Privacy Policy
At Guines Tax Services & Consulting Group, protecting your privacy is an important part of the trust we build with our clients and visitors. We believe your personal information should be handled responsibly, transparently, and only for legitimate business purposes.
Last Updated: September 8, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, and handled when you visit our website or contact us through our online forms.
Information You Choose to Provide
When you contact us through our website, you may voluntarily provide information such as:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number, if provided
- The information included in your message
We use this information to respond to your inquiry, communicate with you about our services, and determine how we may be able to assist you.
Our website contact form transmits your message through our email delivery provider, Resend, to our business inbox. Based on our current website configuration, the website does not maintain a separate database copy of contact-form submissions.
Guines Tax Services & Consulting Group does not sell your personal information.
Please Do Not Submit Tax Documents Through the Contact Form
Our public website contact form is intended for general inquiries only.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, tax returns, W-2s, 1099s, banking information, identification documents, passwords, or other sensitive financial or taxpayer information through the public contact form.
Once you become a client, tax records and other confidential information may be collected and handled through the appropriate client-service processes and systems associated with your engagement. Those records are treated separately from general website inquiries and are subject to applicable professional, privacy, security, and tax-information requirements.
Website and Server Information
Like most websites, our hosting and security providers may automatically process limited technical information when you visit the site. This may include information such as:
- IP address
- Browser or device information
- Date and time of access
- Pages or resources requested
- Technical information used to maintain website security and performance
This information is primarily used to operate, protect, troubleshoot, and maintain the website.
We currently do not use advertising pixels or third-party behavioral advertising technologies on this website.
Cookies, Security, and Browser Storage
We use Cloudflare Turnstile on our contact form to help protect the website from spam, bots, and automated abuse.
Turnstile evaluates limited browser and device signals necessary to perform its security function. Depending on the configuration and Cloudflare services involved, Cloudflare may also use security-related technologies or cookies.
For additional information about Cloudflare's privacy practices, please review the Cloudflare Privacy Policy and Turnstile Privacy Addendum.
We do not currently use optional advertising or analytics cookies for tracking visitors across websites.
Cookie Settings
You can review this information anytime using Cookie Settings in the website footer. That panel opens on demand and does not store a preference in your browser.
There are no optional cookies to accept or reject. We do not use advertising or analytics cookies, and we do not sell or share your personal information.
How We Use Information
Information collected through this website may be used to:
- Respond to questions or service inquiries
- Communicate with prospective and existing clients
- Provide information about our tax, payroll, consulting, or related services
- Protect the website against fraud, spam, and misuse
- Maintain website functionality and security
- Comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations
We do not use information collected through this website for purposes that are materially different from those described in this policy without providing appropriate notice when required.
Information Sharing
We may use trusted service providers that support the operation, security, hosting, or communication functions of our website.
These providers may process limited information as necessary to provide their services.
We do not sell personal information provided through this website, and we do not share it with third parties for their independent advertising purposes.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, regulatory requirements, or to protect the rights, security, or integrity of our business, clients, or website.
We Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
Guines Tax Services & Consulting Group does not sell your personal information. We also do not share personal information collected through this website for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Because we do not sell or share personal information in these ways, there is no sale or share opt-out to process at this time. If that ever changes, we will update this page and provide a working opt-out.
California Residents
If you are a California resident, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you. To make a request, email info@guinestax.com. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
We treat a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. While we do not sell or share personal information, we honor that signal as an opt-out request.
Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information under our control.
However, no website, email transmission, or Internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. For this reason, sensitive taxpayer or financial documents should only be provided through communication methods specifically authorized by Guines Tax Services & Consulting Group for client use.
Third-Party Services and Links
Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.
Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and Guines Tax Services & Consulting Group is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, website practices, or applicable requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information submitted through our website is handled, please contact:
Guines Tax Services & Consulting Group
Email: info@guinestax.com