aBridge collects personal accounting and financial information of the client of CPAs exclusively to provide CPAs with our services in executing the mutually agreed task like bookkeeping, tax preparation, etc. The scope of the information to be used is clearly spelt out in the client agreement and no deviation is made except with CPAs prior approval. We also collect other personal information of the client of CPAs to give CPAs the superior service and to provide CPAs with convenient access to our services. By these we intend to keep CPAs up to date on information we think CPAs would like to hear about. However all the clients personal and finance information is provided by the CPAs at his sole discretion and CPAs can at any time opt out not to provide with information they feel can cause security threats.

We collect personal financial information directly from CPAs.

There are several ways of collecting the information depending upon the circumstances. Generally our methodology is to collect the financial information of CPAs client in the form of scanned images of the documents send by CPAs or with his authorization. The accounting information is accessed online for data entry through the internet. However we may collect the information through other medias like e-mails and fax sent by CPAs or by any other person on CPAs authorization.

The personal information collected is only disclosed to our employees to carry out their job for the CPAs. In limited case we may disclose the same to the third parties only to the extent it is necessary in performing our commitment towards CPAs and that too with CPAs approval. At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose personal information of the clients of CPAs . We may also disclose information if we believe that disclosure is necessary for the public interest.

Company safeguards the security of the data CPA send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. It is strictly adhered in the office to work online and any download of data is prohibited so as to protect the leakage and misuse of your information. Further the external medias at all the computers in our facility are disabled and e-mails restricted to prohibit the copy and export of your information. Separate login credentials are in place giving different entry levels into the server and accounting applications which are system generated. This ensures that the staff does not have control over the passwords and they cannot access the client's application except from the office computers. Our server uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all communication points to eliminate the chance of the information being decoded. An initial scrutiny and verification is made into the track record of each employee being recruited so as to strengthen our assurance towards his responsibility for sensitive personal information of the client of the CPAs. We commit to comply with the Local Privacy laws in force at each clients state/country.

At CPAs side we urge CPAs to take every precaution to protect your clients personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

You always have access to the information we have about you. If you would like to review your personal information that aBridge may have about you, email us at admin@abridgeservices.com.

To make sure that personal information of CPAs client remains confidential; we communicate these privacy guidelines to every aBridge employee.

We encourage CPAs to learn about the privacy policies of the company. If we are going to use personal information of the client of CPAs differently from that stated at the time of collection, we will contact CPAs for their permission. If CPAs have not given us permission the same will not be used for the different purposes.