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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

May 18, 2022 0 Comments 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

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 16:55:40 +0000

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 how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.

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IRS: Selfies Now Optional, Biometric Data to Be Deleted

February 22, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, id.me, internal revenue service, irs, login.gov, sen. ron wyden, u.s. general services administration

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:50:33 +0000

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 can now opt for a live video interview with ID.me, the privately-held Virginia company that runs the agency’s identity proofing system. The IRS also said any biometric data already shared with ID.me would be permanently deleted over the next few weeks, and any biometric data provided for new signups will be destroyed after an account is created.

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IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

February 7, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, id.me, internal revenue service, sen. ron wyden, the washington post, u.s. general services administration

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:56:52 +0000

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 privacy experts and lawmakers have been pushing the IRS and other federal agencies to find less intrusive methods for validating one’s identity with the U.S. government online.