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Google Will Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission
Google will pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas, reports the Associated Press, "to settle claims the company collected users' data without permission, the state's attorney general announced Friday." Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that ...
Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of "selling away our rights and freedoms." Google spokesperson José Castañeda said the agreement settles an array of "old claims," some of which relate to product policies the company has already changed. The statement calls the $1.375 billion settlement "a major win for Texans' privacy" that "tells companies that they will pay for abusing our trust."
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