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Google will pay $1.38 billion to settle Texas privacy suits

By Mike Swift, Maria Dinzeo and Xu Yuan ( May 9, 2025, 23:29 GMT | Insight) -- In a landmark settlement that underscores the growing prominence of US states in privacy regulation, Google will pay nearly $1.4 billion to settle two privacy cases filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2022. The settlement cover two separate lawsuits by Texas over Google's use of geolocation data, browser data from Chrome and facial recognition technology. In the biggest privacy settlement with a US regulator in Google’s history, the Internet giant will pay $1.38 billion to Texas to settle two suits filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton over its use of geolocation data, browser data and facial recognition technology....

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