Texas says Netflix was spying on your kids. And selling it.

May 13, 2026

By Kim Komando

The major lawsuit just landed, and the details are enough to make you furious. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against Netflix, accusing the company of secretly tracking children and adults, then selling that data to strangers for billions of dollars a year. This wasn’t a hack. This wasn’t a glitch. This was the plan.

The AG’s office says Netflix logged your viewing history, device info, home Wi-Fi network, app usage and behavioral patterns. Every pause, every tap, every midnight “one more episode.” All of it packaged into a detailed profile and handed off to data brokers and advertising tech companies who combined it with data from other platforms to build a dossier on you and your family.

For years, Netflix said it didn’t collect or share extensive data. The AG’s office says that was a lie. 

Netflix calls the lawsuit “inaccurate and distorted.” A judge will get to decide that. 

🎬 They manipulate you

Netflix didn’t merely collect data. It engineered your behavior. That autoplay feature that fires the next episode before you can reach for the remote? It has a name. It’s called a dark pattern, a design trick built to keep you watching longer. More watch time equals more data. More data equals more money.

You didn’t accidentally binge six episodes. You were steered.

And it worked on your kids the same way. Netflix designed children’s profiles to maximize engagement. Maximum engagement means maximum data. All while parents assumed it was a cartoon playlist.

🔒 Lock it down now

You can’t undo what Netflix already collected. But you can stop the bleeding today.

1. Go to Netflix.com and sign in. 
2. Click your Profile icon > Account > Profiles. Review every toggle.
3. Lock your kids’ profiles. Go to Account > Profile & Parental Controls > Edit Settings > Profile Lock > set a PIN.
4. Kill autoplay. Go to Account > Edit Settings > Playback Settings and uncheck Autoplay next episode.

The Texas AG wants Netflix to purge the collected data and pay up to $10,000 per violation. With tens of millions of subscribers, that number gets enormous fast. Huge.

Netflix knows more about your household than your family doctor. And it’s accused of selling that info to people you’ve never met who are doing who knows what with it all. It never stops.

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📩 Send this to someone who uses Netflix.