Millions of taxpayers’ personal information has been shared to Meta, Google, and other Big Tech firms according to the results of a recent Congressional investigation. The investigation was opened by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) following a November 22, 2022 story in The Markup that reported that popular online tax filing services including those operated by H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer were using a piece of computer code called the Meta Pixel to transmit taxpayer information to Meta and other Big Tech companies.
The information transmitted included taxpayer names and e-mail addresses and, in some cases, information on income, filing status, refund amounts, dependents, and college scholarship information. The report concludes “The sharing of taxpayer data with Meta has put taxpayer privacy at risk and appears to represent a violation of taxpayer privacy laws.”
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