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Privacy Policy


Last Updated: January 31, 2008


FreshBooks is a service of 2NDSITE INC.

Data Collected by the FreshBooks Website

Your privacy is of paramount importance to us. We believe that by respecting your privacy we will earn the opportunity to build a lasting relationship with your business, your clients and your staff.  Any information you provide to us will only be used for the purpose for which it was submitted. We collect your information primarily for contact and billing purposes. Under no circumstances will your information be shared with, or sold to, or disclosed to any third party, except where required by law.

Credit Card Information

Any credit card information submitted via FreshBooks is secured by industry standard and proprietary measures - you can learn more about FreshBooks security here. FreshBooks and its subscribers do not store credit card information unless the FreshBooks subscribers or their users chose to enter credit card information for use in the FreshBooks recurring profiles module; in all other cases financial institutions (like PayPal, Authorize.net and PSiGate) have the sole and complete responsibility for the storage of credit card information.

Ownership of Data Submitted to Active FreshBooks Subscriptions

Any data submitted to FreshBooks subscribers' system is wholly-owned by subscribers and their users and protected by the same safeguards that permit the secure transmission of credit card information outlined above. If you have any further questions or concerns regarding our privacy policies and procedures or want to review your information on file, please contact us at (416) 481-6946 or by email at privacy[at]freshbooks.com

SPAM

FreshBooks does not condone or tolerate spam. FreshBooks only sends email to FreshBooks system administrators to announce new updates or replies as requested to FreshBooks users in efforts to provide technical support.

Permission to Access Your FreshBooks System

Only you control who has access to your FreshBooks account. You have the power to decide what privileges each user may have.

Cookies

The FreshBooks software requires that you enable cookies. We do this because it is the most secure means to permit login access to your version of FreshBooks. Cookies are very small text files stored on your computer by your web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator etc). The cookies we store include times and dates you logged in and one piece of personal information - your user name. Cookies are used by the worlds most trusted financial institutions and are required when you do online banking because they provide the best security available. The FreshBooks website application's also uses cookies. The FreshBooks website cookies include a time stamp and include no personal information. Their purpose is to help us monitor how our website is used and the information provided helps us to create a more user friendly website - one that helps you find the information you need more quickly.

Children's Privacy

FreshBooks is committed to the protection of children's privacy. All FreshBooks users must be at least 13 years of age. Given the online and always available nature of the FreshBooks service, we cannot verify the age of all our subscribers, or the records they keep. Since data collected by FreshBooks is wholly owned by you - the FreshBooks subscriber - it is your responsibility to collect and share only that information for which you are legally permitted. FreshBooks does not market its services to children under the age of 13.

Changes To The FreshBooks Privacy Policy

The head of this document will always include the date of its last revision and a link to a page dedicated to all changes made and the most recent developments of the FreshBooks Privacy Policy.

Significant changes to this policy - including any changes to the use and/or ownership of the data submitted via the FreshBooks service will be preceded by an email outlining the proposed changes. As well, a link providing similar and or supporting information will be available from our home page. A link to our privacy policy is available at the bottom of each page of our website.

At all times we will endeavor to maintain and protect your data subject to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy enforced at the time you subscribed to FreshBooks. In the event that we cannot, we will contact you by email, post the changes to our website, or contact you by means suitable to the change. At all times we will make our privacy policy publically available and easy to find on our website, as we believe the strength of our policies and our open communication with you to be valuable aspects of our relationship.

Contact Us

We welcome you to contact us at any time should you have any questions regarding the privacy of your information. If you have any questions, comments or concerns we can be reached at:

FreshBooks
2790 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario
M6B 3R7
Canada
(416) 481-6946 (phone)
(866) 303-6061 (toll free)
(416) 481-3800 (fax)
privacy[at]freshbooks.com

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