Annie Bai is Global Privacy Lead at Socure. She is a privacy and data security lawyer with deep experience in assessing privacy and cyber risks. At Socure her responsibilities include privacy program management, technology law guidance, data security and IT governance compliance, as well as assessing emerging global data flows, privacy/cyber laws and regulations, big data and predictive analytics, and cybersecurity trends. She holds a law degree from New York University, is a certified Information Privacy Professional/US, a certified Information Privacy Manager, and a Fellow of Information Privacy of the IAPP.
In light of the reports of theft of COVID-19 stimulus checks (which one headline called “pure hell”), it’s instructive to look back at recent breaches of IRS systems and processes.