{"count":3,"records":[{"id":"tx-ag-meta-2024","kind":"fine","regulator":"Texas Attorney General","regulator_code":"TX-AG","country":"US","subdivision":"TX","region":"US","organisation":"Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook)","sector":"tech_platform","decision_date":"2024-07-30","date_basis":"announcement","amount":1400000000,"currency":"USD","amount_gbp":1089837398,"amount_eur":1293422025,"fx_date":"2024-07-30","announced_amount":null,"law":"Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI) / Texas DTPA","articles":[],"failure_types":["biometrics","lawful_basis"],"scanner_checks":[],"summary":"Texas said Facebook's Tag Suggestions feature ran facial recognition on faces in uploaded photos for over a decade without informing Texans or getting consent. This first settlement under the Texas biometric law is payable over five years.","source_url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-14-billion-settlement-meta-over-its-unauthorized-capture","source_title":"Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $1.4 Billion Settlement with Meta Over Its Unauthorized Capture of Personal Biometric Data In Largest Settlement Ever Obtained From An Action Brought By A Single State","verified_on":"2026-11-06","status":"final","status_note":"Settlement; the page does not state any admission of liability. Page loaded via browser."},{"id":"dpc-meta-2023","kind":"fine","regulator":"Data Protection Commission","regulator_code":"DPC","country":"IE","subdivision":null,"region":"EU","organisation":"Meta Platforms Ireland Limited","sector":"tech_platform","decision_date":"2023-05-12","date_basis":"decision","amount":1200000000,"currency":"EUR","amount_gbp":1044240000,"amount_eur":1200000000,"fx_date":"2023-05-12","announced_amount":null,"law":"GDPR","articles":["Art. 46(1)","Art. 58(2)(j)","Art. 58(2)(d)"],"failure_types":["international_transfer"],"scanner_checks":["data_destinations"],"summary":"The DPC found that Meta kept transferring Facebook users' data from the EU to the US after the Schrems II ruling, relying on standard contractual clauses that did not give adequate protection. It ordered Meta to suspend the transfers and stop storing the unlawfully transferred data in the US, with the fine set after an EDPB binding decision.","source_url":"https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/press-releases/Data-Protection-Commission-announces-conclusion-of-inquiry-into-Meta-Ireland","source_title":"Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of inquiry into Meta Ireland","verified_on":"2026-11-06","status":"final","status_note":"Landmark older case. Decision adopted 12 May 2023, announced 22 May 2023, following EDPB Art. 65 binding decision of 13 April 2023. DPC page does not mention an appeal; appeal reported in press."},{"id":"tx-ag-google-2025","kind":"fine","regulator":"Texas Attorney General","regulator_code":"TX-AG","country":"US","subdivision":"TX","region":"US","organisation":"Google","sector":"tech_platform","decision_date":"2025-10-31","date_basis":"announcement","amount":1375000000,"currency":"USD","amount_gbp":1049160464,"amount_eur":1190064047,"fx_date":"2025-10-31","announced_amount":null,"law":"Texas state law (location, incognito and biometric claims)","articles":[],"failure_types":["biometrics","lawful_basis","transparency_notice"],"scanner_checks":["privacy_policy","analytics_disclosed","retention_disclosure","policy_freshness","cookie_policy","cookie_table"],"summary":"Texas said Google signed a settlement resolving two state lawsuits over tracking the location, incognito browsing activity and biometric identifiers of Texans.","source_url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-finalizes-historic-settlement-google-and-secures-1375-billion-big-tech","source_title":"Attorney General Ken Paxton Finalizes Historic Settlement with Google and Secures $1.375 Billion from the Big Tech Giant for Violating Texans' Privacy Rights","verified_on":"2026-11-06","status":"final","status_note":"Settlement in principle announced May 2025; signed per this 31 October 2025 release. The page does not name the statutes or state any admission of liability."}]}