Texas Sues Netflix, Alleging Data Sharing Consumer Protection Law Violations

( May 12, 2026, 11:24 AM EDT) -- MCKINNEY, Texas — Texas on May 11 filed a petition in Texas state court against Netflix Inc., asserting that the streaming service violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) by misrepresenting that it did not share users’ data when instead it mined users’ data and shared it with commercial data brokers and advertising technology companies....