Privacy policy

Protecting your private information’s our priority.  This Statement of Privacy applies to www.virtualenterpriseandassociates.com, and Virtual Enterprise and Associates, LLC., and governs data collection and usage.  For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Virtual Enterprise and Associates, LLC., include www.virtualenterpriseandassociates.com and VEA.  The VEA website is a virtual accounting and customer service outsourcing service site.  By using the VEA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information 

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, VEA may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:  

  • First and Last Name
  • Company Name 
  • Job Title
  • Mailing Address 
  • E-mail Address 
  • Phone Number 

If you purchase VEA’s services we collect billing and credit card information.  This information is used to complete the purchase transaction(s).

We do not collect personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us.  However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain services.  These may include: (a) sending us an email message (b) submitting your credit or other payment information when ordering services.  To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with in in relation to services you have requested from us.  We also may gather additional personal or business information in the future.

Use of your Personal or Business information 

VEA collects and uses your personal or business information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

VEA may also use your personal identifiable information to inform you of other services available from VEA or its affiliates. 

Sharing information with Third Parties 

VEA does not sell, rent, or lease its customers lists to third parties. 

VEA may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or  postal mail, or to provide customer support.  All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to VEA, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

VEA may disclose your personal information, without noice, if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such actions necessary to:  (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on VEA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of VEA; (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of VEA, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information 

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by VEA.  This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times and referring website address.  This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statics regarding use of the VEA website.

Use of Cookies

The VEA website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience.  A cookie is a text file that is placed off you hard disk by a web page server.  Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.  Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time .  The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page.  For example, if you personally VEA pages, or register with VEA site or services, a cookie helps VEA to recall your specific information, such as billing address, shipping address, and so on.  When you return to the same VEA website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so that you can easily use the VEA features that you customized. 

You have the ability accept or decline cookies.  Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.  If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the VEA services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information 

VEA secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. VEA uses the following methods for this purpose 

  • SSL Protocol

When personal information (such as credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect agains unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information.  Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a)there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which our beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exception set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete you personal information from our records; and 
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records. 

Please note that we may not be able to comply with request to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transition for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonable anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us; 
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is like to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Eighteen

VEA does not knowing collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen.  If you are under the age of eighteen, you must ask a parent or guardian for permission to us this website.

E-mail Communications 

From time to time, VEA may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.  

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from VEA, you may opt out of such communications by contacting info@virtualenterpriseandassociates.com.

Changes to this Statement

VEA reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time.  We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating our privacy information.  Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modification will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information 

VEA welcomes your questions or comments regarding this statement of Privacy.  If you believe that VEA has not adhered to this Statement, please contact VEA at:

www.virtualenterpriseandassociates.com

website@virtualenterpriseandassociates.com

800 842 6009