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Texas sues Google over biometric recognition features

On Thursday, the US state of Texas initiated a lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of collecting copious quantities of biometric...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief October 21, 2022
Updated October 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM
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On Thursday, the US state of Texas initiated a lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of collecting copious quantities of biometric information from people without their knowledge or agreement, a charge the California-based corporation has denied.

Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement that the lawsuit accuses Google of illegally collecting "millions of biometric identifiers," including voice and face information, from users in Texas and benefiting from the practise.

“Google’s indiscriminate collection of the personal information of Texans, including very sensitive information like biometric identifiers, will not be tolerated,” Paxton said.

Google rejected the accusation, promising to “set the record straight” in court.

“AG Paxton is once again mischaracterizing our products in another breathless lawsuit,” Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said in reply to an AFP inquiry.

Google Photos uses technology that groups similar faces to make it easier to find old pictures, but they are only visible to users and the feature is easily turned off, according to Castaneda.

“The same is true for Voice Match and Face Match on Nest Hub Max, which are off-by-default features that give users the option to let Google Assistant recognize their voice or face to show their information,” Castaneda said.

Conservative Republican Paxton has taken aim at tech firms in a slew of lawsuits, including a similar complaint against Facebook-parent Meta in February.

Without clear federal guidelines addressing how user data can be collected and used, several US states have passed their own rules, while states and consumer groups have filed multiple lawsuits on the matter.
Tags: Internet, Technology

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