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Half of Free E-File Services Don’t Protect Consumers Enough: Audit

Source: accountingtoday.com - Feb 26, 2016

Six of 13 IRS-approved free e-filing services Web sites failed in taking steps to help protect consumers from fraudulent and malicious e-mail, according to a recent audit.

The Online Trust Alliance’s 2016 IRS Free E-File Audit & Honor Roll report evaluates the privacy, security and consumer protection practices of the sites by assessing nearly 50 criteria, standards and internationally accepted privacy practices. The sites that performed specifically well received the honor roll status.

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