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At Premier Legal Billing and Bookkeeping, we are committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, https://www.plbab.com, and use our services. We comply with global privacy laws, including but not limited to:

● General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (UK, EU and EEA)

● California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) / California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (California, US)

● Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) (Brazil)

● Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (Canada)

● Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) (Japan)

● Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Australia)

By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of personal data in accordance with this Policy.

We encourage you to read this Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your data and how we will treat it.    

This Policy applies to all personal data processed by Premier Legal Billing and Bookkeeping, LLC in connection with our services and website visitors.  

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us by email at deborah@plbab.com, or by phone at 360-339-8506.
 

We do not collect any usage, or sensitive information about you when you visit our website. If you choose to submit a contact form, we collect minimal contact information, such as name, email and phone number, solely for the purpose of replying to your inquiry about our services. 

We do not use any tracking technologies to collect information about your interactions with our website and services. 

  We use the information submitted on our contact form the purpose of contacting you regarding your needs for initial services or any questions you might have regarding ongoing services.  

We do not share your personal data (aggregated, de-identified, or detailed) with third parties. We will only disclose your personal data in the following circumstances:

When a Good Faith Belief Exists that it is Necessary: We may disclose your personal data when a good faith belief exists that it is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation (e.g., subpoena or court order).
• Protect and defend the rights or property of Premier Legal Billing and Bookkeeping, LLC.
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.
• Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.
• Protect against legal liability.

With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal data for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

By providing your personal data, you consent to this transfer, storage, and processing. Where consent is the legal basis for transfer, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

Data Security: We employ industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Encryption: Using SSL/TLS encryption for data in transit (HTTPS).
• Access Controls: Restricting access to personal data to authorized personnel only.
• Data Minimization: Collecting only necessary data.
• Regular Security Audits: Conducting periodic reviews of our security practices.
• Employee Training: Educating our staff on data protection and security.
• Pseudonymization/Anonymization: Where feasible and appropriate.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Data Retention: We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (e.g., for legal, tax, or accounting purposes).

When we no longer need your personal data, we will securely delete or anonymize it in accordance with applicable law.

 

•   Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you have various rights regarding your personal data. We are committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights.

• Right to Be Informed: You have the right to know what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and how we use it. This Policy serves to fulfill this right.
• Right of Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification (Correction):You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure (Deletion / “Right to Be Forgotten”): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances (e.g., if the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected).
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions (e.g., if you contest the accuracy of the data).
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller, where technically feasible.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
• Rights in Relation to Automated Decision-Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, unless certain exceptions apply.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

For California Residents (CCPA/CPRA):

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: You have the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information (as defined by CCPA/CPRA) for cross-context behavioral advertising. We provide a prominent “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on our website footer.
• Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information (as defined by CCPA/CPRA) to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those goods or services. We provide a prominent “Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information” link on our website footer.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.
• Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information.

For Brazilian Residents (LGPD):

• Similar rights to GDPR, including confirmation of processing, access, correction, anonymization/blocking/deletion, portability, deletion of data processed with consent, information about shared data, information about possibility of denying consent and consequences, and revocation of consent.

For Canadian Residents (PIPEDA):

• Similar rights to access, correction, and challenging compliance. Emphasis on accountability, identifying purposes, consent, limiting collection, limiting use/disclosure/retention, accuracy, safeguards, openness, individual access, and recourse.

For Japanese Residents (APPI):

• Similar rights to disclosure, correction, cessation of use, and deletion of personal information. Requirements for appropriate security measures and supervision of service providers.

For Australian Residents (APPs):

• Similar rights to access and correction. Specific principles regarding collection, use, disclosure, data quality, data security, and direct marketing.

For EU/UK Residents:

• If you believe your rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. For the UK: https://ico.org.uk/; for the EU: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/edpb_en

How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: deborah@plbab.com

We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law (e.g., 30 days under GDPR, 45 days under CCPA). We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. You may exercise your rights free of charge, unless requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive.  

Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of [e.g., 16 for GDPR, 13 for COPPA]. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children without verifiable parental consent.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers. 

Our services may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date shown in this section.

Policy Last Updated: 4/21/2026

We will also inform you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective, and update the “Effective Date.”

You are advised to review this Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us directly using the details provided in Section 1 above.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority in your jurisdiction:

• For EU/EEA Residents: You can contact the data protection authority in your Member State. A list of authorities can be found here: [Link to European Data Protection Board (EDPB) list, if available, or instruct them to search for their local DPA].
• For UK Residents: Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
• For Canadian Residents: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
• For Brazilian Residents: Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD)
• For Australian Residents: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
• For California Residents: California Attorney General or the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)