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Privacy, Smivacy, Part 2 0

The IRS has been collecting information about citizens’ political registrations. They claim it was an accident. They also claim that they made no use of the data. The misconduct was brought to light through the actions of the IRS employees’ union:

John Dalrymple, the IRS’ deputy commissioner for operations support, wrote Kelley that he reviewed the data after the union brought the matter to his attention and found the private data collectors drew from voter registration information for individuals in 21 states.

“However, the IRS makes no use of any information related to political party affiliation because IRS rules prohibit such usage,” he wrote. “The only portion of voter registration information that is used relates to the voter’s address.”

Given the stellar track record the current Federal Administration has established for being truthful, why am I not impressed?

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