It is sent to our applications server behind a second firewall as soon as you submit it. The information you enter on the Web server does not stay there. When you sign in to our site, you pass through a firewall, a tool that blocks access to anyone who does not have the right to enter, including anyone attempting to enter with a disallowed protocol or without an identifiable IP address.įrom the time that you sign in to our Web server, using your username and password, all activity on our Web site takes place in secure mode. Keep in mind that if you do not wish to accept cookies, you will not be able to use UFile ONLINEnor file your income tax return to the CRA or Revenu Québec over the Internet.Īt the UFile site, security is guaranteed and you are assured that all your tax information is stored securely in our data bank. If you have previously disabled them, make sure that you turn them on again before signing in to UFile ONLINE. Most browsers have cookies enabled by default. Even if a third party succeeded in looking at your cookie on the computer you are using, this individual would not be able to use this information to sign in to the site, nor could they have access to your tax information.
This means that your cookie can only be of any use with regard to your UFile ONLINE session. Note that the cookie that we create for you will not contain your social insurance number, username or password.
Cookies are basically a session management method. Similarly, if you efile to the CRA or Revenu Québec, other cookies will be created to identify you to their respective Web sites. This ensures that computer hackers and other Internet users will not be able to alter or view your data.Ī cookie is a packet of data containing information that identifies you to a Web site such as UFile ONLINE In this way, while you are preparing your tax return using UFile, we ensure that your identity remains acknowledged during your online session. UFile ONLINE takes this policy one step further by applying 128-bit encryption throughout your entire session on its site. As far as governments are concerned, no other transaction or data need be encrypted or secure in any way. Therefore, encryption is deemed necessary with respect to the electronic transactions that take place between the transmitter and the CRA or Revenu Québec only. The key used to encrypt information contains a certain number of "bits." UFile ONLINE uses 128-bit encryption, which is much more difficult and time-consuming to break into than the more commonly used 40-bit encryption.įrom the governments' perspective, it is essential for your tax data to be intact when they receive it. This prevents unauthorized parties from accessing your personal information. This procedure allows it to remain encoded not only at UFile ONLINE but also when sent back to you for transmission to the CRA or Revenu Québec.
Encryption is a way of encoding information in a hidden manner.
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