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IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE will lead to ‘dangerous’ mistakes, digital rights group argues


An amicus brief from the Electronic Frontier Foundation asks an appeals court to consider Watergate-era privacy protections and the pitfalls of bulk data disclosures in immigration enforcement.

A top digital rights group is pushing back on the IRS’s data-sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, writing in a new court filing that the pact violates federal tax code and fails to take into account the real-world consequences of bulk data disclosure. Circuit Court considers the appeal, the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to make sure that the “historical context” of tax and privacy law is taken into account, according to the group’s legal director. “Congress was responding to public outcry and outrage over the activities of an essentially lawless executive branch,” McSherry said, “where at least some of the leadership had enemies lists … and wanted to leverage all of the information that is collected about people.”

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