“H&R Block, Google, and Meta ignored data privacy laws, and passed information about people’s financial lives around like candy,” one attorney said.
Attorneys bringing the case forward claim the three companies’ conduct amounts to a “pattern of racketeering activity” covered under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act , a tool typically reserved for organized crime.“H&R Block, Google, and Meta ignored data privacy laws, and passed information about people’s financial lives around like candy,” Brent Wisner, one of the attorneys bringing forward the complaint said.
Attorneys representing Hunt argue that H&R Block, Meta, and Google “explicitly and intentionally” entered into an agreement to violate taxpayers’ privacy rights for financial gain. The suit seeks full refunds for Hunt and all US taxpayers who spent money on H&R Block’s services since the tracking began, as well as punitive damages for the three companies’ allegedly illegal conduct.
Google, by contrast, allegedly interacted with the tax data through H&R Block’s use of Google Analytics, a free service offered to businesses that collect data from websites. An70% of the top 100,000 websites use Google Analytics. Though Google bills its tool as a means for businesses to glean insights about potential customers, the lawsuit alleged the search giant deployed Google Analytics to “intercept, track, and collect personal and sensitive information of consumers for its own use.
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