Privacy Policy

We collect information across three main categories: publicly aggregated business records, user-provided information, and automatically collected technical data.

• Publicly Sourced Directory Data: Information displayed on standard, non-vetted public profiles is collected from publicly available government databases, commercial registries, professional licensing boards, state CPA societies, and public internet indexing. This data includes business names, staff and owner profiles, office addresses, phone numbers, public email addresses, website URLs, practice specialties, and publicly available client reviews.
• Information You Provide Directly: When you submit an inquiry form, apply for a "Vetted" badge, claim or edit a business listing, or request client matches, we collect personal and professional details such as your name, business email, phone number, firm name, job title, service preferences, and billing information (processed via secure third-party payment gateways).
• Automatically Collected Data: When you browse the Site, we automatically gather technical data including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device identifiers, pages viewed, and time spent on the Site.

HireMyAccountant.com operates an informational directory designed to index accounting, bookkeeping, and financial advisory practices across the United States.

• Public Record Nature: Standard profiles created without active owner registration consist strictly of publicly available business information. Aggregating public records does not constitute an assertion of endorsement, active partnership, or confidential affiliation between HireMyAccountant.com and the listed entity.
• Accuracy & Updating: Public records may occasionally contain outdated or inaccurate information. We provide clear, streamlined mechanisms for firm owners to claim, update, or permanently remove these profiles at no cost.

In compliance with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines regarding transparency, disclosures, and marketing practices:

• Affiliated Entities: HireMyAccountant.com is operated by and affiliated with Markology.io, a digital marketing agency serving accounting and financial professionals.
• Shared Information & Cross-Promotion: By submitting a contact form, requesting directory information, applying for "Vetted" status, or claiming a profile, you acknowledge and expressly consent that your submission information may be shared between HireMyAccountant.com and Markology.io for marketing, consulting, and client service outreach.
• Commercial Communications: Submissions made on the Site constitute an express commercial inquiry. You may receive promotional emails, newsletter updates, or service offers from both HireMyAccountant.com and Markology.io. You retain the right to opt out of commercial communications at any time.

We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and similar automated tracking technologies to enhance user experience, analyze web traffic, and measure marketing performance.

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for basic Site operation, security, and session navigation.
• Analytics Cookies: Utilized via service providers such as Google Analytics to capture aggregated, non-identifying traffic patterns, page interaction speeds, and user demographic trends.
• Marketing & Retargeting Pixels: Embedded tracking scripts (such as Meta or Google conversion pixels) used to deliver targeted advertisements on third-party platforms based on your past visits to our Site.
• Managing Cookie Preferences: You can instruct your web browser to refuse all cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent. Disabling essential cookies may impair the functionality of certain directory features.

We utilize collected data for the following operational, commercial, and legal purposes:

• Operating, maintaining, and improving the directory search features and user interface.
• Facilitating introductions, lead distributions, and communications between prospective clients and listed firms.
• Reviewing and processing applications for "Vetted" listings and paid subscription plans.
• Delivering personalized marketing, agency outreach, and promotional updates through Markology.io.
• Preventing fraudulent activities, enforcing our Terms and Conditions, and defending legal rights.
• Complying with state and federal legal obligations.

We do not sell, rent, trade, or broker visitor personal data or contact lists to third parties. Our platform operates on a traditional advertising, badging, and subscription model:

• Commercial Model (Subscriptions & Spotlights): Financial professionals and accounting firms pay recurring subscription fees or service charges to HireMyAccountant.com for "Vetted" badging status, directory display privileges, or "Professional Spotlight" featured placements.
• User-Directed Transfers: Your personal or contact information is transferred to a listed accounting firm strictly when you explicitly direct us to do so or take an affirmative action, such as submitting an inquiry or referral form specifying a firm, registering interest in a professional's services, or clicking an outbound link to visit a firm's external website.
• Affiliated Business Operations: Information submitted via forms may be shared with our affiliated marketing agency, Markology.io, for service fulfillment, client intake, and related commercial communications as disclosed at the point of submission.
• Service Providers: Trusted third-party vendors assisting with hosting, database infrastructure, analytics, and payment processing (e.g., Stripe) who operate under contractual data protection obligations.
• Legal Requirements & Business Transfers: If required by law, subpoena, court order, or regulatory inquiry, or in connection with a corporate merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

We provide straightforward, accessible controls over your personal and business data.

• Public Profile Claiming & Updates: Firm owners may claim their standard directory listing to modify information, upload logos, or correct details by submitting a claim request via the Site or emailing support@hiremyaccountant.com.
• Permanent Profile Removal (Opt-Out): If you are a business owner and wish to have your scraped or aggregated public profile permanently removed from HireMyAccountant.com, send a request to support@hiremyaccountant.com with the subject line "Directory Profile Removal Request." Upon identity verification, your profile will be deactivated and removed within 10 business days.
• Marketing Opt-Out: Every commercial email sent by HireMyAccountant.com or Markology.io includes a one-click "Unsubscribe" link at the footer. Alternatively, email support@hiremyaccountant.com with the subject line "Unsubscribe" to be manually removed from marketing lists.

Residents of certain states possess specific statutory rights regarding their personal data under state privacy enactments:

• No Sale or Sharing of Personal Data: HireMyAccountant.com does not sell consumer personal information as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) or other state privacy enactments. Data transfers to listed professionals occur exclusively at the express direction of the user when requesting services or visiting third-party links.
• Right to Know / Access, Correct, and Delete: You have the right to request access to, correction of, or permanent erasure of personal data maintained directly by us, subject to statutory retention exceptions.
• Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your statutory privacy rights.
• Submitting Privacy Requests: To exercise any state statutory privacy rights or request profile removals, email us at support@hiremyaccountant.com.

We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method is completely secure. We retain public directory information as long as necessary to maintain a comprehensive registry, and user-submitted data as long as required to fulfill marketing, operational, or legal requirements.

HireMyAccountant.com is an enterprise and business-to-business platform intended strictly for adults aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). If we discover that a minor has provided us with personal information, we will delete it immediately.

• Governing Law: This Privacy Policy and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.
• Mandatory Binding Individual Arbitration: Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or the Site shall be resolved exclusively through final and binding individual arbitration governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), rather than in court, administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in North Carolina.
• Contact Information: For questions, concerns, profile removals, or privacy rights requests, contact our compliance team at: