This policy describes how CPA GURU processes personal data in connection with cpa.guru (the “Site”). It applies together with our Terms of Use.
1. Controller
The controller is CPA GURU, an independent information resource, the operator of the Site. Contact for all data protection matters: legal@cpa.guru.
2. What we process, why and on what basis
| Context | Personal data | Purposes | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use of the Site | technical data processed when you access the Site, such as IP address, browser and device information, pages requested and time of access | providing the Site, its security, preventing abuse and fraud | our legitimate interests |
| Forms (submissions, suggestions, contact, advertising, reports) | data you enter, such as name, email or messenger handle, company, message, links and attached files | handling your request, maintaining and publishing catalog information, communicating with you, protecting our rights | steps at your request; our legitimate interests |
| Email and other correspondence | your contact details and the content of your messages | communicating with you, record-keeping, protecting our rights | our legitimate interests |
| Business contacts in the catalog | names or nicknames, roles and business contact details of representatives of programs, networks, services and other companies | operating the catalog and enabling professional contact | our legitimate interests |
| Accounts and published content (when available) | account details, sign-in data and the content you publish | providing the account and related features | performance of the Terms |
| Marketing messages (if offered) | email address | sending messages you asked for | your consent |
| Legal matters | any of the above, as needed | complying with legal obligations, establishing, exercising or defending legal claims | legal obligation; our legitimate interests |
You are not required to provide personal data to browse the Site. If you do not provide data marked as required in a form, we cannot process that form.
If you give us personal data of another person, you confirm that you are entitled to do so.
Business contacts published in the catalog
Business contact details of company representatives are obtained from publicly available sources or provided by the companies themselves or by users. If you object to the publication of your details, write to legal@cpa.guru.
3. Recipients
We share personal data only as needed for the purposes above, with:
- service providers acting on our behalf — hosting, content delivery and security, data storage, email delivery and mailbox, and internal notification services;
- professional advisers, authorities, courts or other parties where required by law or needed to establish, exercise or defend legal claims;
- a successor in the event of a reorganisation, merger or transfer of the Site.
4. International transfers
Our service providers may process personal data outside your country, including outside the European Economic Area. Where required by applicable law, such transfers are made on the basis of appropriate safeguards, such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.
5. Retention
We keep personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to resolve disputes and enforce our rights, and for any longer period required or permitted by law. After that, it is deleted or anonymised. Data may remain in backups until they are overwritten.
6. Your rights
Subject to the conditions and exceptions of applicable law, you may have the right to request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data, restriction of processing, data portability, and to object to processing based on legitimate interests. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time; this does not affect processing before withdrawal.
To exercise your rights, write to legal@cpa.guru. We may ask for information to verify your identity before acting on a request. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
7. Cookies
Information about cookies and similar technologies is in our Cookie Policy.
8. Security
We use technical and organisational measures appropriate to the risk. However, no transmission or storage of data is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to or stored on the Site.
9. Third-party sites
The Site links to websites and services of third parties. Their processing of personal data is governed by their own policies; we are not responsible for it.
10. Changes
We may change this policy at any time. Changes take effect when published on the Site; the date of the current version is shown on this page.