Plan Writers offers a business plan and feasibility study consulting service, including projection preparation, graphic design services, through various affiliates on and offline. Because we offer a variety of services both online (via the Internet) and offline through our local office, Plan Writer's privacy practices will vary depending on how you interact with us.
The following guidelines set forth general privacy principles that apply to our website. When you establish a business relationship with Plan Writers, we will make you aware of our privacy practices that apply to that particular business or relationship.
We describe below our general practices regarding information collection through our website at Plan Writers.
When you visit planwriters.com, we may collect information about you from the following categories and sources:
Information we receive when you request services, or information from us or companies with whom we have business relationships, or complete forms, such as your name, e-mail address, telephone number and payment or billing information.
You may also complete a questionnaire and payment information form, or send previous tax returns for financial analysis. These documents are held in strict confidence by Plan Writers and will never for any reason be distributed to any third party except to process your payment or if required by law.
We may collect information through the following Web technologies:
We employ a software technology called clear gifs (also known as web beacons), that help us better manage content on our site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. Clear gifs and cookies are not tied to users' personally identifiable information.
Like most standard website servers, Plan Writers uses log files. Information collected in log files may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. We utilize this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
For information collected on Plan Writers as described above under "Information Collected," Plan Writers may disclose such information to the following categories of persons:
Third Parties. Plan Writers does not share your personal information with non-affiliated third parties for their promotional or marketing uses.
Service Providers. Plan Writers may disclose information to a service provider in order to perform a service for Plan Writers or perform a function on our behalf. If the need to use a third party to deliver arises, we will notify you first. Examples could include a CPA for financial projections, an attorney for contract review, or a graphic designer for web or print materials. Service providers will use the information provided to them to perform the requested service as directed by Plan Writers.
Persons Who Acquire Our Assets or Business. If Plan Writers sells or transfers any of its business or assets, certain information about our clients may be a part of that sale or transfer. In the event of such a sale or transfer, Plan Writers will notify you. The notification procedure will be the same as the procedure we use to notify you of a change in our privacy statement as described below.
Persons Who Request Information for Legal Purposes. We may disclose your information to affiliates or non-affiliated third parties when we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is required by law. This may occur in connection with a court order, legal process, or other judicial, administrative or investigative proceeding that produces a request for information from Plan Writers.
We may disclose aggregate information compiled using your personal information that does not identify you individually or personally. This may include, for example, the total number of visitors to our website from a particular state.
If we make a material change to this Privacy Statement, including a material change in the way we use your personal information, we will notify you by using one of the following methods at least thirty (10) days prior to the effective date of such change: (1) we will post a notice on our Web site describing the change; or (2) we will send you electronic mail notifying you of the change.