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The European Commission has adopted an agreement with the United States to reopen transatlantic data flows between the two trading blocs.

Starting this week, data-related tech companies will face one of their greatest fears: a collection of state-level laws dictating how they collect, store, and share consumer data, rather than a federal law.

According to an investigation by The Markup, tax filing websites such as TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block have been found to be secretly transmitting sensitive financial information to Facebook when Americans file their taxes online via its widespread code known as a pixel that helps developers track user activity on their sites.

Stardust, an astrology-focused menstrual tracking app, says in its privacy policy that when police ask for user data, it will comply, whether required by law or not, despite claims that the data is “anonymized” and “encrypted.”