Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data – The Markup
The report determined that the tax prep companies installed tracking tools from Meta and Google on their services without a… read more
The report determined that the tax prep companies installed tracking tools from Meta and Google on their services without a… read more
Threads (Android, Apple) potentially collects a wide assortment of personal data that remains connected to you, based on the information… read more
Information provided about the app’s privacy via mandatory disclosures required on iOS shows the app may collect highly sensitive information… read more
—Facebook no longer has any legal basis under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for such highly targeted advertising in… read more
Dozens of websites tied to the national mental health crisis 988 hotline, which launched last summer, transmit the data through… read more
Here’s how our study, which launches later this year, will work: Over three months, we will repeatedly ask participants about… read more
Facebook parent company Meta says more than two-thirds of the influence operations it found and took down this year used… read more
Recently, the Markup discovered that various tax filing websites, including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block, were sending user financial information… read more
The ruling, which comes with a €390 million ($414 million) fine attached, is targeted specifically at Facebook and Instagram, but… read more
Major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have been quietly transmitting sensitive financial information to Facebook… read more