Texas sued Google for illegally collecting biometric data without user consent.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
For example, the Google Photos app analyzes the facial features of people uploaded to the website and groups them.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
Texas introduced a biometric privacy law in 2009, requiring the state to file lawsuits against businesses on behalf of consumers.<\/p>\n
If found to be in violation of the law, they could face fines of up to $25,000 each.<\/p>\n
Google did not immediately comment on this, the Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"