United States of America: Texas Attorney General lawsuit against Google over location tracking practices
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Texas Attorney General announced that Google signed USD 1.375 billion settlement to resolve allegations that it tracked users’ location data without their consent
On 31 October 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Google signed a USD 1.375 billion settlement for alleged breaches of data protection regulations. The settlement addresses the three cases alleging that Google collected users’ loc…
SourceTexas Attorney General reached settlement in lawsuit against Google for allegedly tracking location data without users’ consent
On 9 May 2025, the Office of the Attorney General of Texas reached a provisional settlement agreement with Google in the public lawsuit concerning alleged breaches of data protection regulations. The case involved claims that Google collected users’…
SourceAnnounced lawsuit against Google for Unlawful Collection of Texans Users' Biometric Data
On 20 October 2022, the Texas Attorney General (AG) filed a lawsuit against Google for collecting biometric identifiers among Texan users without consent, violating the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI). Biometric identifiers i…
SourceTexas Attorney General amended lawsuit against Google to include “incog¬ni¬to mode” as another deceptive trade practices
On 19 May 2022, Attorney General Paxton of Texas filed an amended petition in a public lawsuit against Google. The amendment incorporated allegations that Google's Incognito mode constitutes a deceptive trade practice. The lawsuit originally alleged…
SourceTexas Attorney General files lawsuit against Google for allegedly tracking location data without users’ consent
On 24 January 2022, the Attorney General of Texas filed a lawsuit against Google over the platform's location tracking practices. In the lawsuit, it is alleged that Google violated Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act by misleading consumers to obta…
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