Privacy

Privacy notice.

Last updated 2026-04-27

This is a plain-language summary of what IRISfile does with the data you give it. The detailed policy lives below; the summary covers the 90% case for tax professionals using the product.

What we collect

  • Account data — email, name, password hash (handled by Clerk; we never see the password).
  • Filing data — payer EIN, payee TIN, payee name, address, and 1099 amounts that you upload as part of a submission.
  • Billing data — Stripe customer ID, subscription tier, and invoice history. Card numbers are held by Stripe; we receive only the last four digits and brand for display.
  • Operational logs — request timestamps, IPs, user agents, and IRS submission acknowledgements. Used for debugging and audit trails.

How we use it

  • To convert your FIRE / CSV / Excel files into IRIS XML and submit them to the IRS on your behalf.
  • To bill you for the subscription tier you chose.
  • To diagnose issues, prevent abuse, and produce an audit trail for IRS submissions.

We do not sell, rent, or share your data with marketing networks, advertising vendors, or LLM training pipelines.

How long we keep it

  • Source files (FIRE / CSV / Excel uploads): processed in-memory and not retained as raw blobs.
  • Structured records (parsed Form1099Record rows): retained for the IRS-recommended 4 years from the due date of the return, then deleted.
  • Generated IRIS XML: same 4-year retention, available for re-download and corrections.
  • Account data: kept while your account is active. Deletion on request, subject to legal hold.
  • Billing records: retained per Stripe’s policies and applicable tax law (typically 7 years).

Sharing with vendors

IRISfile is built on a small set of compliance-grade vendors: Clerk (auth), Supabase (Postgres), Stripe (billing), Vercel / Cloudflare (hosting + edge), and the IRS A2A API. Each processes data only as needed to deliver their part of the stack. See /security for the up-to-date list and posture.

Your rights

You can access, correct, or delete your data at any time by writing to privacy@irisfile.co. We respond within 30 days. California, EU, and UK residents have additional rights under CCPA / GDPR / UK GDPR; we honor those on request.

Contact

PixelCove LLC operates IRISfile. Questions: privacy@irisfile.co.

This notice is a working draft. We’ll update it as the product matures (and once a tax-aware attorney has reviewed it).