Security News > 2022 > October > Google sued over biometric data collection without consent
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has sued Google for allegedly collecting and using biometric data belonging to millions of Texans without proper consent.
The Texas AG says that Google allegedly used products and services like Google Photos, Google Assistant, and Nest Hub Max to collect a vast array of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry since 2015.
"In blatant defiance of that law, Google has, since at least 2015, collected biometric data from innumerable Texans and used their faces and their voices to serve Google's commercial ends."
Less than a week later, Paxton filed another lawsuit over Google alleged deceptive tracking of its users' location without consent and the use of location data for targeted ads.
"Google's indiscriminate collection of the personal information of Texans, including very sensitive information like biometric identifiers, will not be tolerated," Paxton added today.
Previously, Google was fined $2.72 billion for abusing its dominant market position to tweak search results, $1.7 billion for anti-competitive practices in online advertising, €220 million for favoring its services to the disadvantage of competitors, and $11.3 million for aggressive data collection.