Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit against Netflix, claiming that the platform has collected users\u2019 data without their permission, according to a news release. <\/p>\n
The lawsuit argues that Netflix uses \u201cintentional engineering\u201d to track users\u2019 viewing habits, preferences, devices, household networks, application usage and other data. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery interaction on the platform became a data point revealing information about the user,\u201d the release said, in part. \u201cThis tracking applied to not only to adults\u2019 accounts, but also kids\u2019 profiles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Netflix then shared the data information with commercial data brokers and advertising technology companies, Paxton said in the lawsuit. <\/p>\n
\u201cNetflix has built a surveillance program designed to illegally collect and profit from Texans\u2019 personal data without their consent, and my office will do everything in our power to stop it,\u201d Paxton said.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit also alleges Netflix deliberately engineered its platform to be addictive, citing its autoplay feature as a tool designed to keep users \u2014 including children \u2014 watching for extended periods.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit requests that Netflix stop collecting and disclosing user data without consent, and disable autoplay by default on children\u2019s profiles. <\/p>\n
Paxton is seeking to hold Netflix accountable under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. <\/p>\n
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