# Secure Value Retrieval

### Overview

The **Secure Value Retrieval** Data Operation is used to retrieve securely entered data via the [Secure Text Input Web Control](../web-controls/secure-text-input-web-control) for later use in a Data Flow. The Secure Value Retrieval Data Operation input is the Redis value collected from an event on the Secure Text Input Web Control.

**Note:** secure data should only be retrieved and used in connections. It should not be returned from a connection. If it is, the end-user client will then have access to it, and the data will no longer be secure.

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### Use Cases

* Fetching a password from a password input box
* Retrieving secure information like a social security number from a user
* Taking in credit card information

### Data Operation Properties

This Operation only has one property, and it requires the Redis key to access the secure value entered in a [Secure String Input](../web-controls/secure-text-input-web-control) . This is how the value is set to a property on the Web Page.

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Then make a call to a connection with that value:

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