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The Information Privacy Principles found in section 14 of the
Privacy Act 1988 apply to the
collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information on this
website. For more information on the operation of the
Privacy Act 1988 and privacy in
general, users can visit the Privacy Commissioner's website at
www.privacy.gov.au.
Legal authority
Please note that when using this
facility, The Tax Office is authorised by legislation to collect information
from financial institutions, employers, government agencies and other
entities. The relevant legislation is set out in the specifications for the
electronic files used to report the information and can be accessed on
ato.gov.au.
Operation of this website
The Tax Office operates this website.
Collection of personal
information
Logging of your visit
When accessing this interface, a record of your visit is logged. The
following information is recorded for statistical purposes and is used by
the Tax Office to help improve this facility. This information is supplied
by your browser and the data transfer facility:
- Date\Time Stamp of your visit
(start and end)
- User ID used to log in to the
site
- IP Address
- Protocol
- Status (successful login)
- Session ID
- Port Number
- User ID
- Mailbox interactions including
which mailbox accesses, file submitted and extracted
Apart from monitoring to detect any unauthorised or inappropriate use and
subject to the collection of information referred to in this document, no
other attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities
except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement
agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the internet web server logs.
Physical security of data
When transmitting data through this data transfer facility, Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) encryption protects information passing between the user and the
Tax Office while the user remains on the secure website. If you want more
information about SSL, we recommend you refer to W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium and search on the word 'SSL' or browse
the Security FAQs.
Risks of using the internet
You
should note there are inherent risks associated with transmitting
information via the internet. You should make your own assessment of the
potential risks to the security of your information when deciding whether or
not to use this facility. There are alternative ways to transact business if
you do not wish to use public networks such as the internet
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