EFF says information sharing could prompt the increased prevalence of wrongful ICE action.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's deal to share taxpayer information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been flagged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to cause "record linkage errors" that could prompt the increased prevalence of wrongful ICE action against taxpayers.
Reported by FedScoop, in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the EFF said “those errors result from such mundane issues as outdated information, data entry errors, and taxpayers or tax preparer submission of incorrect names or addresses."
Meanwhile, EFF legal director Corynne McSherry emphasised the data-sharing deal to prompt mistaken identity cases, which will only be exacerbated by artificial intelligence. "We want this information to be separated, not for it to be easily combined. Unfortunately, there are a number of folks at the executive branch … [that] want to change those rules, and that’s going to be dangerous for all of us," said McSherry.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
