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.

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.

  • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    49·
    2 years 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.

    • SpaghettiProgrammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      2 years ago

      Yikes. Side question- anyone know if GDPR protects against stuff like this?

      We really need a way to protect our data in the US. (I know GDPR isn’t related to US)

    • Scanzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 years 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.

    • Asafum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 years ago

      That shit makes me so angry it’s crazy… Socialism for the corporations, “rugged individualism” for the citizens…

      Republicans will scream and cry about socialism when we discuss healthcare, but gladly give corporations all the public money/wealth they could possibly want while also allowing them to charge us for the “product” they create…

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    My bank has Facebook and Adobe trackers on their website. I block them but it’s just so dumb that they do that. Obviously most people have no idea it’s happening.