Meta to Defend Bulk of Tax Privacy Claims After Dismissal Order

Meta Platforms Inc. is still facing the bulk of a class action accusing the company of illegally collecting consumers’ tax return data without their consent even after convincing a federal judge to cut several causes of action from the lawsuit.

Judge P. Casey Pitts found that plaintiffs had adequately pleaded that data collection from online tax-filing companies including H&R Block Inc., TaxAct, and TaxSlayer violated numerous state and federal statutes in a Monday order partially granting and partially denying Meta’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which has been consolidated in the US District Court for the Northern District of ...