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According to the lawsuit, Google duped its users by creating a maze of confusing and misleading settings, falsely telling Texans they could protect their privacy by turning off features like “Location History.” But in reality, Google was still logging user data using obscure and hard-to-find settings like “Web & App Activity,” storing data in shadowy internal databases with Orwellian names like “Footprints.”
1 posted on 05/11/2025 5:22:03 AM PDT by airdalechief
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To: airdalechief

Wait til Meta gets its glasses logging data. The Google stuff is just a warm-up.


2 posted on 05/11/2025 5:32:06 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: airdalechief
a record-shattering $1.375 billion settlement
Everything is bigger in Texas '-)
4 posted on 05/11/2025 5:36:36 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: airdalechief

So who gets the money?

Google’s victims...

Or Deep State?


5 posted on 05/11/2025 5:37:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: airdalechief

Still a pittance for the offenses.


6 posted on 05/11/2025 5:37:56 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: airdalechief

I see googles worth is around 1.8 TRILLION $’s. Is there anything in this that forces them to change their ways or is this just an occasional cost for them to do business?


7 posted on 05/11/2025 5:50:43 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: airdalechief

Well I’ll take my $4,100 in the form of a check, AG…..


9 posted on 05/11/2025 6:01:35 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: airdalechief
Since Google "shadow bans" sites as this then no tears shed. Even if you search the title, Negative Physical, Psychological, Financial and Spiritual effects of fornication, it is not included in search results, at least the first 50 last i checked.
11 posted on 05/11/2025 7:36:32 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: airdalechief

Public Statement:

Attorney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures His­toric $1.375 Bil­lion Set­tle­ment with Google Relat­ed to Tex­ans’ Data Pri­va­cy Rights (May 9, 2025)

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-historic-1375-billion-settlement-google-related-texans-data
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Paxton: “This $1.375 billion settlement is a major win for Texans’ privacy and tells companies that they will pay for abusing our trust. I will always protect Texans by stopping Big Tech’s attempts to make a profit by selling away our rights and freedoms.”


14 posted on 05/11/2025 11:26:59 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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“$1.375 Billion”

Almost enough for them to notice. Kind of like a bug bite.


15 posted on 05/11/2025 11:35:46 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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