Privacy policy

The Ministry of Finance respects the privacy of users of its services in accordance with the Act of May 10, 2018 on the protection of personal data. To learn more about the protection of your data, please read the information on our privacy policy.

  1. Acceptance of the privacy policy
    By using the services of the Ministry of Finance, you accept the privacy policy.
  2. Information obtained while using the website
    The information obtained while using the website may include:
  • information in server logs - our servers automatically record data such as: page request sent by the user, date and time of request, browser type, browser language, operating system type, IP address (IP address - each computer connected to the Internet is assigned a unique number, i.e. IP address);
  • cookies - small text files sent to the internet user's device (computer, smartphone, etc.) by the website visited by the internet user.

We use cookies to:

  • make it easier for users to use the website - cookies recognize the user's device and properly display the website, tailored to his individual needs,
  • create anonymous website statistics - thanks to this, we better understand the expectations of our users and develop the website so as to facilitate reaching the most frequently sought information (e.g. by analyzing queries from search engines).

Internet browsers usually allow cookies to be stored on the user's device by default. However, Internet users can manage cookies on their own, e.g. block them by selecting the option to reject cookies in the browser. However, this may prevent some of the website's functions from working properly.

  1. Owner of the servers
    The owner of the servers is the Ministry of Finance with its seat at 12 Świętokrzyska St., 00-916 Warsaw.
    All data is collected in them using appropriate measures to protect confidentiality, integrity and information security.
  2. Purpose of data collection
    The collected data is used to provide certain services to our users and for administrative and statistical purposes.
  3. Data protection
    In order to effectively protect the collected data, we protect it against unauthorized access by third parties and control our methods of collecting, storing and processing information. We only provide access to data to employees and entities that must have access to them in order to process them only for the purposes indicated in point 4.
  4. Responsibilities
    We are not responsible for the privacy policy on external websites linked to PUESC. Therefore, after going to these pages, we encourage you to read the rules applicable there.
  5. Updating the privacy policy
    If we need to make changes to our privacy policy, it will be updated immediately.

Publication information

Last update: 21.12.2022 11:01 Sylwia Mystkowska
First publication: 12.01.2021 15:38 Administrator PUESC
Responsible organization: Customs Department, Ministry of Finance