Texas Attorney General Paxton Secures Historic $1.4 Billion Settlement with Facebook (Meta) Over Unauthorized Biometric Data Collection

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday that his office has secured a monumental $1.4 billion settlement with Meta, formerly known as Facebook, to halt the company’s unauthorized collection and use of the biometric data of millions of Texans.

The $1.4 billion settlement, to be paid over five years, underscores Texas’s unwavering stance on protecting the privacy rights of its citizens and sets a precedent for holding major technology companies accountable for their actions. ---More...

????BREAKING NEWS: We have secured a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta to stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric data of millions of Texans without the authorization required by law.

This settlement is the largest ever obtained from an action… pic.twitter.com/AkOppAGO0K

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX)July 30, 2024

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