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Two investigations of HSBC in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner said Friday he was ‘very concerned’ about the loss of a digital tape containing 25,000 phone conservations between HSBC and its customers. But Rod Woo told legislators at a meeting Friday that he was very concerned about the loss of the digital tape and would carry out an investigation. The […]

IRS Would Let Tax Preparers Sell Your Returns

WASHINGTON — Watch what you sign if you have your taxes done by a commercial tax preparer. The Internal Revenue Service is proposing a change in privacy protections that consumer groups say would allow your financial information or even copies of your return to be sold to data brokers and marketers. Currently those […]