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	====Business model====		====Business model====
	ID.me is funded by private equity firms such as Ares Management funds,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=ID.me Announces $275 Million Financing from Ares Management \|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/idme-announces-275-million-financing-from-ares-management-302364099.html \|website=PR Newswire \|date=30 Jan 2025 \|access-date=26 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250725034352/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/idme-announces-275-million-financing-from-ares-management-302364099.html \|archive-date=25 Jul 2025}}</ref> Ribbit Capital, Viking Global Investors, and CapitalG.<ref name="YF">{{Cite web \|author=PR Newswire \|title=ID.me Announces Closing of Secondary Tender \|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/id-announces-closing-secondary-tender-160000827.html \|website=[[Yahoo!]] \|date=26 Nov 2024 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=deviated \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232352/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/id-announces-closing-secondary-tender-160000827.html \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>		ID.me is funded by [[wikipedia:Private_equity_firm\|private equity firms]] such as Ares Management funds,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=ID.me Announces $275 Million Financing from Ares Management \|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/idme-announces-275-million-financing-from-ares-management-302364099.html \|website=PR Newswire \|date=30 Jan 2025 \|access-date=26 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250725034352/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/idme-announces-275-million-financing-from-ares-management-302364099.html \|archive-date=25 Jul 2025}}</ref> Ribbit Capital, Viking Global Investors, and CapitalG.<ref name="YF">{{Cite web \|author=PR Newswire \|title=ID.me Announces Closing of Secondary Tender \|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/id-announces-closing-secondary-tender-160000827.html \|website=[[Yahoo!]] \|date=26 Nov 2024 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=deviated \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232352/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/id-announces-closing-secondary-tender-160000827.html \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>

	====Market control====		====Market control====

CrookKilla: /* Privacy concerns (2022—) */

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	ID.me is the primary verification system used in the United States of America for businesses and governments, due to the service being "the only digital wallet that meets the federal government standards for secure login and multi-factor authentication [...] at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Identity Assurance Level 2".<ref name="YF" /> As of November 2024, ID.me has over 136 million members, 600+ stores, 65 health organizations, and 19 federal agencies using their service.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Simple, secure login \|url=https://id.me/ \|website=ID.me \|date= \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824233129/https://www.id.me/ \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}<!-- IA, GA, and Megalodon refuse to display the imagery that the info is cited from. View https://archive.ph/yAkhf if needed, but remember that Archive.today is blacklisted in the wiki community. -Sojourna --></ref>		ID.me is the primary verification system used in the United States of America for businesses and governments, due to the service being "the only digital wallet that meets the federal government standards for secure login and multi-factor authentication [...] at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Identity Assurance Level 2".<ref name="YF" /> As of November 2024, ID.me has over 136 million members, 600+ stores, 65 health organizations, and 19 federal agencies using their service.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Simple, secure login \|url=https://id.me/ \|website=ID.me \|date= \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824233129/https://www.id.me/ \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}<!-- IA, GA, and Megalodon refuse to display the imagery that the info is cited from. View https://archive.ph/yAkhf if needed, but remember that Archive.today is blacklisted in the wiki community. -Sojourna --></ref>

	===== Social Security =====		=====Social Security=====
	Logging in to the Social Security website requires a Login.gov or ID.me account, as of April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Social Security (socialsecurity.gov's) login page \|url=https://secure.ssa.gov/}}</ref>		Logging in to the Social Security website requires a Login.gov or ID.me account, as of April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Social Security (socialsecurity.gov's) login page \|url=https://secure.ssa.gov/}}</ref>

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	[[File:IRS ID.me account.png\|thumb\|right\|The mandatory IRS ID.me log-in screen for an individual, business, and tax professional in 2025 ([https://archive.ph/7e8LS previously] there was an option to use a traditional IRS account) <!-- No other existing archive capture outside of the Archive.today link. -Sojourna -->]]		[[File:IRS ID.me account.png\|thumb\|right\|The mandatory IRS ID.me log-in screen for an individual, business, and tax professional in 2025 ([https://archive.ph/7e8LS previously] there was an option to use a traditional IRS account) <!-- No other existing archive capture outside of the Archive.today link. -Sojourna -->]]
	American taxpayers who used {{Wplink\|IRS Direct File\|Direct File}} were forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bracken \|first=Matt \|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program \|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/ \|website=FedScoop \|date=13 Jun 2025 \|access-date=26 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2025}}</ref> The IRS has claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker \|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8 \|website=TaxNotes \|date=8 Jan 2024 \|access-date=26 Feb 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8 \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>		American taxpayers who used {{Wplink\|IRS Direct File\|Direct File}} (which was shuttered in 2026<ref>{{Cite news \|date=Nov 2025 \|title=Direct File won’t happen in 2026, IRS tells states \|url=https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/11/direct-file-wont-happen-2026-irs-tells-states/409309/ \|work=Nextgov/FCW}}</ref>) were forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bracken \|first=Matt \|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program \|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/ \|website=FedScoop \|date=13 Jun 2025 \|access-date=26 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2025}}</ref> The IRS has claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker \|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8 \|website=TaxNotes \|date=8 Jan 2024 \|access-date=26 Feb 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8 \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>

	According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on his ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over e-mail, including scans of a passport and Social Security card.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Titlow \|first=John \|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare \|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|website=Business Insider \|date=12 Jan 2025 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2025}}</ref> It is recommended to never send sensitive information over e-mail due to many e-mail providers, such as [[Google Gmail]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]], not encrypting the contents.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ferguson \|first=Joe \|title=Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails \|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|website=University of Buffalo \|date=1 Mar 2021 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>		According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on his ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over e-mail, including scans of a passport and Social Security card.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Titlow \|first=John \|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare \|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|website=Business Insider \|date=12 Jan 2025 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2025}}</ref> It is recommended to never send sensitive information over e-mail due to many e-mail providers, such as [[Google Gmail]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]], not encrypting the contents.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ferguson \|first=Joe \|title=Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails \|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|website=University of Buffalo \|date=1 Mar 2021 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>

CrookKilla: /* Market control */ being BOLD

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Market control: being BOLD

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	ID.me is the primary verification system used in the United States of America for businesses and governments, due to the service being "the only digital wallet that meets the federal government standards for secure login and multi-factor authentication [...] at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Identity Assurance Level 2".<ref name="YF" /> As of November 2024, ID.me has over 136 million members, 600+ stores, 65 health organizations, and 19 federal agencies using their service.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Simple, secure login \|url=https://id.me/ \|website=ID.me \|date= \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824233129/https://www.id.me/ \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}<!-- IA, GA, and Megalodon refuse to display the imagery that the info is cited from. View https://archive.ph/yAkhf if needed, but remember that Archive.today is blacklisted in the wiki community. -Sojourna --></ref>		ID.me is the primary verification system used in the United States of America for businesses and governments, due to the service being "the only digital wallet that meets the federal government standards for secure login and multi-factor authentication [...] at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Identity Assurance Level 2".<ref name="YF" /> As of November 2024, ID.me has over 136 million members, 600+ stores, 65 health organizations, and 19 federal agencies using their service.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Simple, secure login \|url=https://id.me/ \|website=ID.me \|date= \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824233129/https://www.id.me/ \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}<!-- IA, GA, and Megalodon refuse to display the imagery that the info is cited from. View https://archive.ph/yAkhf if needed, but remember that Archive.today is blacklisted in the wiki community. -Sojourna --></ref>

			===== Social Security =====
			Logging in to the Social Security website requires a Login.gov or ID.me account, as of April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Social Security (socialsecurity.gov's) login page \|url=https://secure.ssa.gov/}}</ref>

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

Sojourna at 06:05, 27 February 2026

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	According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on his ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over e-mail, including scans of a passport and Social Security card.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Titlow \|first=John \|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare \|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|website=Business Insider \|date=12 Jan 2025 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2025}}</ref> It is recommended to never send sensitive information over e-mail due to many e-mail providers, such as [[Google Gmail]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]], not encrypting the contents.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ferguson \|first=Joe \|title=Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails \|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|website=University of Buffalo \|date=1 Mar 2021 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>		According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on his ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over e-mail, including scans of a passport and Social Security card.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Titlow \|first=John \|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare \|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|website=Business Insider \|date=12 Jan 2025 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2025}}</ref> It is recommended to never send sensitive information over e-mail due to many e-mail providers, such as [[Google Gmail]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]], not encrypting the contents.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ferguson \|first=Joe \|title=Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails \|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|website=University of Buffalo \|date=1 Mar 2021 \|access-date=24 Aug 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html \|archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>

			==Products==
			{{Ph-C-P}}

	==See also==		==See also==

Sojourna: Clean-up; pass on style; added notes for ref 10 and the login screenshot.

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	When a user requests to close their account, data is retained for three years. This data includes "events, logins, and transactions as well as verification history (e.g., community, vaccine, or identity details including documentation and data elements used for verification". Selfies for initial biometric verification are deleted twenty four hours after completion.<ref name="WSJ">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/tax-identity-theft-ip-pin-irs-ab021643\|title=Protect Yourself From Tax Identity Theft. Here’s How I Did.\|first=Laura\|last=Saunders\|date=2025-02-28\|work=Wall Street Journal\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~3tItJ#selection~~-~~5339.0~~-~~5339.59~~\|archive-date=2025~~-02-28~~\|url-status=live}}</ref>		When a user requests to close their account, data is retained for three years. This data includes "events, logins, and transactions as well as verification history (e.g., community, vaccine, or identity details including documentation and data elements used for verification". Selfies for initial biometric verification are deleted twenty four hours after completion.<ref name="WSJ">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/tax-identity-theft-ip-pin-irs-ab021643\|title=Protect Yourself From Tax Identity Theft. Here’s How I Did.\|first=Laura\|last=Saunders\|date=2025-02-28\|work=Wall Street Journal\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122104627/https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/tax-identity-theft-ip-pin-irs-ab021643\|archive-date=22 Nov 2025\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	====Business model====		====Business model====

Mr Pollo at 14:38, 25 August 2025

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	{{Main\|link to the main article}}		{{Main\|link to the main article}}
	[[File:IRS ID.me account.png\|thumb\|right\|The mandatory IRS ID.me log-in screen for an individual, business, and tax professional in 2025]]		[[File:IRS ID.me account.png\|thumb\|right\|The mandatory IRS ID.me log-in screen for an individual, business, and tax professional in 2025 ([https://archive.ph/7e8LS previously] there was an option to use a traditional IRS account)]]
	American taxpayers who use DirectFile are forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program\|first=Matt\|last=Bracken\|date=2025-06-13\|work=FedScoop\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|archive-date=2025-07-26\|url-status=live}}</ref> The IRS have claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker\|date=2024-01-08\|work=TaxNotes\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>		American taxpayers who use DirectFile are forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program\|first=Matt\|last=Bracken\|date=2025-06-13\|work=FedScoop\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|archive-date=2025-07-26\|url-status=live}}</ref> The IRS have claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker\|date=2024-01-08\|work=TaxNotes\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mr Pollo at 14:32, 25 August 2025

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			[[File:IRS ID.me account.png\|thumb\|right\|The mandatory IRS ID.me log-in screen for an individual, business, and tax professional in 2025]]
	American taxpayers who use DirectFile are forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program\|first=Matt\|last=Bracken\|date=2025-06-13\|work=FedScoop\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|archive-date=2025-07-26\|url-status=live}}</ref> The IRS have claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker\|date=2024-01-08\|work=TaxNotes\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>		American taxpayers who use DirectFile are forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program\|first=Matt\|last=Bracken\|date=2025-06-13\|work=FedScoop\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|archive-date=2025-07-26\|url-status=live}}</ref> The IRS have claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker\|date=2024-01-08\|work=TaxNotes\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mr Pollo: /* Privacy concerns (2022-) */

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Privacy concerns (2022-)

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	American taxpayers who use DirectFile are forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program\|first=Matt\|last=Bracken\|date=2025-06-13\|work=FedScoop\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|archive-date=2025-07-26\|url-status=live}}</ref> The IRS have claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention ~~the~~ facial recognition's ~~part~~ in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker\|date=2024-01-08\|work=TaxNotes\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>		American taxpayers who use DirectFile are forced to utilize ID.me as a service.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|title=Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program\|first=Matt\|last=Bracken\|date=2025-06-13\|work=FedScoop\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726073243/https://fedscoop.com/gao-report-irs-id-me-identity-proofing/\|archive-date=2025-07-26\|url-status=live}}</ref> The IRS have claimed the service is "the only credential service provider currently available to the IRS that meets the identity assurance level 2 standard for identity verification and sign-in services", however, some lawmakers expressed their disapproval of the reliance on ID.me for tax filing, including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Katie Porter who mention facial recognition's influence in the wrongful arrest of black men.<ref name="TaxNote">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|title=Lawmakers Urge IRS to Stop Using ‘Flawed’ Direct File ID Checker\|date=2024-01-08\|work=TaxNotes\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231203/https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/legislative-documents/congressional-tax-correspondence/lawmakers-urge-irs-stop-using-flawed-direct-file-id-checker/7lxw8\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on is ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over email, including scans of a passport and social security card.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare\|first=John\|last=Titlow\|date=2025-01-12\|work=Business Insider\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|archive-date=2025-07-29\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a standard rule of thumb to never send sensitive information over email due to many email providers such as [[Gmail]] and [[Outlook]] not encrypting the contents of emails.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|title= Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails\|first=Joe\|last=Ferguson\|date=2021-03-01\|work=University of Buffalo\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>


			According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on his ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over email, including scans of a passport and social security card.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare\|first=John\|last=Titlow\|date=2025-01-12\|work=Business Insider\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|archive-date=2025-07-29\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a standard rule of thumb to never send sensitive information over email due to many email providers such as [[Gmail]] and [[Outlook]] not encrypting the contents of emails.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|title= Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails\|first=Joe\|last=Ferguson\|date=2021-03-01\|work=University of Buffalo\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	====Privacy====		====Privacy====
	According to the privacy policy, ID.me "will not sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information", however user information such as biometric, first name, last name, date of birth, phone number, email address, and physical address may be shared with federal government agencies.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.id.me/privacy\|title=Privacy Policy\|date=2024-07-30\|work=ID.me\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710163620/https://www.id.me/privacy\|archive-date=2025-07-10\|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the company may share user information to third parties, such as customer support, web hosting, information technology, payment processing, direct mail and email distribution, and administration, and analytics services.		According to the privacy policy, ID.me "will not sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information", however user information such as biometric, first name, last name, date of birth, phone number, email address, and physical address may be shared with federal government agencies.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.id.me/privacy\|title=Privacy Policy\|date=2024-07-30\|work=ID.me\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710163620/https://www.id.me/privacy\|archive-date=2025-07-10\|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the company may share user information to third parties, such as customer support, web hosting, information technology, payment processing, direct mail and email distribution, and administration, and analytics services.

	To create an ID.me account, you need to give personal information, which can include:		To create an ID.me account, you need to give personal information, which can include:
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	When a user requests to close their account, data is retained for three years. This data includes "events, logins, and transactions as well as verification history (e.g., community, vaccine, or identity details including documentation and data elements used for verification".		When a user requests to close their account, data is retained for three years. This data includes "events, logins, and transactions as well as verification history (e.g., community, vaccine, or identity details including documentation and data elements used for verification". Selfies for initial biometric verification are deleted twenty four hours after completion.<ref name="WSJ">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/tax-identity-theft-ip-pin-irs-ab021643\|title=Protect Yourself From Tax Identity Theft. Here’s How I Did.\|first=Laura\|last=Saunders\|date=2025-02-28\|work=Wall Street Journal\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://archive.ph/3tItJ#selection-5339.0-5339.59\|archive-date=2025-02-28\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on is ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over email, including scans of a passport and social security card.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare\|first=John\|last=Titlow\|date=2025-01-12\|work=Business Insider\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|archive-date=2025-07-29\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a standard rule of thumb to never send sensitive information over email due to many email providers such as [[Gmail]] and [[Outlook]] not encrypting the contents of emails.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|title= Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails\|first=Joe\|last=Ferguson\|date=2021-03-01\|work=University of Buffalo\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>		According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on is ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over email, including scans of a passport and social security card.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare\|first=John\|last=Titlow\|date=2025-01-12\|work=Business Insider\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1\|archive-date=2025-07-29\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a standard rule of thumb to never send sensitive information over email due to many email providers such as [[Gmail]] and [[Outlook]] not encrypting the contents of emails.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|title= Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails\|first=Joe\|last=Ferguson\|date=2021-03-01\|work=University of Buffalo\|access-date=2025-08-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html\|archive-date=2025-08-24\|url-status=live}}</ref>