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RE: Alert: IRS Plans to Allow Tax Preparers to Sell Data
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:33:21 -0500
yah, that makes sense..... I'm sure the same goes for those that use turbo-Tax, Tax-Cut, or any other do it yourself Tax software too.... I think we should just post all our SSN's, CC#'s, addresses, birthdates, mother's maiden names, blood type, hair color, passwords, passports, etc etc etc up on a central website somewhere for anyone that is curious to gather the information. Why wait for it to happen, itty bitty bit by bit.... Lets just get it done and over with in one fel-swoop.... Sheesh! Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:36 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Alert: IRS Plans to Allow Tax Preparers to Sell Data Unbelievable. Via The Philadelphia Inquirer. [snip] The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns. If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers will be able to sell information from individual returns - or even entire returns - to marketers and data brokers. The change is raising alarm among consumer and privacy-rights advocates. It was included in a set of proposed rules that the Treasury Department and the IRS published in the Dec. 8 Federal Register, where the official notice labeled them "not a significant regulatory action." IRS officials portray the changes as housecleaning to update outmoded regulations adopted before it began accepting returns electronically. The proposed rules, which would become effective 30 days after a final version is published, would require a tax preparer to obtain written consent before selling tax information. Critics call the changes a dangerous breach in personal and financial privacy. They say the requirement for signed consent would prove meaningless for many taxpayers, especially those hurriedly reviewing stacks of documents before a filing deadline. [snip] More: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/14147002.htm - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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