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Google 'wiretapped' tax websites with visitor traffic trackers, lawsuit claims
- red-iron-pine 3y ago> "What made this wiretapping possible is Google Analytics' tracking pixel, which is embedded in the JavaScript of online tax preparation websites," the complaint stated. > Doing so is illegal, the complaint contended, because under American law tax-return information cannot be disclosed to unauthorized parties without consent from the payer. It will be interesting to see if the courts rule that Analytics actually vacuums up tax-return info.
- helph67 3y agoMentioned by another HN user back in Feb. "Audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into Google" https://github.com/berthubert/googerteller https://github.com/berthubert/googerteller