Texas sued Google for illegally collecting biometric data without user consent.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement that he had filed a lawsuit against Google for “unauthorized collection of biometric data, including voices and faces, of millions of Texas residents.”
Texas uses Google Photos to search for photos of a specific person, Google’s Nest to alert you with facial recognition when a visitor arrives at your home, and Google’s voice-based “assistant” Google Assistant. Assistant) and others all claimed to have collected biometric data without permission.
For example, the Google Photos app analyzes the facial features of people uploaded to the website and groups them.
“These products infringe upon the rights of both users and non-users by having their faces and voices scanned or processed without the understanding or consent of both users and non-users,” said Secretary of State Texton. not,” he said.
Texas introduced a biometric privacy law in 2009, requiring the state to file lawsuits against businesses on behalf of consumers.
If found to be in violation of the law, they could face fines of up to $25,000 each.
Google did not immediately comment on this, the Wall Street Journal reported.