ANOTHER PAXTON WIN! Google Hit with Historic $1.375 Billion Settlement for Secretly Tracking People’s Movements, Private Searches, Voiceprints, and Facial Data

/www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | May. 10, 2025 8:15 am | by Jim Hᴏft

[airdalechief]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has delivered a knockout punch to Google, securing a record-shattering $1.375 billion settlement for the Big Tech’s covert surveillance of everyday Americans.

This staggering sum is nearly a billion dollars more than what 40 states combined were able to wring from Google for similar offenses — a testament to Paxton’s unrelenting crusade against Big Tech tyranny.

[airdalechief]

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.”

[Pearls Before Swine]

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

[nopardons]

BTTT

[dblshot]

a record-shattering $1.375 billion settlement
Everything is bigger in Texas '-)

[mewzilla]

So who gets the money?

Google’s victims...

Or Deep State?

[9YearLurker]

Still a pittance for the offenses.

[BlackbirdSST]

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?

[Ancesthntr]

The opens the door to similar suits by other states and the feds, as well as multiple class action suits.

[Lockbox]

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

[Doctor Congo]

From the article:

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.”

The lawsuit outlines that the data harvested by Google could reveal:

Home and work addresses
Political and religious affiliations
Medical conditions and support group attendance
Sexual orientation and income level
Life milestones like marriage, divorce, or childbirth
Even with location services “turned off,” Google reportedly continued to track users through Wi-Fi signals, Bluetooth, and IP addresses, deceiving consumers and violating their right to privacy.

[daniel1212]

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.

[catnipman]

“So who gets the money?”

more importantly: did google stop doing it?

[Macho MAGA Man]

Who gets the money and how much?

[Texas Fossil]

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.”

[rightwingcrazy]

“$1.375 Billion”

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