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from Purism's newsletter: Google to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion to End Privacy Cases Google’s $1.375 billion settlement with Texas is a wake-up call for digital privacy (Bloomberg Law). In a historic move, Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two major privacy lawsuits—one over illegal location tracking and another involving unauthorized facial recognition data collection. This marks one of the largest privacy settlements ever secured by a single state and underscores the mounting backlash against Big Tech’s invasive data practices. The lawsuits, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accused Google of tracking Texans’ physical locations and maintaining facial recognition data—all without users’ consent. A third claim, also resolved in the settlement, alleged that Google continued recording users’ search history even while in private “Incognito” mode, undermining trust in its privacy tools. Read more at Purism.