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Texas sues Google over alleged 'indiscriminate' biometric data collection

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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Google on Thursday, alleging the tech giant had violated the state’s biometric privacy law by “indiscriminately” collecting voiceprints and facial recognition data from users and non-users of the company’s products without their cons…

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Texas sues Google over alleged 'indiscriminate' biometric data collection (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Brian Fung, CNN Business Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Google on Thursday, alleging the tech giant had violated the state’s biometric privacy law by “indiscriminately” collecting voiceprints and facial recognition data from users and non-users of the company’s products without their cons…

  2. KVUE

    Attorney General Ken Paxton opens lawsuit against Google for privacy violation (opens KVUE)

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    Paxton is accusing the tech giant of unlawfully capturing and using the biometric data of people in Texas without their consent.

  3. Breitbart News

    Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Google over Biometric Data Collection (opens Breitbart News)

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the Lone Star State will bring a case against Google over the unauthorized collection of biometric data from users without their informed consent, in the latest of a long string of legal cases brought by the Texas AG against the tech giant.

  4. Engadget

    Texas AG sues Google over its facial data collection practices (opens Engadget)

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    Texas AG, Ken Paxton, is once again suing Google -- this time over the company's use of facial and voice biometric data gathered from the state's residents..

  5. Fox7 Austin

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Google again, this time over facial recognition and voice data (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Google claiming the search giant violated Texans' privacy without getting their consent to do so.

  6. The Washington Free Beacon

    Texas Sues Google for Allegedly Collecting Biometric Data of Millions Without Consent (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Texas has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google for allegedly collecting biometric data of millions of Texans without obtaining proper consent, the attorney general's office said in a statement on Thursday.

  7. The Guardian

    Texas sues Google for allegedly using people’s faces and voices without consent (opens The Guardian)

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    Google collected biometric data ‘from innumerable Texans’ and used faces and voices to serve commercial ends, complaint says

  8. CBS News

    Texas accuses Google of collecting people's facial and voice data without their consent (opens CBS News)

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    State's attorney general alleges the search giant is illegally capturing and commercializing individual biometric data

  9. New York Times

    Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent (opens New York Times)

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    Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, said products like Google Photos and the Nest camera had violated Texans’ privacy rights.

  10. NewsBusters

    Texas AG Sues Google For ‘Unlawfully’ Collecting User Biometric Data (opens NewsBusters)

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    Google is once again accused of manipulating users and their data for the company’s own gain.

  11. FOX Business

    Google sued by Texas attorney general over alleged biometric data violations (opens FOX Business)

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Google, alleging the California-based tech giant violated a state identity law, his office announced Thursday.

  12. NewsBusters

    Texas AG Sues Google, Accuses Platform of ‘Unlawfully’ Collecting User Biometric Data (opens NewsBusters)

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    Google is once again accused of manipulating users and their data for the company’s own gain.

  13. Washington Times

    Texas sues Google for surreptitiously collecting users’ biometric data in photos, voice recordings (opens Washington Times)

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    Texas has filed a lawsuit against Google claiming the tech behemoth took users’ biometric data without permission.

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