Comment on Tax filing websites have been sending users’ financial information to FacebookComments−benjaminbachman3y"If you aren't the customer, you're the product" apparently is a lie. You're the product no matter what. Unless I missed it in the article, I doubt paying $100 for the advanced tax prep excluded me from this.−arrosenberg3yYou are Facebook's product and TaxAct's potential customer. TaxAct is sending that data so they can ad-target you to sell you tax software.−inkcapmushroom3yNo way the companies whose job is to find loopholes to save a couple bucks would leave that money on the table.
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"If you aren't the customer, you're the product" apparently is a lie. You're the product no matter what. Unless I missed it in the article, I doubt paying $100 for the advanced tax prep excluded me from this.
You are Facebook's product and TaxAct's potential customer. TaxAct is sending that data so they can ad-target you to sell you tax software.
No way the companies whose job is to find loopholes to save a couple bucks would leave that money on the table.