Data Protection Act 1998

How we use your information

HM Revenue & Customs is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998. We hold information for the purposes specified in our notification to the Information Commissioner, including the assessment and collection of tax and duties, the payments of benefits and the prevention and detection of crime and may use this information for any of them.

We may get information about you from others, or we may give information to them. If we do, it will only be as the law permits to

• Check the accuracy of information.
• Prevent or detect crime.
• Protect public funds.

We may check information we receive about you with what is already in our records. This can include information we receive about you with what is already in our records. This can include information provided by you, as well as by other government departments or agencies and overseas tax and customs authorities. We will not give information to anyone outside HM Revenue and Customs unless the law permits us to do so. Further information can be found on our website, www.hmrc.gov.uk or in our leaflet Data Protection.