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IRS: Selfies Now Optional, Biometric Data to Be Deleted

Summary: The IRS said on Feb. 21 that taxpayers no longer must provide facial scans to create an account at irs.gov, and can instead verify identity through a live video interview with ID.me, the Virginia company running its identity proofing. The agency said biometric data already shared with ID.me will be permanently deleted over the next few weeks, that images for new signups will be destroyed after account creation, and that it plans to add Login.gov as an authentication option after the 2022 filing deadline.

What you should know: The IRS still intends to require ID.me for all logins later this summer, so the biometric collection continues by default even as deletion is promised; Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden's letter argues that inaction on Login.gov has cost billions of dollars in fraud and let a private company commercialize what should be a core government service.

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