Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Thursday amended the initial lawsuit against Google to include claims regarding Google’s Incognito mode as another violation of Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
The lawsuit alleges that Google misled the public to believe they could restrict the sharing of their personal data through using Google’s Incognito mode. However, “[i]n reality, Google deceptively collects an array of personal data even when a user has engaged Incognito mode” which the lawsuit says Google collected simply for profit.
The petition requests an array of reliefs, including “civil penalties, redress for consumers, and injunctive relief.”
Attorney General Paxton released a statement Thursday which included the following:
Google claims to give users control and to respect their choice but in reality, regardless of the settings users select, the Big Tech giant is still hard at work collecting and monetizing the location and other personal information that users seek to keep private, said Attorney General Paxton. I am not going to let Google succeed in deceiving Texans.
This is Attorney General Paxton’s fifth lawsuit filed against Google.