Thank you for visiting this U.S. Treasury sponsored Electronic
Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) web site. The Financial Management
Service and the Internal Revenue Service jointly administer this
site and are committed to protecting the privacy rights of America's
taxpayers. These rights are ensured through the Internal Revenue
Code, the Privacy Act, other Federal statutes and FMS/IRS policies
and practices. Any personal information you may provide, as part
of the EFTPS enrollment process, will be used only for purposes
described at the point of collection.
We will not collect personal information about you just because
you visit this site. In order to improve the usefulness of this
web site for our visitors and users, we automatically collect and
maintain statistical information from our site's data logs that
concern network traffic flow and volume. This information consists
of: name of domain from which the visitor accesses the Internet
(e.g. "a company.com"; "a school.edu; or "an
agency.gov"), Internet protocol number, date and time the EFTPS
web site is visited and type of browser and operating system used
to access the site.
We do not use this information to identify individual visitors.
It is used to assist program administrators in any technical problems
that may occur. Aggregate information about the individual web pages
visited is collected to improve the content and structure of the
web site. This information is retained for a minimum of 90 days
to comply with National Archives and Records Administration requirements.
The EFTPS web site uses temporary session "cookies"
to give enrolled users a single, uninterrupted session when
they are online. EFTPS requires that you use a "cookie"-enabled
browser when you are within the secured area of the web site. This
enables you to move from one secure section to another without having
to stop and re-enter your identifying data (such as password, PIN,
etc). This temporary session "cookie" contains a system-generated
session ID only and is immediately deleted upon leaving the
site.
We also monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts
to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage to the
web service. We focus on web site security so that this service
remains available to you and other visitors. No attempts are made
to identify individual users unless illegal behavior is suspected.
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