Posted on 10/20/2022 9:50:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (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 at least 2015, collected biometric data from innumerable Texans and used their faces and their voices to serve Google’s commercial ends," the complaint said. "Indeed, all across the state, everyday Texans have become unwitting cash cows being milked by Google for profits."
Google did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The collection occurred through products like Google Photos, Google Assistant, and Nest Hub Max, the statement said.
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Sue them into bankruptcy!
Google IS Evil!
Avoid them as much as possible.
“Do no evil.”
LOL!
5.56mm
Awesome!
Hopefully, after 10 years in the courts, something good comes of it...
Why isn’t it accompanied with a Criminal Complaint for attempted Identity Theft of Millions of people?? ARREST AND PROSECUTE ALL OF THEM
“Do lots of evil.” would be more accurate.
Bkmk
A $10,000 per offense seems about right. Since this offense was probably committed hundreds or thousands of times against most all 29 million Texans, Google, your fine is 29 billion dollars.
Google is a bad actor
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