Meta Agrees to $1.4B Settlement With Texas Over Biometric Privacy

The process took two years, but this is the first successful settlement obtained under Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act, which forbids the capture of biometric data without users explicit consent.

Meta
has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit with the state of Texas over Facebooks unauthorized use of user
biometric data
.
This is the largest settlement ever obtained from an action by a single state, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Its also the first settlement successfully obtained under the Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act in Texas.
This historic settlement demonstrates our commitment to standing up to the worlds biggest technology companies and holding them accountable for breaking the law and violating Texans’ privacy rights,
said Paxtons office
in a statement. Any abuse of Texans sensitive data will be met with the full force of the law.
Texas initially filed the
lawsuit
in February 2022, arguing that the technology giant captured and stored the biometric data of millions of Texas residents without their explicit consent. The capture occurred for more a decade, as Meta runs facial recognition software on a majority of faces depicted in photographs uploaded to Facebook.
According to Paxtons office, Meta did this despite knowing that CUBI forbids companies from capturing biometric identifiers of Texans unless consent is received.
Now, that the settlement has been reached nearly two years later, Meta will pay the staggering sum over a period of five years to the Texas state coffers.

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