Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit

Google pledged to destroy data that reflects millions of users’ Web-browsing histories as part of a settlement of a lawsuit that accused the company of tracking people without their knowledge. The class action, filed in 2020, accused Google of misleading users about how Chrome tracked the activity of anyone who used the private “Incognito” browsing option. The settlement sets out the actions the company will take to change its practices around private browsing, including destroying billions of data points the lawsuit alleged it improperly collected.
The Wall Street Journal; Erin Mulvaney; Miles Kruppa

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