In 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits against Google over the unlawful tracking of users' data. Recently, Google agreed to settle these claims for $1.375 billion, marking one of the largest settlements for data privacy violations by a tech company. Despite the settlement, Google has not acknowledged any wrongdoing. This legal resolution comes amid ongoing challenges for the company, including a significant antitrust ruling that deemed Google a monopoly in the search engine market, leading to further scrutiny and potential restructuring by the Department of Justice.
In 2022, Attorney General Paxton sued Google for unlawfully tracking and collecting users' private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data.
The settlement does not mean Google has admitted to any fault. A Google spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last August, Google lost a landmark antitrust case that determined it had a monopoly on the search engine business.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, is facing many legal headaches, now including a court battle with the Department of Justice regarding the divestment of its Chrome web browser.
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