... and only include links to websites which I believe also provide high quality content. (If you ever find a link where this is not the case, I would appreciate you letting me know.)

Today, as you are probably aware, there are a lot of rules and regulations that business must operate under. This page exists because of those rules and regulations...

... So please read the terms carefully. Do not use this website if you do not accept these terms.

Legal Disclaimer
Information is NOT Advice

The content on this site is intended for general information purposes only. Laws and regulations pertaining to tax and (to a lesser degree) accounting change frequently. It's important you understand that their application is dependent upon your specific circumstances. As I am Canadian and studied in Canada, what I present is Canadian practices. These practices may or may not be similar to your country's practices.

The content of this website is not intended to constitute legal, accounting, or tax advice; or opinions on any specific matters. Users of information provided on this website are responsible for the consequences and results of their own actions. You should not act or rely on this information without engaging professional advice prior to using this site content for any reason whatsoever.

This site is operated by L. Kenway dba Lakeshore Bookkeeping Services. By using this site, you understand that L. Kenway dba Lakeshore Bookkeeping Services assumes no liability or responsibility for the accuracy or your use of the website contents or any links to third parties.

I have made every attempt to state ownership of copyrighted material contained on this website. However, if I have erred or omitted, I would certainly welcome any information to correct my references.

Using this website implies you agree to the terms of use.

Privacy Statement

Collect only what you need.
Be open about when personal information may be disclosed.
Tell visitors when information will be stored outside Canada.
Be open about how you safeguard information.
Let customers know how long you will keep information.
Make yourself available for questions.

So until I have figured all of that out, here is my policy that I believe meets regulated requirements.

bookkeeping-essentials.com is committed to high-quality content and respecting your right to privacy. Every effort is made to comply with the Personal Information Act (British Columbia) and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) - also referred to as PIPEDA.

This site will not knowingly collect or use information of children under the age of 13. This site is written for adults.

Your personal information is collected in the regular course of doing business with you and to meet legal and regulatory requirements on a voluntary basis. It is my understanding that any information that can be found through publicly available information such as the telephone book is not considered personal information under the acts.

Your personal information is collected if you contact this website through any of the contact forms, email lists or polls. It is collected to improve your visit to this site and to respond to your inquiries. If you engage my professional services, it is used to provide those services.

Keeping your personal information secure and in confidence is a priority of bookkeeping-essentials.com. It will only be used for the purposes that you intended. It will never be sold, rented, or traded. It will never be used for a purpose not previously discussed with you, except in the unusual event where compliance is required by law.

If you would like your information deleted from my records ... or updated or corrected, please contact me using this link.

I have to tell you I don't completely understand the use of cookies and web beacons ... I am still learning ... but this is my understanding of what happens on my site ... I am quoting SBI! whose services I use to build and operate this website. Their policy is as follows:

"We do use cookies, but only to track behavior of groups of users of the Web site, not individual usage, and we do not tie the cookie to any personal information that you provide to us. We do not collect or combine any information that you provide to us with any other demographic information from any other sources. We do not use third party tracking services.... in other words... your visit is entirely private and anonymous."

This is my understanding of web beacons (taken from the website Angilla-Beaches.com.) Here is their explanation.

"A web beacon is a transparent image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are commonly used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.

We may serve third-party advertisements that use cookies and web beacons in the course of ads being served on our web site to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. No personally identifiable information you give us is provided to them for cookie or web beacon use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on our web site.

Some third-party advertisements may be provided by Google, which uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google uses the DART cookie, which enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visits to this site and other sites on the Web. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. (located at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html)"

The search box on this web site ("Search Box") is powered by Google Inc ("Google"). You acknowledge and agree that Google's privacy policy (located at http://www.google.com/privacy.html) shall apply to your use of the Search Box and by using the Search Box you consent to Google using your personal data in accordance with its privacy policy.

You can adjust your browsers or privacy software to a security level you are comfortable with. I am fairly certain it will not affect your use of this site.

As mentioned above, some non-personal information is collected when you visit this site. It is collected solely for internal review to improve your visit and others to this site. It is never released to other organizations for commercial purposes.

Your voluntary consent to collect the information discussed above may be either (1) expressed - in writing when you use the contact form, polls or email signups; or (2) implied - reasonably inferred from your actions or inactions.

Thank you for reading the terms of use for this website. Please do not use this website if you do not accept these terms.

Policy on Reproduction of Information on this Site

Reproduction of information found on Bookkeeping Essentials is not permitted without written permission. You are, however, welcome to link to any page from your website.

Do you think the content on your site would benefit my site visitors? I love high quality, relevant content. Contact me and let's see if we can work something out.

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Each time you click on an Infolinks In-Text ad, you are directed to the advertiser’s landing page and I earn advertising revenue; otherwise, when the mouse is moved away from the hyperlink, the bubble disappears.

Affiliate Compensation Disclosure

It may occur that you do not like a product purchased on my recommendation. I select affiliates who stand behind their products and offer a money back guarantee in the event you are dissatisfied with a purchase.

If I have purchased the product, I let you know. If I haven't purchased the product, I let you know. If I haven't purchased the product but am interested in doing so, I let you know ... because I live on a budget and can't buy everything I want when I want.

To avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest and in the spirit of full disclosure, I try to identify all affiliate related reviews to you. But if I slip up, here is my current affiliate listing:

• Sylvia Jaumann - Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business
• John Daly - Real Life Accounting
• Harold Averkamp - The Accounting Coach
• Ken Evoy - Site Build It!

If you buy something by clicking on one of their text links on this site, I earn a commission.

Please do support my affiliates and recommendations. This site takes time and effort to deliver original content, free, to you. Supporting my affiliates is a WIN-WIN-WIN for you, me, and them. Thank you very much.

P.S. No compensation was given for any visitor feedback on this site.

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