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Texas AG Secures $1.375B from Google for Unlawful Geolocation and Biometric Tracking

GoogleOctober 31, 2025Texas Attorney General

Penalty Amount

$1,375,000,000

Summary

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $1.375 billion settlement with Google for unlawfully tracking Texans' geolocation data, incognito browsing activity, and biometric identifiers without consent. This is the largest single-state privacy settlement against Google, significantly larger than multistate settlements. The agreement resolves two major privacy enforcement actions brought by Texas.

Remedy

Google must pay $1.375 billion to the State of Texas as part of the settlement agreement.

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Google

Industry

Technology

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