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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

| | A Little Sunshine, biometrics, Blake Hall, Cyberscoop, facial recognition, Federal Trade Commission, FTC Chair Lina Khan, id.me, Internal Revenue Service, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Edward Markey, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Coming Storm, Tonya Riley
Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for "deceptive statements" the company and its founder allegedly made over ...
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IRS: Selfies Now Optional, Biometric Data to Be Deleted

IRS: Selfies Now Optional, Biometric Data to Be Deleted

| | A Little Sunshine, id.me, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, , Sen. Ron Wyden, U.S. General Services Administration
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Monday that taxpayers are no longer required to provide facial scans to create an account online at irs.gov. In lieu of providing biometric data, taxpayers ...
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IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

| | A Little Sunshine, id.me, Internal Revenue Service, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Washington Post, U.S. General Services Administration
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said today it will be transitioning away from requiring biometric data from taxpayers who wish to access their records at the agency's website. The reversal comes as ...
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IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All

IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All

| | Identity Protection Personal Identification Number, Internal Revenue Service, IP PIN, IRS, Security Tools, Tax Refund Fraud
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said this week that beginning in 2021 it will allow all taxpayers to apply for an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN), a single-use code ...
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New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

| | Economic Impact Payment, Internal Revenue Service, Intuit, IRS, Latest Warnings, Tax Refund Fraud, The Coming Storm
The U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds ...
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IRS Tax Fraud and IRS’s Woeful Cybersecurity

| | Data breach, Department of Justice, DOJ, Equifax, General Accounting Office, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Phishing, tax fraud
In late July, the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued the results of audit on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its woeful state of information security, a state which continues to ...