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Released: July 19, 2011
Auditors to IRS: Tell taxpayers when personal data is exposed
Source: Lisa Rein, Washington Post (Free Registration)
The Obama administration is compelling private businesses to adopt new standards to protect themselves and the consumers they serve from hackers and cyber theft. Now federal auditors are scolding the government for not protecting consumers from itself. In a recent report, the Treasury Department Inspector General for Tax Administration reprimanded the Internal Revenue Service for failing to notify taxpayers in a timely way — if they were told at all —when the tax agency inadvertently exposed their personal information.Read Full Article: Auditors to IRS: Tell taxpayers when personal data is exposed
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