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United States of America: Texas Attorney General amended lawsuit against Google to include “incog¬ni¬to mode” as another deceptive trade practices

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Texas 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…

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…