The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant

By News on the Net -- Vice —— Bio and Archives October 8, 2020

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The body tasked with oversight of the IRS announced in a letter that it will investigate the agency's use of location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on peoples' phones, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Motherboard. The move comes after Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren demanded a formal investigation into how the IRS used the location data to track Americans without a warrant.-- More...