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3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say (apnews.com)

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Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years.

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[-] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're wondering who but don't want to read the article:

Their report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and Tax Slayer shared with the social media giant.

[-] Scanzy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Holy shit why are these companies doing anything with Meta. This is super scary.

I don't want anything to do with Meta, but now I can't use pretty much any service without Meta getting my data anyway? I want off this ride.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

More money.

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