US EditionGoogle will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $1.4 billion preliminary settlement with Google over data privacy violations on May 9, 2025.
- The settlement addresses a 2022 lawsuit accusing Google of illegally monitoring users’ sensitive information such as location details, searches made in private browsing mode, and biometric markers.
- Google collected biometric data like voiceprints and facial geometry through products such as Google Photos, Assistant, and Nest Hub Max over several years.
- Paxton called the deal a "historic win for Texans' data privacy" and said, "In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law."
- This marks Texas’s second major $1.4 billion privacy settlement against big tech in consecutive years, following a similar case against Meta in 2024.
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Google agrees to pay $1.4 billion to settle 2 privacy lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO — Google agreed to pay US$1.4 billion to the state of Texas on Friday to settle two lawsuits accusing it of violating the privacy of state residents by tracking their locations and searches, as well as collecting their facial recognition information.
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit: state's attorney general
"Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday announ…
Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces $1.375 Billion Settlement from Google for Privacy Violations - The Last Refuge
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