TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending users’ financial data to Facebook
According to The Markup, major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have quietly transmitted sensitive financial information to Facebook. Users’ income, filing status, refund amount, and dependents’ college scholarship amounts are often included in the data, sent through a code known as the Meta Pixel. In addition to being gathered, regardless…