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United States of America: Texas Attorney General files lawsuit against Google for allegedly tracking location data without users’ consent

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Texas 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…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
consumer protection authority

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2022-01-24
under deliberation

On 24 January 2022, the Attorney General of Texas filed a lawsuit against Google over the platform'…

2022-05-19
under deliberation

On 19 May 2022, Attorney General Paxton of Texas filed an amended petition in a public lawsuit agai…

2022-10-20
under deliberation

On 20 October 2022, the Texas Attorney General (AG) filed a lawsuit against Google for collecting b…

2025-05-09
under investigation

On 9 May 2025, the Office of the Attorney General of Texas reached a provisional settlement agreeme…

2025-10-31
under investigation

On 31 October 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Google signed a USD 1.375 bill…