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Texas attorney general (AG) Ken Paxton on Thursday filed a privacy lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly collecting and using biometric data through the search giant’s home devices without obtaining the explicit consent of Texas residents.

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.

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.

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. The complaint says that companies operating in Texas have been barred for more than a decade from collecting people's faces, voices or other biometric data without advanced, informed consent. "In blatant defiance of that law, Google has, since a...

Businesses defending class actions under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act have struggled to defeat claims. Last week in first BIPA class action to go to trial Illinois federal jury found BNSF Railway Co. violated BIPA. 45,000 truck drivers won $228 million.

Plaintiff Richard Rogers, a truck driver, alleges that BNSF improperly required drivers entering the Company's facilities to provide their biometric information through a fingerprint scanner.

The Colorado Attorney General's Office has published its much-anticipated proposed rules (Proposed Rules) implementing the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which, as we discussed in an...

Last month, a class-action complaint was filed against Walmart under the same legislation that speared a $650 million settlement with Facebook.

The law, which has led to multiple class-action settlements against various social media platforms, is now behind a complaint against Walmart.

A class action complaint was filed earlier this month against Walmart, alleging the retail giant violated Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Act by improperly using...