Plaintiff Dismisses TaxAct Privacy Case After Claims Are Folded Into Another Class Action

Matthew Hartz voluntarily dismissed without prejudice his privacy action vs. TaxAct because his claims have been incorporated into Smith-Washington v. TaxAct, said his notice of dismissal (docket 1:23-cv-04591) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Illinois in Chicago Thursday. Hartz’s July complaint alleged TaxAct violated congressional and IRS safeguards against the sharing of private tax return information with third parties when it transmitted his personally identifiable information to Facebook and Google (see 2307170033). TaxAct has not served an answer or a motion for summary judgment in the proceeding, so dismissal without prejudice is appropriate without a court order, said the notice.