Texas Attorney General

Texas settled claims that Meta captured facial-recognition data of millions of Texans through photo tag suggestions without consent, in violation of Texas biometric law. It was the largest single-state privacy settlement at the time.

Texas settled claims that Google unlawfully captured biometric data such as face and voice identifiers and made misleading claims about Incognito mode and location tracking. It is one of the largest single-state privacy settlements on record.

Texas reached its own settlement with Meta over the safety of children on its platforms, separate from the 51 attorneys general deal announced the same day. The Attorney General's release says Meta will pay over $1 billion to the state and adopt new safeguards for young users.