Both the tax prep companies and tech firms were 'reckless' in how they handled sensitive information, the lawmakers wrote.
with Meta's Facebook through a piece of code known as a pixel. The report found that Meta pixel trackers sent names, emails and income information to Meta, in violation of the platform's policies.through its analytics tool, but that information did not include names.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., joined Warren in the investigation and letter. The probe also found that Meta tools used by TaxAct allegedly collected even more information than previously reported, including the approximate amount of federal taxes a person owed. They said that Meta confirmed it used data collected from the tax software providers "to target ads to taxpayers, including for companies other than the tax prep companies themselves, and to train Meta's own AI algorithms.
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