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dwa3592 4 hours ago

Why is this data even being allowed to sell? Isn't this private data? Okay, i understand selling users data is pretty common here but i thought it was limited to "someone liking icecream or someone liking ford better than honda". but legally selling tax identifiers seems too much!

Cider9986 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Our voting records and DMV records are also often sold by your state or even local city government.

MikePlacid 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Could not gisagree more. Nobody can harm me much by knowing my ITIN. But government surely can torture me in prison by depriving me of my favorite ice cream brand. I have a right to keep it private!

frankharv 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It should not be sold. But it is.

https://epic.org/issues/consumer-privacy/data-brokers/

Consumers are the product.