Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Google once more.
In Texas, Google is being sued for gathering and utilizing personally identifiable information. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit alleging that the firm did not appropriately seek customers in the state for consent to collect and utilize voice and face data. He claims that Google Workspace parent company has repeatedly violated the state’s biometric data rules through these acts since 2015.
Google services and data security
Google Photos, Google Assistant, and the company’s Nest product line all collect data that is used to build artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, according to Paxton.
Google, predictably, claims Paxton is completely incorrect. In response, Google representative José Castaeda stated, “AG Paxton is once again mischaracterizing our products in another frenzied lawsuit.”
“For example, Google Images helps you arrange shots of individuals by grouping similar faces, making it easier to discover old photos.” Of course, this is only accessible to you, and you can quickly disable this feature if you don’t want to see it. We never utilize photographs or videos in Google Photos for advertising reasons.”
“The same is true for Nest Hub Max’s Voice Match and Face Match, which are optional capabilities that allow customers to let Google Assistant identify their voice or face to reveal their information.” We will clear the record in court.”
If you get the impression that Google is getting tired of Paxton, you could be right. Paxton has been hunting Google for quite some time.
The Texas attorney general is leading a “coalition of states” lawsuit against Google on antitrust grounds, alleging that the company unjustly monopolized the internet advertising technology industry. Paxton’s argument is that social media platform Facebook and Google conspired over an internet advertising arrangement. Though it was dismissed in September 2022 because the businesses merely pursued their own interests.
However, the antitrust coalition case was permitted to proceed in the same judgment. So, it’s completely feasible that this current data privacy lawsuit will continue as well.
