Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy lawsuits | TechCrunch

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News Summary
- The lawsuits were brought by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton in 2022
- Facebook’s parent company Meta agreed to pay a similar amount to settle a facial recognition-related lawsuit from Paxton last year
- A Google spokesperson said the company is settling the lawsuits without any admission of wrongdoing or liability
Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits accusing the company of tracking users personal location, incognito searches, and voice and facial data without their [+1903 chars]