Meta won’t say what happened to taxpayer data it may have illegally collected

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Meta won’t say what happened to taxpayer data it may have illegally collected

One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/meta-wont-say-what-happened-to-taxpayer-data-it-may-have-illegally-collectedOpen link View original on kbin.social

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falconhoof

kbin.social

Oh well ain't that a surprise. Boycott Meta products.

Nougat

kbin.social

... TaxSlayer and H&R Block told lawmakers that "Meta refused to respond" to their requests "on the final disposition of the shared data." H&R Block apparently confirmed that they have "no idea what Meta does with the data."

Meta is silent, no word on Google. My bet is that they don't know what happened to the data.