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TurboTax users may inadvertently sacrifice their privacy when filing tax returns. MoneyTalksNews warns that agreeing to privacy prompts in TurboTax can allow the service to use income and financial details for targeted advertising. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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00:00TurboTax users may inadvertently sacrifice their privacy when filing tax returns.
00:06MoneyTax News warns that agreeing to privacy prompts in TurboTax
00:09can allow the service to use income and financial details for targeted advertising.
00:15The best way to prevent TurboTax from selling your tax return details
00:19is to decline TurboTax's request to share data for purposes beyond tax filing.
00:24However, declining may require navigating prompts multiple times.
00:28Despite declining, TurboTax will still file your return.
00:33Other tax software providers like H&R Block may also request similar permissions,
00:38underscoring the importance of remaining vigilant regardless of the platform used for filing taxes.

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