Netflix has been sued by the attorney general of Texas, who alleges the streaming giant misled consumers for years about how it collects their data, tracks their viewing behavior and handles children's accounts while building what the state describes as a "behavioral-surveillance program of staggering scale.

Netflix is in the crosshairs of Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, who filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant, alleging violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

“Netflix has built a surveillance program designed to illegally collect and profit from Texans’ personal data without their consent, and my office will do everything in our power to stop it,” Paxton s...