If you’re using SimplexTax and follow this blog because you prioritize on your privacy, you likely want to take the following steps immediately:

Login to your account, and go to the account page.

Uncheck “Anonymous usage data” and “Your tax return”.

Find someone else to do your taxes in 2019.

Why the changes? SimpleTax was acquired by Weathsimple.

You can see the changes in privacy policy since the acquisition here:

Absolutely gutted to see @simpletax gobbled up by the surveillance and data economy.



before @wealthsimple acquisition: https://t.co/uJfQese8GY



after @wealthsimple acquisition: https://t.co/KDGRSfEXt2



One was written with people & principles in mind, the other with profit. — Jeff Sagal (@sagalbot) January 9, 2020

You can read about the changes to their privacy policy on their blog. What’s not obvious is how this opt-out strategy, which appears to counter privacy laws that require opt-in consent, works exactly. I’ve asked them on Twitter, we’ll see how they respond: