This is insane, and it should be illegal. "This Is Appalling": Major Tax Filing Services Have Been Sending Financial Information To Facebook | ZeroHedge
The services include TaxAct, H&R Block, and TaxSlayer.
The data includes names, email addresses, income, filing status, refund amounts and college scholarship information - which is sent to Facebook regardless of whether a person even has a Facebook account - or with other platforms owned by Meta. The company can then be used to fine tune advertising algorithms.
Intuit’s TurboTax "did not send financial information to Meta but rather usernames and the last time a device signed in."
Harvard Law School lecturer and tax law specialist Mandi Matlock said the findings showed that taxpayers have been "providing some of the most sensitive information that they own, and it’s being exploited."
"This is appalling," she added. "It truly is."
That info is being provided to F*c*book, which is using it for advertising.
Privacy is such a 20th Century concept. (Hat tip to Gates of Vienna.)
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