IRS Under Investigation For Illegally Tracking Americans via Their Phones
The IRS is under investigation by the US Treasury’s Inspector General for purchasing smartphone data to illegally track Americans. The issue began when Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Inspector General demanding the IRS be investigated. According to the letter, the IRS had been purchasing bulk data from a company named Venntel. The information contained location data from Americans’ phones, based on the various apps they use. According to Motherboard, a Wyden aide has said “the IRS wanted to find phones, track where they were…
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