Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬 · @BenjaminHCCarr
927 followers · 2414 posts · Server hachyderm.io
How tech companies got access to our #tax data. #TaxAct, #TaxSlayer, and #HRblock. It found that the sites were sending data to #Meta through #MetaPixel, a commonly used piece of computer code often embedded in #websites to track users https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/17/1076365/how-tech-companies-access-tax-data/
#tax #taxact #taxslayer #hrblock #meta #metapixel #websites
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬 · @BenjaminHCCarr
880 followers · 2252 posts · Server hachyderm.io
#Tax prep companies (#TaxSlayer, #HRBlock and #TaxAct) shared private #taxpayer data with #Google and #Meta for years, congressional probe finds | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/tax-prep-companies-taxpayer-data-google-meta #Taxes #USTaxes #USPol #ElizabethWarren #SenWarren
#tax #taxslayer #hrblock #taxact #taxpayer #google #meta #taxes #ustaxes #uspol #elizabethwarren #senwarren
joe•iuculano :mastodon: · @iuculano
626 followers · 17465 posts · Server masto.aiA group o #Democratico senators wants #DOJ 2 investigate several #tax prep cos. after an investigation lawmakers launched concluded the companies shared reams o taxpayers’ personal & financial information w/ #Meta.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) & others accuse #H&Rblock, #TaxSlayer & #TaxAct of having embedded code in their Web sites known as “pixels” that allowed their users’ sensitive tax data 2 be shared w/ Meta & #Google.
#democratico #doj #tax #meta #h #taxslayer #taxact #google
Steven Hugg · @sehugg
175 followers · 303 posts · Server infosec.exchange
Despite the offer of "free support", there is nothing you can click on in the UI that leads to a support link, not even searching the KB for "support". #TaxAct #WorstTimelineProblems
#taxact #worsttimelineproblems
ConstantOrbit · @constantorbit
543 followers · 790 posts · Server hachyderm.io@proto I had just posted a similar question this morning...
I did the IRS screening for the free tax prep programs and frankly, I'm sure they're fine but didn't inspire huge confidence.
On recommendation from someone here on #mastodon, tried TaxAct and I was very pleased. And luckily because of my (now) pretty simple tax situation, I think I'll be able to file for free.
#mastodon #taxes #taxpreparation #taxact #ustaxes
ScottTheGeek · @ScottTheGeek
2 followers · 85 posts · Server twit.social
Major tax-filing websites secretly share income data with #Meta
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/
#Taxes #IRS #HRBlock #TaxAct #TaxSlayer #privacy #MetaPixel
#meta #taxes #irs #HRBlock #taxact #taxslayer #privacy #metapixel
Mufasa :paw: · @ne1for23
345 followers · 122 posts · Server betweenthelions.linkThe biggest online e-filing services—namely H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer—have been sharing sensitive user financial information with Meta, according to a new report.
#Taxes #Meta #HandRBlock #TaxAct #TaxSlayer #Privacy #InformationSharing
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/
#taxes #meta #handrblock #taxact #taxslayer #privacy #informationsharing
Mufasa · @ne1for23
392 followers · 3651 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
The biggest online e-filing services—namely H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer—have been sharing sensitive user financial information with Meta, according to a new report.
#Taxes #Meta #HandRBlock #TaxAct #TaxSlayer #Privacy #InformationSharing
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/
#taxes #meta #handrblock #taxact #taxslayer #privacy #informationsharing
Bob Carver · @cybersecboardrm
22 followers · 28 posts · Server infosec.exchange
Here to add another layer of dread ahead of the upcoming tax season; information like income, refund amounts, filing status, and even the amount of dependents’ college scholarships. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/ #cybersecurity #privacy #TaxFiling #Meta #TaxAct #H&RBlock #TaxSlayer
#cybersecurity #privacy #taxfiling #meta #taxact #h #taxslayer
Umai · @umai
4 followers · 44 posts · Server mas.to
Major #TaxFiling websites secretly share #income data with Meta
> #TheMarkup published the data sent to Meta by these companies, which it confirmed was sometimes generated and shared “regardless of whether the person using the tax filing service has an account on #Facebook ” or other #Meta service.
#taxslayer #taxact #HRBlock #income #taxfiling #meta #facebook #themarkup
Umai · @umai
4 followers · 37 posts · Server mas.to
> #TheMarkup published the data sent to Meta by these companies, which it confirmed was sometimes generated and shared “regardless of whether the person using the tax filing service has an account on #Facebook ” or other #Meta service.
Major #TaxFiling
websites secretly share #income data with Meta
#taxslayer #taxact #HRBlock #income #taxfiling #meta #facebook #themarkup
Attorney :verified: :pokeball: :promoted: · @attorney
113 followers · 88 posts · Server infosec.exchange
Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending User’s Financial Data to Facebook
“Major #tax filing services such as #H&RBlock , #TaxAct , and #TaxSlayer have been quietly transmitting sensitive #financial information to #Facebook when Americans file their taxes online…The #data, sent through widely used code called the #MetaPixel , includes not only information like names and email addresses but often even more detailed #information , including data on users’ #income , filing status, refund amounts, and dependents’ college scholarship amounts.”
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing
#tax #h #taxact #taxslayer #financial #facebook #data #MetaPixel #information #income
DinkyShop :macos: · @dinkyshop
203 followers · 906 posts · Server mstdn.social
From Cory D on bird app:
More reasons not to trust #Facebook w/ your data. These #Tax Prep cos need to be held accountable… or just don’t use them.
Certain tax #software apps are giving your data over to FB and tracking you.
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1595100712706445313?s=46&t=Nqz7THAfr2Qvpi4rENbODg
#privacy #data #HRBlock #TaxAct #TaxSlayer #PrivacyBreach #DeleteFacebook
#DeleteFacebook #PrivacyBreach #taxslayer #taxact #HRBlock #Data #Privacy #Software #tax #Facebook
Radhakrishnan · @radhakrishnan
7 followers · 61 posts · Server mas.toTaxAct, TaxSlayer and H&R Block sent sensitive financial information to Facebook parent company Meta. #TaxAct #TaxSlayer #HandRBlock #Meta
#meta #handrblock #taxslayer #taxact