Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds | CNN Business
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Some of America’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional investigation.

Some of America’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional investigation.

  • @[email protected]English
    0•1 year ago

    We need HIPAA but for financial information, I don’t think one is necessarily more sensitive than the other. The penalties for leaking, or failing to ensure the integrity of medical records can be severe.