Paidsettlement · Texas CUBI
Meta's $1.4B Texas biometric settlement
$1.4B
Texas Attorney General
US (Texas) · 2024
Status: Paid
What happened
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.
How it affected users
Users' faceprints were created and stored without permission.
Status timeline
Jul 30, 2024
Penalty announced.
Sources
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "Meta's $1.4B Texas biometric settlement," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2024-07-30. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/meta-us-texas-biometric-2024/