As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Reuters.

In the lawsuit, State Attorney General Ken Paxton states that for more than a decade, companies operating in Texas have been prohibited from collecting facial images, voice recordings, and other biometric data from people without prior permission.

“Google, in flagrant violation of this law, has collected biometric data from countless Texans since at least 2015 and used their faces and voices for commercial purposes,” the attorney general said. Said. “So statewide, ordinary Texans have unwittingly become Google’s cash cows for profit.”

It was noted that data collection took place through products such as Google Photos, Google Assistant and Nest Hub Max.

In turn, Google said that users of the service have the opportunity to disable the biometric data collection function.

“Attorney General Paxton is once again mischaracterizing our products in another ridiculous case,” said Google spokesman Jose Castaneda. – We’ll put all the dots on the “i” in court.”

The lawsuit is one of several lawsuits filed by various states against Google alleging unfair privacy practices. In particular, Texas, Indiana, the state of Washington and the District of Columbia sued Google in January for alleged “deceptive location tracking practices” to intrude on users’ privacy.