Google to pay Texas $1.4 billion over data privacy suit

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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• Texas AG Ken Paxton sued Google in 2022 over claims that the company violated data privacy laws.
• The company agreed to pay Texas about $1.4 billion to settle two lawsuits, Paxton said.
• Google just lost a major antitrust case that could significantly change the shape of its business.

Google has agreed to settle a case as it deals with a government effort to break up its business.