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.
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX)July 30, 2024
This settlement is the largest ever obtained from an action… pic.twitter.com/AkOppAGO0K