At Drake Business Services we are committed to protecting your privacy as a visitor to this website and as our customer. To our visitors and to our customers, we offer this pledge:

Drake Business Services  owns the information collected on this website. We will not sell, share, disclose, trade, transfer, lease, or rent any personally identifiable information to any third party unless specifically authorized by you or as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Additionally, SMS opt-ins and phone numbers collected for SMS purposes will not be shared with any third parties or affiliate companies for marketing purposes. 

Changes In Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy without providing you with advance notice of our intent to make the changes. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by clicking on the 'contact' tab on the navigation bar. If you provide us with a cell phone # to text you, you are agreeing to an SMS communication with our agency. Text messaging opt-in data and consent is not shared with any third parties. Messaging and Data rates may apply. I consent to receive SMS messages. I understand that Message and data rates may apply and that I may reply STOP to opt-out of future messaging; reply HELP for additional messaging help. Message frequency may vary depending on interaction between you and our agents.

Information Collection

Information Collection

Drake Business Services collects personal information from you when you become a client, request services, complete forms, or communicate with us through our website, email, phone, or other channels.

When you engage our accounting, tax preparation, or advisory services, we may collect personally identifiable information including, but not limited to:

• Name

• Mailing and/or physical address

• Telephone number

• Email address

• Tax identification information (such as Social Security or EIN, when required for services)

• Financial and tax-related information necessary to perform requested services

This information is used solely for providing professional accounting, tax preparation, and related services, communicating with you, complying with legal and regulatory requirements, and maintaining accurate client records.

We maintain client information securely within our business systems and offices. Access to personal information is limited to authorized personnel who require it to perform their job duties. All employees and contractors are required to adhere to confidentiality and data privacy standards, and are instructed on the importance of safeguarding client information.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data that is stored on a visitor's hard drive while they are visiting this website. We may utilize a short-lived form of cookie when you visit this site. At Drake Business Services, a cookie is only used to identify one unique visitor from another visitor during a particular session. A session is the period of active site-use while that unique visitor is linked to our server. We may use cookie technology during a session as a tool to carry forward your input information during the enrollment process. This enables the visitor to input their information once and have the information appear later during the enrollment process. No personally identifiable information is stored on the cookie. The cookie expires and is deleted from the visitor's computer as soon as they close their browser or if they are not actively browsing our website for more than 20 minutes. Should a previous visitor to our website return for a new session, they will be issued a new cookie and in no way will they be recognized as a visitor from a previous visit or session.

Third Party Links

This website may contain links to third party websites that are not controlled by Drake Business Services. These third party links are made available to you as a convenience and you agree to use these links at your own risk. Please be aware that Drake Business Services is not responsible for the content of third party websites linked, nor are we responsible for the privacy policy or practices of third party websites linked to Drake Business Services. Our Privacy Policy only applies to information we collect from you while you are at and while you are actively in a session with Drake Business Services If you should link to a third party website, we strongly encourage you to review and become familiar with that website's privacy policy.

ADA Compliance

Our Agency is committed to developing and maintaining a website that is both accessible to all visitors and compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) put forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
 
We recognize that accessibility and usability are not  always possible in every area of the website, or for those visitors using assistive technologies and devices. We conduct accessibility reviews of our website and correct issues revealed by these audits. Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing.