. If our company or substantially all of our assets are acquired, your Personal Information and/or other Information may be one of the assets transferred to the acquirer. You may be given the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if, in our opinion, the new entity plans to handle your information in a way that is different in an important way from this Policy.

For a list of how we use your personal information, how we provide such information to the third party, the information provided, and the purpose in providing the data, please visit our “Privacy Disclosures Page” at https://www.payality.com /privacy-disclosures/.

3.3. Our Use of Third-Party Software

We may use third party vendors, plugins, applications, platforms, and other software or technology partners (the “Third Party Software”) to provide a more robust experience on the Website. The Third-Party Software may collect, receive, or generate information from or about you during your visit on the Website to provide valuable features and services and to otherwise make the Website available to you. You acknowledge that no method of transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot control how your information is collected, stored, disclosed, or used on or by the Third-Party Software.

By using the Website, you acknowledge that you may be transferring and storing your information using the Third-Party Software at your own risk. Your data will be subject to the policies and practices set out in each vendor’s respective privacy and data use policies pertaining to the Third-Party Software. Use of this Website constitutes your acceptance of each provider’s privacy policy and data practices with respect to the Third-Party Software. For a list of specific data collected by third-party providers, our purpose for using the third-party provider, and a link to the third-party provider’s privacy policy, please visit our “Privacy Disclosures Page” at https://www.payality.com /privacy-disclosures/. We will hold such data for the period of time as set forth, and at least for any period of time required by law.

3.4. SMS

As part of our services, we may send you certain messages via SMS. These messages are sent for security purposes (such as dual factor authentication or resetting your password).Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. As always, message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you. Message frequency varies. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider.

04. Third-Party Websites

The Website may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies. These links may display a symbol in conjunction with the text to indicate that you will be leaving our Website. Once you’ve left our website you will be subject to a different privacy policy and different data practices.

05. Cookies

Our Website uses cookies, including third-party cookies, to ensure its efficient functioning and to improve our services, offer you a better experience, and to communicate with you in line with your preferences. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer (usually to your browser) by the websites you visit. Cookies are stored in your computer to be recognized by those websites on your subsequent visits.

We use several categories of cookies and each performs different functions. You can learn more about cookies and their functions generally by visiting an information website like www.allaboutcookies.org. Please visit our “Privacy Disclosures Page” for an entire list of specific cookies collected at https://www.payality.com /privacy-disclosures/.

5.1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to the terminal you use to access to the Internet (usually your browser) by the websites you visit. Cookies are stored in your computer to be recognized by those websites on your subsequent visits. Cookies cannot be used to retrieve other data from your hard disk, transmit computer viruses or identify and use e-mail addresses. Each cookie is unique to each browser and device you use to access our Website. Cookies can be installed by the operator of the website you are visiting (“First-Party Cookies”) or by other websites (“Third-Party Cookies”). Cookies can be permanently stored in your device until they expire or until you delete them (“Permanent Cookies”), or they can be automatically eliminated when you abandon the website or when you close your browser (“Session Cookies”). Cookies are used for several purposes: to ensure the correct functioning of the Website and offer an improved and more efficient browsing experience. A “web beacon,” also known as a tag, pixel tag, or clear GIF, is used to transmit information back to a web server. When we talk about “cookies” in this Policy, we mean not just cookies, but web beacons and similar technologies.

5.2. Strictly Necessary / Technical Cookies

“Strictly necessary” or “technical cookies” are cookies used exclusively to transmit a communication on an electronic communication network, or insofar as they are strictly necessary to provide a service expressly required by you. These cookies grant a smooth navigation and use of the Website and allow you to browse with certain pre-determined settings (e.g. preferred language, products on your chart) in order to improve our service. These cookies include analytical cookies, which are sometimes directly used by the website’s operator to collect anonymous and aggregate information on visitors and on how visitors use the website for statistical purposes. Your prior consent is not necessary for the use of these cookies.

5.3. Profiling Cookies

Profiling cookies create user profiles and are used to send advertisements in line with the preferences shown by the user while browsing the web. These cookies belong either to us or to third parties which are accurately selected and checked and they are used to guarantee that the marketing messages received through the Website or other websites used by us for advertising purposes are in line with your preferences. Our advertising may offer targeted messages, based on previous visits to the Website, on the pages visited more frequently and on other information on the visitor. Your prior consent is necessary for the use of these cookies.

5.4. Cookie Opt-Out

When first accessing any page of our Website, a banner containing a simplified policy statement is displayed. This banner could include an unmarked box or toggle that requires you to affirmatively “opt-in” to our use of non-necessary cookies. Additionally, you may change and manage your cookie preferences in the following manner:

You may give or withdraw your consent to the use of non-necessary cookies at this [link].

You may give or withdraw your consent through your browser’s settings. The following are some common browsers and the instructions on how the settings can be changed.

Internet Explorer, instructions can be found at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies.

Google Chrome, instructions can be found at https://support.google.com /chrome/ answer/95647?hl=en.

Mozilla Firefox, instruction can be found at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences.

Opera, instructions can be found at https://help.opera.com/en/latest/.

Apple Safari, instructions can be found at https://support.apple.com/guide/ safari/ manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac.

06. Contact Information and Requests

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices related to the Website, or if you would like to request that we disclose or delete your Personal Information stored in our database, or you wish to exercise any rights granted to you by statute (such as those granted to you by the CCPA, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, or other applicable statute), please feel free to contact us at:

Payality
ATTN: Legal Compliance
2152 E. Copper Ave Ste. 105
Fresno, CA 93730
info@payality.com
(559)-634-3113

07. Security

The safe keeping of your Personal Information is extremely important to us. We have measures in place by which we intend to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, including implementing various technical, administrative, electronic, and physical security measures designed to prevent Personal Information from accidentally being used or accessed in an unauthorized way. Unfortunately, despite our efforts, there are no methods that can fully prevent a breach, we cannot be liable for unauthorized disclosure of Personal Information due to no fault of our own, including but not limited to, errors in transmission and unauthorized acts of our staff and third parties. In the event of a suspected data security breach, we will notify you and any applicable regulator where we are legally required to do so.

08. Governing Law

The Website is published in the United States and intended for users from the United States. To the extent permitted, this Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of California to the rights and duties of the parties. U.S. law shall govern in any and all disputes.

We hope that this Privacy Policy provides you with full and fair notice of your privacy rights and our Information collection and use practices. We also hope that any concerns you might have can be resolved quickly and amicably by you contacting us under the methods provided in the “Contact Information and Requests” section of this Policy. However, in the unfortunate event that such dispute cannot be resolved, by your use of the Website, you expressly agree that any actions between us, including pertaining to this Policy, the Website, or our use and collection of the Information, shall be held in Fresno, California. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in Fresno County, California in all disputes arising out of or related to this Policy, or the use of the Website.

To the fullest extent not otherwise prohibited or required by law to be resolved in a different manner, by using the Website, you agree that any controversy between you and us involving the construction or application of any of the terms, covenants, or conditions of this Privacy Policy shall be submitted to binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in Fresno, California, and be in accordance with the rules established by the American Arbitration Association and include limited discovery to be in accordance with and governed by the provisions of the California Arbitration Act, Sections 1280 through 1294.2 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable costs and expenses of arbitration, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. Nothing in this section or agreement shall limit or impair us from seeking and obtaining temporary and permanent injunctive relief to enforce the terms of this agreement.

09. Updates to the Policy

This Privacy Policy was published on January 1, 2020 and last updated on May 1, 2024. It constitutes our entire agreement with you concerning our collection and use of Information as you use the Website. Notwithstanding, you may also be subject to additional terms and conditions, policies, guidelines, or rules that may apply when you use or interact with the Website.

We may, in our sole discretion and without prior notice, revise this Privacy Policy at any time. We shall post any revision to this Privacy Policy to the Website, and the revision shall be effective immediately on such posting, unless stated otherwise. You agree to review this Privacy Policy and other online policies posted on the Website periodically to be aware of any revisions. You agree that, by continuing to use or access the Website, you agree to any such revision.

10. European Residents: Your Privacy Rights

Residents of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or European Union (“EU”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) are afforded additional rights with respect to their personal information under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). To learn more about your rights under these laws, please visit our “GDPR Privacy Policy” at https://www.payality.com /gdpr-privacy-policy/. In the case of any discrepancies between this Privacy Policy and your rights under the GDPR Policy, your rights under the GDPR Policy will govern.

11. California Residents: Your Privacy Rights

California residents are afforded certain additional rights with respect to their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act or “CCPA” (California Civil Code Section 1798.100 et. seq.) and the “Shine the Light” Law (California Civil Code section 1798.83). To learn more about your rights under these laws, please visit our “California Privacy Policy” at https://www.payality.com /california-privacy-policy/. In the case of any discrepancies between this Privacy Policy and your rights under the California Privacy Policy, your rights under the California Privacy Policy will govern.

12. Nevada Residents: Your Privacy Rights

Nevada Senate Bill No. 220 requires website operators to provide a way for Nevada consumers to opt out of the sale of certain information that the website operator may collect about them. We do not sell your personal information to third-parties as defined in Nevada law, and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt-out of such sale as required by law. To make such a request or learn more about our compliance with Nevada law, please contact us using the methods described in the “Contact Information and Requests” section of this Policy. In the case of any discrepancies between this Privacy Policy and your rights under relevant Nevada statutes, your rights under the statutes will govern.