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A California federal court has proposed that Google deletes billions of records collected on its browser while users had the incognito mode feature set.
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Google to delete billions of browser records to settle 'Incognito' lawsuit
Google has agreed to delete a vast trove of search data to settle a suit that it tracked millions of US users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.
The first details emerged Monday from Google’s settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Chrome’s tracking of Incognito users. Filed in 2020, the suit could have required the company to pay $5 billion in damages.
In an agreement released on Monday, Google said it will permanently remove information it secretly gathered when millions of people were searching the internet in "incognito" mode.
Google will delete billions of data records as part of a settlement for a lawsuit that accused the tech giant of improperly tracking the web-browsing habits of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.
A California federal court has proposed that Google deletes billions of records collected on its browser while users had the incognito mode feature set.
Google has committed to deleting billions of records containing personal information gathered from over 136 million internet users in the United States who browse through its Chrome web browser.
Google has agreed to destroy or "de-identify" billions of records of web browsing data collected from users in its private browsing "Incognito Mode," as part of a proposed class action settlement filed on Monday.
Just how much data does Google collect when you browse in incognito mode? A lot more than people realized, a new court filing confirms as Google agrees to delete records.
Google has recently agreed to delete browsing data collected while using Chrome's Incognito mode to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit, the New York Post reported.According to the settlement agreement, filed Monday in California federal court, Google will destroy or de-identify billions of records co…
Google agreed to delete "billions" of data records from people browsing the web collected in "Incognito" mode as part of a settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging it tracked users in private browsing.
If you thought Incognito meant Google wasn't keeping tabs on your digital footsteps in Chrome, you were wrong. Fortunately, the company is righting that wrong.
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