Meta News: A major update has come out regarding the ongoing biometric privacy rule violation on tech giant Meta. The company has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement. In fact, Meta was accused of collecting and using biometric data of millions of people in Texas without permission by resorting to case recognition technology. This included videos and videos uploaded on Facebook.
According to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, this is the state’s largest settlement. This historic settlement reflects our commitment to stand up against the world’s tech giants and hold them accountable for breaking the law and violating the privacy rights of the people of Texas. Meta said on this agreement that we want to resolve this matter and look forward to finding a way to increase investment in Texas. This also includes data preparation.
Know when the case was filed
Actually, this case was filed against Meta in the Texas court in the year 2022. Earlier in 2021 also a case was registered against the company. In this too the company was accused of violating the privacy rules. Later a settlement of 650 million was reached in this case. During this time the company had talked about shutting down the face recognition system and deleting the fingerprints of millions of users.
Google was also sued in this manner
Let us tell you that like Meta, Google has also been accused of breaking privacy rules and a lawsuit was also filed against the company. It is alleged that Google collected biometric data of users through devices like Google Photos, Google Assistant and Next Hub Max. The hearing on the case going on against Google is going on. However, no final decision has come in this case yet.
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