Introduction to Our Cookie Policy
At DW Tax Services, ensuring your privacy and trust is an integral part of the exceptional legal tax services we provide. This Cookie Policy outlines the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website (https://dwtaxservices.com/) to enhance and personalize your experience and improve our services. Whether seeking a personal tax solution, business taxation strategy, or education, knowing how cookies work helps you make informed decisions about your data. Transparency is important to us and we want our clients and readers to have all they need to understand what we do and how to manage what they can control.
Understanding Cookies
Cookies are text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit certain websites. Cookies help make the user experience better by storing preferences and login information and tracking how you use our site. Cookies can be ‘session’ cookies, which expire once you leave our website, or ‘persistent’ cookies, which remain on your computer or mobile device until they expire or you manually delete them. We use cookies at DTWS to provide a better website experience, analyze traffic to the site, and keep the content fresh and secure.
Categories of Cookies We Use
In order to tailor our services to your needs and ensure we maintain the highest levels of client service, we use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: We use these for the operation of our website, including enabling you to view secure sections of the website and navigate information.
- Performance cookies: We utilize performance cookies to collect anonymous data on how users interact with the website, such as which pages are viewed or the source of website traffic. This data is used internally to help us improve how the website is presented and operates.
- Functionality cookies: These save your preferences (for example, language or a previously entered e-mail address) and are intended to make your experience more useful and personal.
- Advertising cookies: From time to time, cookies are used to “deliver” relevant advertisements or educational material or both to you based on your past visit to the site, and your use of it previously. Although our main function is providing legal tax materials, this would also be used to try to inform you of new services, articles or websites that may interest you.
Ways We Use Cookies to Provide Our Service
At DW Tax Services, cookies are critical for customizing your experience with our site. For instance, cookies allow the site to remember that you are already logged in if you access client portals, help optimize page transitions, and maintain customized settings. Analytics cookies provide us with information on which resources (like our most recent articles about IRS Audits and tax deductions) are most helpful to visitors, allowing us to continually improve what we offer. By reviewing average site usage data, we can better understand trends and opportunities for improvement, ensuring you receive the most relevant and current legal tax information available.
For your further information, DWTaxServices.com does collect some information about each time you visit; this is general “cookies” type information. The information obtained generally involves:
- Where you go on our site
- Record the amount of time spent at particular locations on our site
- Where you came from before visiting our site (referring domains)
- The browser being used
- The IP address assigned to your computer when you visit (this is a unique number assigned by your Internet Service Provider)
- Any click through actions on our site
Use of this type of information allows us to analyze statistics about visitors to our site and how they interact with the site; general types of analysis we use is directed towards (i) developing a more accurate picture of website activity (which allows us in turn to customize/direct advertising), or (ii) learning about which voiced concerns were common among the public with respect to certain topics. Such information may then be used to improve customer online experience or change strategy in providing content/offers, etc.
Third-Party Cookies and Embedded Media
Aside from cookies that are set directly by DW Tax Services, there may be some pages that contain scripts or other content/services from trusted third parties such as educational videos, maps or secure payment providers. Such third parties may also set cookies on your browser for their own purposes, such as tracking or functional purposes. We choose our partners carefully according to high data privacy standards but we encourage you to review their respective privacy and cookie policies. Some examples of third party services that we may utilize are Google Analytics tracking of the performance of our website, and secured payment gateways for processing clients’ payments.
Managing and Controlling Your Cookie Settings
We respect your right to control the use of your data. Upon your first visit to the DW Tax Services website, you will receive a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or customize your cookie settings on your browser and device. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of every page. In addition, many web browsers offer the ability to block, erase and limit cookies as part of tools that can be found in the browser settings. Please remember that some cookies, particularly those which allow the essential functioning of a website, may affect your use of the site, such as accessing secure areas like our client portal. Instructions on how to view and manage these cookies in your selected browser are accessible via your browser’s help documentation.
Cookies and Personally Identifiable Information
Cookies utilized on our website do not contain individually identifiable information such as your name, address, or financial information. All data collected through cookies is aggregated and anonymized to maintain privacy. If you utilize our services and provide information directly to us through secure form submissions or otherwise, all such data is protected pursuant to our comprehensive Privacy Policy. We strive to protect your information and meet all applicable data breach obligations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for all of our international clients and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for all California residents.
How to Withdraw or Update Your Consent
You have the right to withdraw or modify your consent for cookie use at any time. Simply click the “Cookie Settings” link found on any page of our website, where you have an opportunity to make selections on or withdraw consent entirely. You can also delete cookies that are already on your computer; how to do this will depend on your browser and even the version of the browser you are using. If you have questions or need further assistance clearing existing cookies and managing future ones, we are happy to provide this for you. Call us at (904) 753-4815 or email us at [email protected] and we will be happy to help you with the technical aspects of managing your consent choices.
Commitment to Transparency and Compliance
DW Tax Services Website is founded on the principles of trust, transparency, and long-term client relationships. We review our website cookie policy periodically for compliance with changing regulations and industry standards and our policy is revised to keep up with changes in technology, legal requirements and the needs of our clients. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any updates will be reflected on this page so we recommend that you keep apprised of changes in the Cookie Policy to understand what cookies we use and how your information is processed. When materially significant changes are made to this policy, visitors will be notified through an announcement on this website.
Frequently Asked Questions about Cookies
- Are cookies safe?
Cookies are safe, and they’re widely used to make websites function better for visitors. They don’t load software or pose a threat to your devices. Only the website that created a cookie can read its information. - Will cookies track me when I’m on another website?
Cookies controlled by DW Tax Services can only be read on our domain. Some third party cookies, such as Google Analytics, can track your movement across websites. Some of these can be controlled via your web browser, or your preferences on our cookie consent tool. - Can I use the website without cookies?
You will be able to access most of our content without having cookies enabled, but some content may only be available for you in selected ways, such as accessing secure client portals, which may only be available if you have cookies on.
Contact Us for More Information
Your privacy and satisfaction matter. If you have further inquiries regarding our Cookie Policy, need assistance in managing your cookie preferences, or want to learn more about our legal tax services, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are available at your service during regular hours, which are Monday to Friday, from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. We will assure you that only accurate information regarding your concerns will be provided. You may contact us at (904) 753-4815, send an email to [email protected], or drop by our office which is located at 501 W Bay St Ste 99, Jacksonville FL 32202. At DW Tax Services, we can help you succeed financially through quality, honest, personal tax solutions.
About DW Tax Services
Founded in 2020, DW Tax Services, LLC. is helmed by tax attorney David Wright, who brings years of experience helping guide individuals and business owners through the complexities of tax law. Our tax lawyers, CPAs and advisors focus on education and empowering our clients with knowledge, in combination with providing seamless, tailored legal counsel to our clients – whether in the scope of tax compliance or tax planning, or representing our clients in IRS audits and international matters. We value honesty, transparency and up-to-the-minute knowledge of developments that impact the practice of tax law. Contact us now for more information about how we can help, or to schedule a consultation with one of our qualified legal experts and see for yourself how working with our firm makes all the difference when it comes to getting results.