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Meta reaches $1.4 billion Texas biometric-data settlement

Texas alleged that Facebook’s former Tag Suggestions feature captured facial geometry from photographs without the disclosures and consent required by state biometric-privacy law. The state brought the first case under its Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act.

Confirmed

Case ID: meta-texas-biometrics-2024

What the record establishes

A settlement requires Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion over five years. The payment resolves the state’s allegations and is not described as a contested judicial finding of liability or a civil penalty, so it is excluded from penalty totals.

Sources

  1. Primary recordTexas secures $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over biometric dataOffice of the Texas Attorney General · 30 July 2024 · accessed 11 August 2026

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