Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions

Re:Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google ... by thegrizzlyking on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:01AM (#36704863)

Attempting to research if tax prep companies had gained consent to disclose and use data from its users, Congress was blocked by the companies, who refused to "provide current and historical versions of disclosure agreements and privacy policies." Undeterred, Congress consulted Internet archives to access historical versions of company policies and pieced together that none of the companies appeared to have gained consent from their customers to share the sensitive data with Meta and Google.

Internet archives to the rescue

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Re:Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google ... by scarab92 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:16AM (#36706674)

I hate the term “data”.

What data did they share, and why did Google or Meta want this data?

Are we only talking Google Analytics or are we talking about for profit data brokering.

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Re:Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google ... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:44AM (#36706843)

For profit ad platforms, for example knowing taxes, you can sort people by their income.

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Re:Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google ... by adampk on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:54AM (#36708386)

"That data came to Meta through its Pixel code, which the tax firms installed on their websites to gather information on how to improve their own marketing campaigns. In exchange, Meta was able to access the data to write targeted algorithms for its own users."

Seems that they provided the data to get Meta to target customers for them.

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