Treasury Considers Alternatives to ID.me Verification Citing Privacy Concerns, Bloomberg News Reports
29 January 2022 - 07:14AM
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-- The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are
looking into their reliance on ID.me facial recognition software to
access the IRS website over privacy concerns, Bloomberg News
reported.
-- The IRS had said that those who wanted to access an online
account on IRS.gov would have to verify their identity with a
"selfie," Bloomberg reported.
-- Treasury spokeswoman Alexandra LaManna told Bloomberg News in
a statement that taxpayers who didn't want to use ID.me could opt
to not file taxes online and said that it had been impossible for
the IRS to develop its own identification program due to lack of
money.
Full story:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-28/treasury-weighing-id-me-alternatives-over-privacy-concerns?srnd=premium-europe&sref=b0us4KbN
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