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Data Mining Tool detects Tax Evaders
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 04:13:33 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:03:19 -0600 From: Bob Alberti <alberti () sanction net> Subject: Data Mining Tool detects Tax Evaders To: dave () farber net I kind it frightening that private sector tools are available for this kind of effort. Even more frightening is the following marketing-speak (emphasis mine): http://www.revenuesolutionsinc.com/Products/DiscoverTax/index.shtml "DiscoverTax is a powerful suite of tools designed to reduce the tax gap. It provides an integrated software solution that addresses the full discovery life cycle - collecting and organizing data from multiple sources, building comprehensive profiles of taxpayers in your jurisdiction, analyzing, selecting and pursuing non-compliant taxpayers and tracking the benefits. "Based on LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, DiscoverTax revolutionizes the traditional single-threaded "matching" approach, transforming it into an easy-to-use, multi-dimensional discovery engine and data warehouse." [snip] "DiscoverTax Technical Details A multi-processor Windows NT 4.0T or Unix Server" So... this software is mining financial data of individuals, and storing it on a "leading edge" operating system that was obsolete five years ago? I'm not confident that my private financial data is in very good hands in these databases... Bob Alberti, CISSP, President Sanction, Inc. Phone: (612) 486-5000 ext 211 PO Box 583453 http://www.sanction.net Mpls, MN 55458-3453 "If your laptop was stolen, would you expose confidential client data?" ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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