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Comment: Meta's $1.4 billion settlement with Texas includes biometric safe harbor

By Mike Swift ( July 31, 2024, 23:42 GMT | Comment) -- Meta Platforms' $1.4 billion settlement with the Texas attorney general over its use of facial-recognition technology drew attention because of the unprecedented size of the privacy settlement with a state regulator. But the settlement agreement also includes a new “notice and dispute resolution” system that would give Meta legal certainty going forward for how it could use biometric data without running afoul of Texas biometric privacy laws.While Meta Platforms will spend an eye-popping $1.4 billion to settle privacy litigation filed by the state of Texas, the tech giant got something out of the deal as well: a roadmap for how it could legally use the biometric data of Texans to train artificial intelligence algorithms or for other commercial purposes....

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