Google is still fighting suits filed by states or the federal government a few years ago. One of them was decided and finished this summer. The state of Texas won it.
Attorney General Ken Paxton says, "In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law. For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services . . .They will pay for abusing our trust."
After aggressive litigation by the Attorney General, a settlement was negotiated in place of a judge's legal decision. Google will pay the state of Texas $1,375,000,000: far, far more than Google has had to pay as a result of other similar suits.
This is in addition to a similar suit and settlement with Meta just a year ago, where they settled to pay Texas $1.4 billion. I hope the technology sector has learned that we the people will not tolerate massive, secret theft of privacy.
from Texas state website
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