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Google Agrees to $1.375 Billion Settlement with Texas Over Privacy Violations

The deal, the largest state-level privacy settlement to date, resolves allegations of unlawful tracking and biometric data collection without requiring product changes.

The exterior of the new headquarters of Google is seen at 550 Washington Street in Hudson Square on January 09, 2024 in New York City.
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FILE – A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Overview

  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a preliminary $1.375 billion settlement with Google over data privacy lawsuits filed in 2022.
  • The lawsuits accused Google of secretly tracking users’ locations, private searches, and collecting biometric data without consent.
  • The settlement surpasses all previous state-level recoveries against Google for similar violations, including a $391 million multistate settlement in 2023.
  • Google has not admitted wrongdoing and is not required to make changes to its products as part of the agreement.
  • The settlement is subject to final approval and follows Texas’s $1.4 billion privacy settlement with Meta in 2024.