Data protection policy in Revenue

Confidentiality on the Revenue website

We fully respect your right to privacy in relation to your use of our website[1] .

We have a legal duty to protect the confidentiality of taxpayer information.  Your personal data will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality. This is strictly in accordance with:

• national data protection and electronic communications legislation
• Revenue policy[2] 
• applicable European Union (EU) directives. 

When you register for our online services and submit sensitive information such as required in a tax return, the information is:

• encrypted to protect confidentiality
• transmitted with a Digital Certificate in the case of Revenue Online Service (ROS)
• protected according to industry best practice. 

Revenue’s Privacy Statement contains further information on issues such as the:

• registration for online services
• collection of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
• use of cookies
• usage of Google analytics
• usage of Qualtrics.  

[1] References to 'website' include references to our online services, that is ROS, myAccount and LPT.

[2] Includes policies on data protection, protected disclosures and procurement accessibility.

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