Privacy Policy

At The Mewes Group, we prioritize your privacy. We invite you to review this Privacy Policy (referred to as “Policy”) to understand how The Mewes Group and its affiliated entities (collectively “The Mewes Group”) handle your data. By utilizing or accessing our Services in any manner, you acknowledge your acceptance of the practices and policies detailed below, and you provide your consent for us to collect, use, and share your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Please be aware that utilizing The Mewes Group’s Services is subject to our Terms of Service, which incorporates this Policy. Any terminologies used in this Policy, without specific definitions, are defined as per the Terms of Service.

As stated in the Terms of Service, our Services empower The Mewes Group customers to review and apply for tax credits, rebates, and other incentives both for themselves and on behalf of their contractors and affiliated individuals. 

 

What is Covered in this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how The Mewes Group handles Personal Data acquired when you use or access our Services. “Personal Data” refers to any information that can identify or is related to a specific individual, encompassing data described as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” according to relevant data privacy laws, rules, or regulations. It’s important to note that this Privacy Policy doesn’t encompass the practices of entities we do not own or oversee, nor does it pertain to individuals we do not manage.

 

Personal Data We May Collect

Profile or Contact Data 

  • First Name, Last Name
  • Email 
  • Phone Number
  • Employee Identification Numbers 
  • Social Security Numbers

Professional Data

  • Salary
  • Benefits
  • Tax status and elections
  • Job title and employment dates
  • Location of company and employees
  • Corporate structure

Financial and Accounting Data

  • Gross Receipts 
  • Bank account 
  • Wages
  • Vendor spending

Device Data

  • IP address
  • Device ID
  • Domain Server
  • Type of device/operating system/browser used to access Services 

Web Analytics

  • Web page interactions
  • Referring webpage/source through which you accessed the Services
  • Non-identifiable request IDs
  • Statistics associated with the interaction between the device or browser and the Services

Whom We May Share This Information With

  • Service Providers
  • Analytics Partners
  • Subcontractors
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate

When You Provide Such Information Directly To Us

  • When you create an account using our third-party platform for our Services.
  • When you voluntarily provide information in free-form text boxes through the Services or responses to surveys or questionnaires.
  • When you send us an email or otherwise contact us.

Third Parties

Vendors

  • We may use analytics providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.
  • We may use vendors to obtain information to generate leads and create user profiles

Compliance with Legal Requirements and Upholding Legal Agreements

We may disclose your Personal Data to meet our legal responsibilities as stipulated by relevant laws, regulations, court orders, or other legal mandates. This includes preventing, detecting, and investigating security incidents, as well as potential unlawful or prohibited activities.

We won’t gather additional types of Personal Data or utilize the Personal Data we’ve already collected for substantially distinct, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without first informing you.





How Your Data May Be Shared 

We share your Personal Data with the types of service providers and other entities described in this section. In certain cases, as determined by relevant state laws, some of these disclosures may be considered a “sale” of your Personal Data. Further details can be found in the state-specific sections below.

  • Your Tax Preparer. This is your tax preparer or other affiliated entity who invited you to use the Services.
  • Service Providers. These parties help us provide the Services or perform business functions on our behalf. They include:
    • Hosting, technology, and communication providers.
    • Support and customer service vendors.
    • Internal accountants, lawyers, and consultants who help facilitate the provision of Services.
  • Parties You Authorize.
    • Other users you authorize.

 

Legal Responsibilities

We may disclose any Personal Data we gather to third parties in connection with any of the actions outlined under the “Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms” in the “Purposes for Collecting Personal Data” section mentioned above.

 

Business Transitions

In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or similar transaction where a third party assumes control of our business, all your collected Personal Data may be transferred to that third party. If such an event takes place, we will make reasonable attempts to inform you before your information becomes subject to altered privacy and security policies and practices.

 

Not Personal Date

We might generate summarized, de-personalized, or anonymized data from the Personal Data we gather, achieved by eliminating details that link the data to a specific user. We can utilize this summarized, de-personalized, or anonymized data for legitimate business objectives, such as analyzing, developing, enhancing the Services, and promoting our business. Please note that we will not distribute such data in a way that could disclose your identity.

 

Opting Out and Tracking

Our Services utilize Cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and JavaScript, collectively referred to as “Cookies.” These technologies enable our servers to recognize your web browser, providing valuable insights into your interaction with our Services, including the timing and frequency of your visits, user trends, and our user demographics. Cookies consist of small pieces of data, typically in the form of text files, that are stored on your computer, tablet, phone, or similar devices when you access our Services using any of these platforms. Furthermore, we may augment the information we gather from you by incorporating data from third parties, some of whom may have placed their own Cookies on your devices. Please be aware that our utilization of Cookies means that our Services do not currently accommodate “Do Not Track” requests sent from web browsers.

 

State Law Privacy Rights

California Resident Rights

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),as amended, California residents are entitled to contact us to prevent disclosure of Personal Data to third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes.  To submit such a request, please contact us at [email protected].

 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We are committed to enhancing our Services, and as a result, it may be necessary to make periodic updates to this Privacy Policy. Rest assured, we will keep you informed about any modifications through various methods, including posting notices on The Mewes Group website and sending emails, among other means. If you continue to use the Services after any changes to the Privacy Policy have been published, it signifies your acceptance of all the revisions. The use of the information we collect is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of data collection.

 

Contact Information:

If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, the ways in which we collect and use your Data or your choices and rights regarding such collection and use, please do not hesitate to reach out to us: