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On July 30, 2024, a Texas state court issued an Order finalizing the largest-ever biometrics settlement, between the Texas Attorney General and Meta for a staggering $1.4 billion. The settlement resolves a longstanding civil action brought by the Texas Attorney General in 2022 asserting violations under Texas’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act.

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The Texas suit alleged that Meta, formerly known as Facebook, collected Texas residents’ biometric data through facial recognition algorithms employed in Meta’s tagging technology, which Meta has since discontinued. Notably, this settlement comes after Facebook settled a private class action lawsuit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in 2022 for $650 million. To date, the Texas settlement is the largest ever biometric settlement on record, whether by private right of action or state enforcement proceeding.

To read the full post, please visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://biometricprivacyinsider.com/2024/08/28/texas-attorney-general-reaches-largest-ever-biometrics-settlement-with-meta/">Biometric Privacy Insider</a>&nbsp;blog.

Texas Attorney General Reaches Largest-Ever Biometrics Settlement with Meta

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