Federal report reveals tax prep companies shared personal, financial data without consent

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H&R Block, TaxSlayer and TaxAct are the companies at the center of this report.

show these companies shared the sensitive taxpayer information of tens of millions of customers with Meta and Google for years and without consent. In some cases, the exposed data was misused for targeted advertising.

“It’s hard to trust that your privacy is being protected by companies like this,” said John Davisson, Director of Litigation & Senior Counsel at theshows these companies shared more than just name, emails, and phone number. They also shared personal tax info like having dependents, adjusted gross income and refund amounts.

The findings also outline that the tax companies weren’t fully aware of how much sensitive information was being exposed when they installed Meta and Google tools to their websites.

 

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