Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits accusing the company of violating its residents’ data privacy rights. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Google in 2022, alleging that it collected users’ biometrics without their express consent and continued to track their location even after they’ve disabled the feature. In the Attorney General’s website, his office said that it’s the biggest amount Google has agreed to pay to resolve similar lawsuits for data privacy violations. “For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches,
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