Texas AG v. Google: data privacy settlement privacy case

Decision

Regulator

TATexas Attorney General

acted against

Against

Google LLC

Settles Texas suits filed in 2022 alleging Google unlawfully tracked and collected users' geolocation, incognito search and biometric data.

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