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Tax prep companies and sharing data with advertisers

2024-10-22 18:45:11.25032+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Democrats want DOJ to prosecute tax prep companies that allegedly shared user data with Meta and Google. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) are leading the charge.

All this is the latest in a series of events that kicked off after The Markup published a report in 2022 revealing how tax prep companies shared financial information with Meta and Google through a common piece of code known as a pixel. (At least one of the companies told The Markup at the time that it hadn’t realized the information was being shared and deactivated the pixel.) Lawmakers responded with a congressional probe, which was in turn followed by an audit from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The results of the audit were released by the TIGTA last month, and the senators say that the audit confirms their own findings, which were released back in July 2023.

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#Comment Re: Tax prep companies and sharing data with advertisers made: 2024-10-23 14:03:19.207868+02 by: DaveP

Ooh! When they’re done with that, maybe they can do medical!

#Comment Re: Tax prep companies and sharing data with advertisers made: 2024-10-26 15:56:26.164662+02 by: Definitely Not a Bot

Ron Wyden doesn't get enough credit for all he's done.

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