ID Theft/Data Security

Letter to Representative Pascrell in Support of Tax ID Theft Bill

Compromised Social Security numbers are the keys to committing tax and other types of government documents and benefits fraud. This sensitive personal information is vulnerable to both high-tech hacking and low-tech theft from health care providers, tax preparers and others who collect and retain it. Consumer Federation of America (CFA) supports Rep. Pascell’s effort to address this issue by introducing H.R. 3981, the Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2015, which would help prevent tax identity fraud and assist victims.