“Netflix has been sued in Texas over claims it collects data belonging to children and adults in the US state without their consent”

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the streaming giant of "spying" on citizens saying it "records and monetises billions" of pieces of information about how users behave on the platform”

“Netflix has rejected the claims and says it will challenge them in court”

“the complaint filed on Monday by Texas' top prosecutor”

“the filing says Netflix used a combination of "addictive" design features, like auto-playing content, and extensive "logging" of user activity to keep people on the site.”

“In 2022, it says, the company also began "leveraging the mountains of data it quietly extracted from the children and families it kept fixated on their screen" - sharing this with commercial data brokers to help raise billions of dollars in revenue.”

“Attorney General Paxton's office said it believed the company had violated the state's laws, namely the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act”

“it wants the court to order Netflix to delete any data "deceptively collected from Texans", cease processing their data for targeted advertising and to turn auto-play off by default for children's profiles.”