Tag: Social Media

  • IRD Social Media Update

    The IRD have released more information in relation to the social media lists that generated media attention recently. They have paused the usage of custom audience lists since 12 September. They will reconsider their stance after an internal review. The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is currently performing the internal review of the hashing. They…

  • IRD and the Hashing of taxpayer data

    It has recently been revealed that the IRD has been sharing taxpayer data with major social media platforms such as Google and Facebook. This has caused concern among taxpayers, as they were neither informed of nor able to opt-out of this data sharing. Many people expect the information collected by the IRD to remain confidential…