IRS Spies on Insiders, Skips Privacy Rules
Published Date: 5/14/2025
Rule
Summary
The Department of the Treasury is giving the IRS a special pass for a new system that helps spot insider threats and protect IRS info. This means some privacy rules won’t fully apply to this system because it deals with sensitive investigations. The change kicks in right away and helps keep IRS resources safe without extra costs.
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1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Privacy protections limited for IRS insider records
If your records are placed in the IRS system titled "Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service-- 34.018, Insider Risk Management Records," some provisions of the Privacy Act will not apply to those records. The system is used to identify potential insider threats and to manage insider threat investigations, complaints, inquiries, and counterintelligence threat detection activities, and the exemption takes effect right away to help protect IRS resources without extra costs.
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