IRS puts personal info at risk.
November 24, 2016
IRS puts personal info at risk. Employees in the IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Division often don’t follow the agency’s email policies to protect personally identifiable information (PII), the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found in a recent audit. PII includes sensitive personal and tax return information. Auditors reviewed 80 IRS employees’ emails sent over 4 weeks. They determined 39 employees sent unencrypted emails containing taxpayers’ PPI. These employees “risked exposing the information to unauthorized persons,” TIGTA said.