An agreement in principle on two consumer privacy suits brought by the Texas Attorney General's office would settle the complaints for a total of $1.375 billion. The suits broadly involve surreptitious tracking of users via several methods and products in recent years, including alleged undisclosed company use of biometrics.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018 is still not quite out of the news yet, as investigations around the world continue to wrap up. Australia's Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million AUD privacy settlement over the violations.
The California location tracking issue dates back to 2018. Over 40 states have already reached similar privacy settlements with the tech giant, with Google having now paid over $600 million in total.
Elon Musk is asking a US District Court to put an end to the FTC privacy settlement the company has been subject to since May of last year, claiming biased investigations and misconduct.



