Data Security, Tax Returns, Data Breach

The IRS Continues Taking Measures to Enhance Security – the EIN Application Process Changed Earlier This Year

Foster Garvey PC on 12/6/2019

With data breaches becoming a common event throughout the world, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has been undertaking a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing its security of taxpayer information and preventing the...more

Taxpayer Cybersecurity – Step 5: Create a Data Theft Recovery Plan

Snell & Wilmer on 8/27/2019

The Security Summit, consisting of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry officials, is encouraging tax professionals during the 2019 summer season to take some time to...more

Equifax Breach: What Can the Hackers Do with Your Information and How Can You Protect Yourself?

Bowditch & Dewey on 9/22/2017

The Equifax breach is not the biggest in terms of the number of people affected (the 2016 Yahoo breach compromised data associated with over 500 million user accounts compared to the 143 million people affected by the Equifax...more

Senate Legislation Seeks To Protect Taxpayer Data In Response To IRS Data Breach

King & Spalding on 9/24/2015

On September 11, 2015, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced a bill aimed at combating identity theft and tax rebate fraud. The legislation comes as the Internal...more

The IRS Acknowledges Data Breach Worse Than Reported

King & Spalding on 8/28/2015

On August 17, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced that a breach of U.S. taxpayers’ personal information, first disclosed in May, was three times worse than previously thought. While initial reports indicated...more

IRS Admits Security Breach More Extensive

Lowndes on 8/18/2015

Earlier this year, the IRS announced that identity thieves had been able to hack one of its computer databases and gain access to extremely sensitive data. Back then, the IRS indicated that about 225,000 households had been...more

Data processing company hit with class action lawsuit for data breach and Judge denies class certification the next day

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/17/2015

Advanced Data Processing, Inc. and Intermedix Corp. were sued in federal court in Florida last week for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for failing to protect the health information...more

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