He United States Government Efficiency Department (Doge) I would be looking to access personal personal information of millions of Americans, according to various means of USA. He DOGE is led by the tycoon Elon Musk.
According to this information, this department is related to getting access to A system linked to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of USA -similar a Hacienda in other countries- to supposedly eradicate fraud operations.
“The measure has made the agency’s employees and privacy experts, who warn that Granting political agents access to such private information could be really dangerous“, details the ABC News.
Specifically, it is known as Integrated Data Recovery System (IDRS)from which employees of IRS they can Review tax information from taxpayers, update their records and transfer notices.
Among the personal data that are on this platform, the number of the Social security -Fundamental in USA For any bureaucratic management- and the direction of a person, as well as details about how much it earns or how much money should.
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Despite the ane of the DOGE To access this system, the White House He has not specified how he would use it to detect and penalize fraud In the event that you have permission to do so.
In fact, with operations like this DOGE There is great suspicion in part of the American society that they can be used to attack for political reasons to voices critical with the Trump administration.
And is that Musk He has previously charged against federal judges for stopping his power and has asked for his dismissal. In addition, he has also assured without evidence or examples of irregularities that federal workers were defrauding taxpayers.
In accordance with a regulation of IRSto anyone who accesses IDRS You are not specifically allowed to review the personal fiscal information of family, friends, neighbors or celebrities.
And federal judge already blocked weeks ago The access of DOGE to the system of Payments from the US Department of Treasury After a demand signed by the General prosecutors of 19 states against the decision of the department led by Musk.
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