{"id":15130,"date":"2022-10-22T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/?p=15130"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T23:06:51","slug":"texas-sues-google-for-allegedly-collecting-biometric-data-without-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/2022\/10\/22\/texas-sues-google-for-allegedly-collecting-biometric-data-without-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas sues Google for allegedly collecting biometric data without consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_230656\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230656\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230656\" src=\"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/obits-2022-10-21T102733.328.png\" alt=\"google\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-230656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File \/ Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, filed a privacy lawsuit again google on Thursday. The suit claims the company is collecting Texans\u2019 facial and voice recognition information without consent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ken Paxton claims a state consumer protection law was violated as it requires companies to inform citizens and request consent before capturing biometric identifiers such as fingerprints, voiceprints, or a \u201crecord of hand or face geometry\u201d. Violating the law can result in up to a $25,000 fine per violation. Google has millions of users in Texas who could have been affected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Paxton stated, \u201cI will continue to fight Big Tech to ensure privacy and security of all Texans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, a Google spokesman, Jos<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9 Casta\u00f1eda, claimed Paxton is \u201conce again mischaracterizing our products in another breathless lawsuit.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Photos app, Google\u2019s Nest camera, and Google Assistant are all under fire by Paxton as he claims the products violate the rights of users and nonusers by scanning voices and faces without consent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The complaint states, \u201cGoogle has now spent years unlawfully capturing the faces and voices of both nonconsenting users and nonusers throughout Texas \u2014 including our children and grandparents, who simply have no idea that their biometric information is being mined for profit by a global corporation.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Texas biometric privacy law was introduced in 2009 with Texas having to sue companies on consumers\u2019 behalf. Washington and Illinois passed similar laws around this time, though Illinois\u2019s version of the law permits individuals to directly sue companies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, filed a privacy lawsuit again google on Thursday. 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