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I'm curious why you picked tax filings as an example of information that would be catastrophic to leak. Here in Finland tax information is public and it doesn'

I'm curious why you picked tax filings as an example of information that would be catastrophic to leak. Here in Finland tax information is public and it doesn't seem to be that bad. As you guess, yellow papers embarrasingly make yearly rankings of rich people and they lose some anonymity. But anybody that was in any way interested in their life likely knew that they were rich. I don't say that this Finnish practice of having public tax information is a good one, but it just shows that it's not the end of world. Leaked Tumblr support information that allows associating Tumblr blogs to email addresses can cause a similar level of agony that leaked tax information.

eurleif 14y ago
Whether your neighbor's tax information is also public might make a difference in how harmful it is for your tax information to be public.
willvarfar 14y ago
Same in Sweden. On balance, I think its actually a positive thing. Thinking about it and the few occasions I've seen it referred to, I think its a positive thing.
jlmendezbonini 14y ago
>I'm curious why you picked tax filings as an example of information that would be catastrophic to leak. I'm assuming that the original poster is from U.S. One reason why tax filling are considered sensitive is that they include the individual(s) social security number (SSN). This number is meant to be private and, since it's often used as an identifier, it's frequently used for identity theft. See the wikipedia article below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Identity_theft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Identity...
martinced 14y ago
Just alike in many countries companies fillings, including for SMEs, are available to everyone. It's very convenient before you start contracting for someone to see if they look like a legit business and to see if they do any kind of volume (and are in the business since a few years).

eurleif 14y ago

Whether your neighbor's tax information is also public might make a difference in how harmful it is for your tax information to be public.

willvarfar 14y ago

Same in Sweden. On balance, I think its actually a positive thing. Thinking about it and the few occasions I've seen it referred to, I think its a positive thing.

jlmendezbonini 14y ago

>I'm curious why you picked tax filings as an example of information that would be catastrophic to leak. I'm assuming that the original poster is from U.S. One reason why tax filling are considered sensitive is that they include the individual(s) social security number (SSN). This number is meant to be private and, since it's often used as an identifier, it's frequently used for identity theft. See the wikipedia article below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Identity_theft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Identity...

martinced 14y ago

Just alike in many countries companies fillings, including for SMEs, are available to everyone. It's very convenient before you start contracting for someone to see if they look like a legit business and to see if they do any kind of volume (and are in the business since a few years).