• Open to New Clients
  • Data Privacy
  • July 15, 2024

Did you prepare and file your 2021 tax return online with H&R Block?

You may be entitled to up to $1,000.

  • You may qualify for this claim if you used H&R Block’s online tax preparation software to prepare and file your 2021 tax return in 2022.
  • H&R Block customers who value their privacy should sign up.
  • All claims are backed by Labaton Keller Sucharow, a national law firm that has recouped over $25 Billion for people like you.

H&R Block may have violated the privacy rights of its customers by allowing third party advertising companies, including Meta (Facebook) and Google to track their sensitive tax return information without authorization or consent. In November 2022, data privacy publication The Markup revealed that major tax filing services, including H&R Block, were quietly transmitting sensitive financial information, including data on users’ income, filing status, refund amounts, and dependents’ college scholarship amounts, to Facebook and Google when its customers used its website to file their taxes online. A subsequent Congressional investigation alleged that the online tax preparation companies, including H&R Block, were “shockingly careless with their treatment of taxpayer data,” did not appear to obtain valid taxpayer consent to share the data, and sharing this data with Google and Meta was potentially illegal. If you used H&R Block’s online tax preparation software to file your 2021 tax return online in 2022, you may qualify for a claim under federal and state privacy laws of up to $10,000.

This is a case about privacy. We allege that when you used H&R Block’s online tax preparation software in 2022 to file your 2021 tax return, H&R Block shared your sensitive tax return information with third party advertising companies, including Google and Meta, without authorization. We are representing clients in individual arbitration claims against H&R Block, Google, and Meta for violating federal and state privacy laws, including ones that specifically protect the confidentiality of tax return information, as well as consumer protection laws.

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What is arbitration?
Arbitration is a private dispute resolution process. Your claim will not be filed in court. Your claim will be decided by an arbitrator, who is a neutral person chosen by you and the company. We can select an arbitrator for you who is fair and neutral.
Is arbitration confidential?
Yes, arbitration is a confidential, private process.
Once I sign up, how does the process work?
Once you sign up, you’ll be asked to sign our attorney-client agreement. That allows us to investigate your private arbitration claim. Then, log in to your secure client portal. All information is strictly privileged and confidential and will only be used for your claim. Answer a few more questions, upload a few documents, and we’ll take it from there. We’ll analyze your claim and your losses, negotiate with the company, and, if necessary, pursue your claim in arbitration.
How do your fees work?
Our fees will be a percentage of the settlement or recovery we obtain for you. That amount will depend on the rules in the state you live in. We only receive a fee if you win, and you will never owe us any money.

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