Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 1, 2026
1. About Big Dog Bookkeeping, LLC
Big Dog Bookkeeping, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal and business information responsibly.
Founded and operated by Julie Simpson, Big Dog Bookkeeping, LLC provides bookkeeping services for small businesses and growing enterprises, including full-charge bookkeeping, payroll processing, accounts payable and receivable management, and financial reporting.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and handle information through BigDogBookkeeping.biz, including information submitted through inquiry and consultation intake forms. It also describes our approach to information you provide when discussing or receiving our services.
2. Information You Provide
We collect information you voluntarily provide when you contact us, request information, complete an intake form, or arrange a consultation. This may include:
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Your name.
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Your telephone number.
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Your email address.
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Your business name and basic business information.
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Information about the bookkeeping services you need.
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Other details you choose to include in your inquiry or intake form.
If you become a client, we may need additional business, financial, or payroll information to perform the services you authorize. The information needed will depend on your services and will be addressed during the client onboarding process.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, bank account details, passwords, or other sensitive financial information through general website inquiry forms. If this information is needed for an authorized service, we will arrange an appropriate method for providing it.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information you provide to:
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Respond to your questions and inquiries.
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Contact you about the services you requested.
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Schedule and prepare for consultations.
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Assess your business’s bookkeeping needs.
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Establish and manage our client relationship.
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Perform bookkeeping and related services you authorize.
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Maintain necessary business records and meet applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell or rent your personal or business information, or provide it to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
4. When Information May Be Disclosed
We treat your personal and business information as confidential. We do not disclose it to unrelated parties except in the limited circumstances described below:
At Your Direction or With Your Authorization
We may provide information to people or services you authorize when necessary to carry out your requested services.
Providers That Support Our Operations
Providers used to operate our website, receive form submissions, deliver email, or store business records may process information as part of providing those services. We limit the information provided to what is needed for those purposes.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose information when required by applicable law, a valid legal process, or another legally enforceable obligation.
5. Client-Authorized Bookkeeping Software
For your bookkeeping needs, we use software and platforms you authorize, such as QuickBooks Online.
We access and use information within these platforms only as needed to perform the services you authorize. We do not authorize unrelated parties to access your bookkeeping information without your permission, except where disclosure is legally required.
Third-party platforms have their own privacy policies, terms, security practices, and data-handling procedures. Those policies govern how the platform provider collects, uses, stores, and discloses information. Our Privacy Policy does not replace or override them.
6. Website Technology and Cookies
Website Hosting and Information Storage
BigDogBookkeeping.biz is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix provides the website infrastructure and related tools that support our website.
Information you submit through our website may be processed and stored through Wix’s data storage, databases, and applications. Wix processes this information as part of providing its services. Additional information about Wix’s handling of personal information is available in Wix’s privacy policy.
Contact and Intake Forms
When you complete a contact or intake form on our website, we collect the information you provide, which may include your name, email address, telephone number, business information, and details about the bookkeeping services you need.
We use this information to respond to your inquiry, communicate with you, schedule or prepare for a consultation, and assess your business’s bookkeeping needs. Form submissions may be processed and stored through Wix and delivered to us through our business communication tools.
Please do not submit passwords, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, or other sensitive financial information through general website inquiry forms. If we need sensitive information to provide an authorized service, we will arrange an appropriate method for receiving it.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to support website operation, security, stability, and functionality. Cookies are small pieces of data stored in your browser when you visit a website.
Essential cookies help the website operate properly. Additional cookies may be used by optional features, analytics tools, or third-party integrations enabled on the website.
Website Analytics
Wix.com does enable the use of analytics of user released information for site's visited, pages seen, time spent on pages, and completion of forms, etc. These enable Big Dog Bookkeeping to improve traffic of interested parties, and can sometimes be masked by your personal user settings.
Managing Cookies
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website functions.
7. Information Security
We take reasonable measures appropriate to the information we handle to help protect personal and business information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Access is limited to what is necessary to operate our business and provide authorized services.
No website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
8. Information Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, provide authorized services, maintain appropriate business records, and meet applicable legal or contractual obligations.
When information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete it or dispose of it securely.
9. Your Choices and Requests
You may choose not to provide information through our website. However, we may need certain information to respond to an inquiry, assess your needs, or provide services.
You may contact us to:
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Request access to information you have provided.
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Correct or update your information.
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Request deletion of information we no longer need.
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Ask us to stop contacting you about an inquiry.
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Ask questions about how we handle your information.
We will respond as appropriate under applicable law. Some information may need to be retained for legal, contractual, or recordkeeping purposes. We may also need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
Requests involving information held by a third-party software provider may also need to be submitted directly to that provider.
10. Links to Other Websites
Our website may include links to third-party websites or services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are intended for business owners and business representatives, not children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through our website, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our services, website, or information-handling practices change. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
13. Contact Us