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A privacy breach at the IRS : Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS , court filing says

WASHINGTON - The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies' controversial agreement to share informa

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WASHINGTON — The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S, according to a new court filing. The revelation stems from a data-sharing agreement signed last April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, which allows U.S.

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