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BumRushDaShow

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Sat May 10, 2025, 06:52 AM May 10

Google agrees to pay Texas $1.4 billion data privacy settlement

Source: CNBC

Published Fri, May 9 2025 6:58 PM EDT Updated Fri, May 9 2025 7:37 PM EDT


Google agreed to pay nearly $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle allegations of violating the data privacy rights of state residents, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday. Paxton sued Google in 2022 for allegedly unlawfully tracking and collecting the private data of users.

The attorney general said the settlement, which covers allegations in two separate lawsuits against the search engine and app giant, dwarfed all past settlements by other states with Google for similar data privacy violations. Google’s settlement comes nearly 10 months after Paxton obtained a $1.4 billion settlement for Texas from Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to resolve claims of unauthorized use of biometric data by users of those popular social media platforms.

“In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law,” Paxton said in a statement on Friday. “For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services. I fought back and won,” said Paxton. “This $1.375 billion settlement is a major win for Texans’ privacy and tells companies that they will pay for abusing our trust.”

Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said the company did not admit any wrongdoing or liability in the settlement, which involves allegations related to the Chrome browser’s incognito setting, disclosures related to location history on the Google Maps app, and biometric claims related to Google Photo.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/google-texas-data-privacy-settlement-paxton.html

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Google agrees to pay Texas $1.4 billion data privacy settlement (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 10 OP
LOL...their still tracking you. Duh........ Bengus81 May 10 #1
Google makes that every 35 hours. PSPS May 10 #2
Yes, it's just a small blip for them... Cost of doing business JoseBalow May 10 #4
Are Paxton and Abbott getting their cut and more importantly, are they Buddyzbuddy May 10 #3

Buddyzbuddy

(894 posts)
3. Are Paxton and Abbott getting their cut and more importantly, are they
Sat May 10, 2025, 11:33 AM
May 10

kicking a cut up to Paulie, err, I mean the Felon. He needs his taste, too.
F.ck the people actually damaged, right?

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