Lawsuit Alleges That H&R, Meta, and Google Used Spyware to Illegally Share Consumers’ Financial Data

Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta (META), and H&R Block (HRB) are facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging they illegally coordinated to use spyware to collect and share taxpayers’ sensitive financial information.

A similar lawsuit was brought against Google and H&R Block in July, on the heels of a congressional investigation into a data collection technology known as “tracking pixels” used to generate lucrative targeted ads. The case alleges the companies conspired to collect and exploit data on hundreds of H&R Block customers without their consent.

Tracking pixels operate quietly in the background of millions of websites, some tracking visitors’ entries in real time. Companies like H&R Block that handle entries containing sensitive financial information are required by law to refrain from sharing that data with third parties unless they’ve obtained their customers’ consent.

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