Tax
Sep. 28, 2023
H&R Block, Google and Meta conspired to monetize taxpayer data, lawsuit alleges
A congressional report published in July found that tax preparation companies shared millions of customers’ personal and financial information with Meta and Google, which used that information to create targeted advertisements.
Google, Meta and H&R Block conspired to install spyware on the H&R Block website to collect customers’ private tax return information for profit, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco.
An attorney with the Santa Monica firm Wisner Baum filed the proposed federal class action that alleges a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Justin Hunt v. META Platforms, H&R...
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