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On May 9, the Office of the Attorney General for Texas announced it reached a $1.375 billion settlement with a tech company for the violation of Texas data privacy laws. The lawsuit alleged unlawful tracking of users’ private...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton announced a settlement in principle with Google LLC to resolve allegations of data privacy and security violations. The settlement will resolve lawsuits filed by Texas against Google for allegedly...more
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