DATA PRIVACY

Your Data is Confidential

All data input into the ROSRA is completely confidential and only visible to the local government itself and UN-Habitat. UN-Habitat is committed to ensuring the privacy and security of all information provided by subnational governments through this tool.

Data Protection Principles

• Ownership — All data entered into the ROSRA remains the property of the local government that submitted it.
• Access Control — Only authorised users from the local government can view and manage their assessments. Role-based access ensures that data is only accessible to those with appropriate permissions.
• No Third-Party Sharing — Individual local government data is never shared with third parties, other governments, or external organisations without explicit written consent.
• Secure Storage — Data is stored using industry-standard encryption and security practices, with regular security audits and updates.
• Data Retention — Local governments may request deletion of their data at any time. Soft-deleted records are automatically purged after the configured retention period.

Use of Aggregated Data

UN-Habitat may use anonymised, aggregated data (where no individual local government can be identified) for research purposes, to improve the ROSRA methodology, and to publish general insights about subnational revenue trends. This is consistent with UN-Habitat's mandate to promote sustainable urbanisation and support local governments worldwide.

About UN-Habitat

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. UN-Habitat works in over 90 countries to promote transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance, and collaborative action.

The ROSRA (Rapid Own Source Revenue Analysis) tool was developed by UN-Habitat to help local governments assess their revenue mobilisation potential and identify pathways to improve own-source revenue collection.