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The privacy of our customers is very important to all of us at TaxAct and we continue to comply with all laws and IRS regulations,” TaxAct said in an emailed statement to Fox News on Wednesday. “Data provided to Facebook is used at an aggregate level, not the individual level, by TaxAct to analyze our advertising effectiveness. TaxAct is not using the information provided by its customers and referenced in the report issued by The Markup to target advertising with Facebook.”

The H&R Block Inc. logo is displayed in front of the company's flagship office in New York, U.S., on Friday, March 2, 2012.
The H&R Block Inc. logo is displayed in front of the company’s flagship office in New York, U.S., on Friday, March 2, 2012.
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TaxSlayer spokesperson Molly Richardson told The Markup that it had removed the pixel to evaluate its use, noting that Ramsey Solutions “decided to remove the pixel” as well.

“Our customers’ privacy is of utmost importance, and we take buy phone number list concerns about our customers’ information very seriously,” she said.

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“H&R Block has removed the pixels from its DIY online product to stop any client tax information from being collected,” H&R Block told Fox News.

The Markup said that as of Monday, TaxAct’s site no longer sent financial details like income and refund amounts to Meta, but continued to send the names of dependents.

In addition, TaxSlayer and Ramsey Solutions had removed the pixel from their tax filing sites, but H&R Block’s site was continuing to send information on health savings accounts and college tuition grants.

The TurboTax website on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Friday Sept. 3, 2021.
The TurboTax website on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Friday Sept. 3, 2021.