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This month, the Texas AG used the state’s biometric law ("CUBI") to help secure a $1.375‑billion settlement with Google, resolving two privacy complaints centered on the tech giant’s use of individuals’ biometric, geolocation, and incognito-mode search data. CUBI allows $25,000 in damages per violation. The settlement, which echoes the billion-dollar settlement with Meta in&nbsp;2024, highlights the AG’s broad interpretation of CUBI’s provisions.&nbsp;

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Blank Rome partner Jeffrey N. Rosenthal, along with professionals at Baker Botts, Carter Ledyard&nbsp;&amp; Milburn, and Haynes Boone, examine the circumstances surrounding the settlement, offers four biometric law compliance considerations, and discusses regulatory and litigation risk factors highlighted by the case.

To read the article, please click <a href="https://www.cslawreport.com/21169961/texas-ag-s-billion-dollar-settlement-with-google-highlights-biometric-data-use-compliance-considerations.thtml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a> (subscription required).

"Texas AG’s Billion-Dollar Settlement With Google Highlights Biometric Data Use Compliance Considerations," by Matt Fleischer-Black, was published in the <a href="https://www.cslawreport.com/21169961/texas-ag-s-billion-dollar-settlement-with-google-highlights-biometric-data-use-compliance-considerations.thtml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cybersecurity Law Report</a> on May 21, 2025.

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