14,000 crypto accounts swept into IRS data grab—will the Supreme Court act?

The Supreme Court is being urged to evaluate an IRS approach that led to warrantless data seizures from 14,000 cryptocurrency users, igniting concerns over digital privacy rights.

The case highlights the IRS’s reliance on the ‘third-party doctrine,’ which NCLA argues is outdated and unsuitable for modern mass data collection in a digital economy.

NCLA emphasizes that constitutional protections should mandate search warrants before accessing users’ private data held by third parties, challenging the validity of the third-party doctrine.