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Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy lawsuits


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

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 permission. Google won some earlier victories in these suits, for example with an appeals court ruling that the company lacks sufficient ties to Texas to face a lawsuit there. BOOK NOW The settlement comes after major antitrust rulings finding that Google acted illegally to maintain monopolies in web search and advertising tech, with proposed remedies including the divestment of Chrome.

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