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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