Tech giant Google has agreed to pay the State of Texas $1.375bn to resolve data-privacy claims. This settlement, secured by Attorney General Ken Paxton, represents the largest amount ever recovered in such a case against Google by any state attorney general.

Google agreed to a $1.3 billion settlement with Texas in lawsuits over location and private browsing tracking, and biometric data collection.

The state attorney general sued Google in 2022, alleging it unlawfully tracked and collected users’ private data.