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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Tax Prep Companies Shared Private Taxpayer Data With Google and Meta for Years

Congressional probe finds tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and meta for years. Using visitor tracking technology embedded in their websites tax layer H&R Block and tax act allegedly sent tens of millions of Americans personal information to the tech industry without their consent or appropriate disclosures. Names, phone numbers, email addresses and all that taxpayer data like filing status, adjusted gross income,. the size of their tax refunds and even information about the buttons and text fields they clicked on while filling out their tax forms.

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