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NZ: Privacy breach: IRD sent details of baby to complete stranger and paid her $240

Posted on March 24, 2021 by pogowasright.org

Tamsyn Parker reports:

A woman was shocked to find the details of an unknown baby had been added to her online Inland Revenue account and to receive a $240 back-dated payment for the child.

Katie, who doesn’t want her last name used, said she received an email from the IRD last week to say her circumstances had changed but it wasn’t clear to her how they had changed.

Read more on New Zealand Herald.

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