Google Accused of Wiretapping Taxpayer Data in New Lawsuit (1)

Alphabet Inc.'s Google was accused of violating federal wiretapping protections in the latest proposed class action in California federal court over use of the company’s tracking pixels on tax filing websites like H&R Block.

Nine individual users of online tax preparation tools faulted Google for invading their privacy under federal statutes and four state privacy laws, in a lawsuit filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Google and three tax preparation companies—H&R Block Inc., TaxAct Holdings Inc., and TaxSlayer LLC—have come under scrutiny since a July report released by congressional Democrats raised ...