The Federal Trade Commission, led by Chair Lina Khan, is responding to a congressional report highlighting the misuse of taxpayer data by major tax preparation companies, including H&R Block and TaxAct, which improperly shared data with Meta using its Pixel tool. This response comes after a Markup investigation revealed these companies transmitted personal taxpayer information, raising significant concerns about privacy. The FTC has warned tax firms of potential financial penalties and is focusing on web tracking and sensitive data management, following increasing scrutiny on the practices of tech companies involved.
We continue to look closely at this important area.
The tax prep companies installed tracking tools from Meta and Google without fully understanding how tax data might be collected and used.
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