> 3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say
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A group of congressional Democrats reported Wednesday that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
Their report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer shared with the social media giant.
In a letter to the heads of the IRS, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the IRS watchdog, seven lawmakers say their findings “reveal a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy by tax prep companies and by Big Tech firms.”
For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/tax-prep-firms-meta-data-sharing/507-e06e128f-5e71-4af7-bde7-daff89cd975f
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