Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday that Google has agreed to a $1.375 billion settlement concerning the misuse of users’ private data. In a press release, Paxton stated the agreement concludes “two of the largest data privacy enforcement actions ever brought by a single state against the tech giant.” He emphasized the settlement as a warning to Big Tech, declaring, “I will take aggressive action against any company that misuses Texans’ data and violates their privacy.” Paxton highlighted the unprecedented scale of the penalty, noting it far exceeds previous state-level settlements against Google. The attorney general previously filed lawsuits against Google for unlawfully tracking geolocation, incognito browsing activity, and biometric identifiers. This settlement surpasses the prior largest single-state award of $93 million and outpaces a 40-state coalition’s $391 million privacy case against the company. Paxton credited Norton Rose Fulbright as outside counsel for the Office of Attorney General. The agreement follows earlier settlements with Meta and Google over data practices, including a $1.4 billion deal with Meta and smaller penalties for anticompetitive actions. A Google spokesperson stated the pact resolves “old claims” the company has since addressed, pledging continued improvements to privacy controls.