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United States of America: Announced lawsuit against Google for Unlawful Collection of Texans Users' Biometric Data

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Announced 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…

Scope

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

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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…