Kathleen Walters

Kathleen Walters

government official United States

Kathleen Walters is the chief privacy officer of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), known for her staunch advocacy for taxpayer privacy and legal compliance. In recent events, she became a key figure in opposing the IRS's controversial data-sharing agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Trump administration, raising significant legal concerns about the use of sensitive taxpayer data for immigration enforcement.

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.01%
Persistence
0 wks
Reach
72,748
Power
4,615$
Sentiment
5.00
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
United States 1 5.00 0.02% +0% 331,002,651 72,748 $21,000,000 4,615$
Totals 1 331,002,651 72,748 $21,000,000 4,615$
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Recent Mentions

United States United States: Officials from the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, wanted home addresses for 700,000 possible undocumented immigrants that they believed already had removal orders. 5

CNN: How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns