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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Google over biometric data concerns

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Google over biometric data concerns

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming the internet giant is violating state law by amassing facial and voice recognition data on Texans without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit claims Google apps and devices indefinitely store data on facial geometry and voiceprints from anyone they capture, whether… Source link

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Paxton Sues Google for its Unauthorized Capture and Use of Biometric Data and Violation of Texans’ Privacy

Paxton Sues Google for its Unauthorized Capture and Use of Biometric Data and Violation of Texans’ Privacy

Attorney General Paxton has sued Google, alleging that the tech giant has unlawfully captured and used the biometric data of millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so.  The lawsuit alleges that Google, in yet another violation of Texans’ privacy, has collected millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, from Texans through its products and services like Google Photos, Google… Source link

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Paxton Sues Google for its Unauthorized Capture and Use of Biometric Data and Violation of Texans’ Privacy

Paxton Sues Google for its Unauthorized Capture and Use of Biometric Data and Violation of Texans’ Privacy

Attorney General Paxton has sued Google, alleging that the tech giant has unlawfully captured and used the biometric data of millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so.  The lawsuit alleges that Google, in yet another violation of Texans’ privacy, has collected millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, from Texans through its products and services like Google Photos, Google… Source link

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AG Paxton Sends Letter to Google Urging Fair Access to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Paxton Sues Google for its Unauthorized Capture and Use of Biometric Data and Violation of Texans’ Privacy

Attorney General Paxton sent a Virginia-led multistate letter to the CEO of Alphabet Inc.—the multinational Big Tech conglomerate of which Google is a part—urging the company not to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers in search results and online advertising. Democratic politicians have recently asked Google to limit the appearance of pro-life clinics in Google search results, advertisements, and Google Maps entries, and Google appears to have caved… Source link

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Attorney General Ken Paxton seeks $43M for Google lawsuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton seeks M for Google lawsuit

The mass exodus of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top staff over accusations of bribery against their former boss has left Paxton seeking $43 million in public funds to replace some of them with outside lawyers to lead a high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Google. Former Paxton aides told The Associated Press that before they reported him to the FBI in September and began resigning, the lawsuit against the search engine giant was set to be handled internally by what is one of the… Source link

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Ken Paxton scandal could cost state millions in legal fees for Google case

Ken Paxton scandal could cost state millions in legal fees for Google case

Texas may pay tens of millions of dollars to outside attorneys hired to handle a major lawsuit against Google — money the state did not plan to spend before a scandal enveloped Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this fall. That’s under agreements signed last month with outside lawyers based in Chicago, Houston and Washington, D.C., including high-profile plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Lanier and the law firm Keller Lenkner, who will lead Texas’ multi-state… Source link

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