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3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say (apnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Odusei to c/technology
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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 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

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 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

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)

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