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Several tax filing sites share user data with Meta via Pixel

A report co-published by The Markup and The Verge found that several tax-filing services, including H&R Block, Tax Act and TaxSlayer, have shared users' financial data with Meta's Facebook. According to the report, data was shared through a code called Meta Pixel and included contact information, filing status, refund totals and dependent's scholarship information. A H&R Block spokesperson said the company evaluates its practices regularly and "will review the information." When The Markup contacted TaxAct, a representative said the company removed Pixel to review its use.

Using machine learning to achieve data privacy compliance

Data privacy is a leading concern for businesses hoping ensure confidentiality and preserve trust. From understanding applicable regulations to balancing customer experience and data collection, it’s not easy for smaller companies to complete all compliance measures within budget and expectations. Automation tools and solutions can help simplify compliance, UNIFI.AI co-founder Pramod Misra writes.

AI sandboxes: A new European norm?

Artificial intelligence remains a moving target in the policy and regulatory space as it continues its exponential growth. Sandboxes are emerging across Europe as tools for companies and regulators alike to define, test and rectify their data protection approach to the flood of new AI systems in the face of the EU's proposed AI Act. Join the IAPP on LinkedIn Live Dec.

The ins and outs of India's proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022

The recently proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 from India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is seeking to fulfill years of shortcomings with the Indian government's prior draft data protection legislation. The new bill deals with processing digital personal data within the territory of India, including provisions from the scrapped Data Protection Bill and fresh takes on data protection conundrums.

MEPs pitch enforcement changes to proposed AI Act

European Parliament rapporteurs for the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act circulated a fresh compromise text focused on overhauling parts of the bill's enforcement framework, Euractiv reports. The proposed updates include unannounced on-site checks of high-risk AI systems, joint investigations for large-scale incidents and a broader approach to a pan-European database for such systems.

State attorneys general urge Apple to protect reproductive health data

In a letter to CEO Tim Cook, 10 state attorneys general urged Apple to protect consumers' reproductive health information from misuse. The attorneys general said the company should require application developers to delete nonessential data, provide notice of potential data disclosure to third parties and implement privacy and security standards around the collection of reproductive health data.

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