Google agreed to pay $ 1,375 billion to Texas within the framework of the allegations regarding violations of the confidentiality of user data. Texas Ken Pakston Chief Prosecutor reference to the press service reports Publication Verge.
Previously, in 2022, Texas General Prosecutor’s Office made two allegations against Google, accusing the company of watching and collecting the personal data of users illegally. In particular, geographical location data were related to activity and biometric data in hidden mode.
The amount of reconciliation of $ 1,375 billion is the biggest thing that the United States pays to a separate state in allegations of Google’s violation of data confidentiality. The maximum size of such a settlement was $ 93 million.
Commenting on the situation, Google said that many of the agreement is related to the old allegations that have already been solved in the other judicial zone, and the company’s policy on these issues has changed since then. The company stated that he was pleased with the fact that this problem was closed and stressed that he would continue to develop reliable mechanisms to control privacy in his services.
This is not the first status of major Google payments in privacy claims. Therefore, in 2022, the company agreed to pay $ 40 of $ 40 as part of the allegations regarding monitoring the location of users without consent. In addition, Meta (recognized as pro -excessive and prohibited in Russia) last year reached Texas with an agreement of $ 1.4 billion to solve the allegations of the use of people and label recognition technology in photographs.
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Source: Gazeta
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