Google to pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims of unauthorized tracking, collecting of private data

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle a lawsuit claiming the company collected users' data without permission, according to state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Paxton said the settlement sends a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to profit off "selling away our rights and freedoms." He also said the agreement "is a major win for Texans’ privacy and tells companies that they will pay for abusing our trust."

"In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law," Paxton said in a statement.