There will be a deletion of records from the Incognito tracking by Google

#1 · April 2, 2024, 5:29 am

Quote from Louis Mordus on April 2, 2024, 5:29 am
In accordance with the terms of a proposed court settlement, Google has consented to destroy billions of records and must also adhere to some restrictions on its ability to follow users.

A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States in the year 2020, accusing the tech giant of violating people's privacy by gathering user data even when they were surfing in "private mode." The arrangement is intended to resolve the litigation from that year.

Damages of $5 billion were sought in the lawsuit.

Google has expressed its support for the agreement, despite the fact that it contests the charges.

The case has already resulted in the company making adjustments to its policies.

In addition, the deletion of data will be applicable in countries other than the United States.

In January, the firm amended its disclosures to make it obvious that it still monitored user data even when users choose to search anonymously or using its "Incognito" mode. This revelation came shortly after the two parties declared their intention to reach a settlement regarding the disagreement.

Because it does not save the browsing activity to the system that is being used, this mode offers a somewhat higher level of privacy.

During the same month, the company said that it would begin testing a feature that would automatically block third-party cookies, which are used to track user behavior. This update would be available to all users of Google Chrome.

A settlement agreement was submitted on Monday in federal court in San Francisco. According to the terms of the agreement, the company had made that block automatic for Incognito users immediately after the case was filed in 2020. Additionally, the company has committed to ensure that the limit remains in place for a period of five years.

According to the court document, Google also submitted an agreement on Monday to destroy "hundreds of billions" of records of private browsing data that it had gathered.

"We are pleased to settle this lawsuit, which we always believed was meritless," stated Jorge Castaneda, a representative for Google, in a statement. Castaneda also mentioned that the business would not be holding any damages against the plaintiff.

"We are happy to delete old technical data that was never associated with an individual and was never used for any form of personalization."

Numerous individuals continue to file cases against Google for violating their privacy, which may result in monetary fines.

David Boies, an attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, who represented users in the dispute, referred to the agreement as a "historic step in requiring honesty and accountability from dominant technology companies."

According to the allegations made in the lawsuit, Google had followed the activities of its customers even when they had turned their browsers to "private mode" except for the Google Chrome browser, which had been switched to "incognito" mode.

According to a court filing that was submitted on Monday, the legal battle brought to light documents in which employees of Google labeled Incognito as "effectively a lie" and "a confusing mess."

The motion that Google made to have the lawsuit dismissed was denied by Judge Yvonne Rogers in the previous year. She stated that she did not agree with the assertion that consumers consented to enable Google to gather information on their browsing history.

At this point, the agreement will be submitted to the court for approval.

The settlement comes at a time when large technology companies are being subjected to heightened scrutiny of their business operations in the United States and elsewhere.

Within the United States of America, Google and its parent company, Alphabet, are now facing two different monopoly cases that have been launched by the federal government.

Additionally, it has just reached a settlement in a number of other lawsuits.

To settle charges brought by states in the United States that it tracked the position of users who had opted out of location services on their devices, it paid about $400 million (£318 million) in 2022.

Additionally, in December 2023, it reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit that had been filed by a group of states in the United States. The complaint had accused the company of stifling competition to its Play Store on Android smartphones. The settlement was worth $700 million, which is equivalent to £557 million.

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In accordance with the terms of a proposed court settlement, Google has consented to destroy billions of records and must also adhere to some restrictions on its ability to follow users.

A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States in the year 2020, accusing the tech giant of violating people's privacy by gathering user data even when they were surfing in "private mode." The arrangement is intended to resolve the litigation from that year.

Damages of $5 billion were sought in the lawsuit.

Google has expressed its support for the agreement, despite the fact that it contests the charges.

The case has already resulted in the company making adjustments to its policies.

In addition, the deletion of data will be applicable in countries other than the United States.

In January, the firm amended its disclosures to make it obvious that it still monitored user data even when users choose to search anonymously or using its "Incognito" mode. This revelation came shortly after the two parties declared their intention to reach a settlement regarding the disagreement.

Because it does not save the browsing activity to the system that is being used, this mode offers a somewhat higher level of privacy.

During the same month, the company said that it would begin testing a feature that would automatically block third-party cookies, which are used to track user behavior. This update would be available to all users of Google Chrome.

A settlement agreement was submitted on Monday in federal court in San Francisco. According to the terms of the agreement, the company had made that block automatic for Incognito users immediately after the case was filed in 2020. Additionally, the company has committed to ensure that the limit remains in place for a period of five years.

According to the court document, Google also submitted an agreement on Monday to destroy "hundreds of billions" of records of private browsing data that it had gathered.

"We are pleased to settle this lawsuit, which we always believed was meritless," stated Jorge Castaneda, a representative for Google, in a statement. Castaneda also mentioned that the business would not be holding any damages against the plaintiff.

"We are happy to delete old technical data that was never associated with an individual and was never used for any form of personalization."

Numerous individuals continue to file cases against Google for violating their privacy, which may result in monetary fines.

David Boies, an attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, who represented users in the dispute, referred to the agreement as a "historic step in requiring honesty and accountability from dominant technology companies."

According to the allegations made in the lawsuit, Google had followed the activities of its customers even when they had turned their browsers to "private mode" except for the Google Chrome browser, which had been switched to "incognito" mode.

According to a court filing that was submitted on Monday, the legal battle brought to light documents in which employees of Google labeled Incognito as "effectively a lie" and "a confusing mess."

The motion that Google made to have the lawsuit dismissed was denied by Judge Yvonne Rogers in the previous year. She stated that she did not agree with the assertion that consumers consented to enable Google to gather information on their browsing history.

At this point, the agreement will be submitted to the court for approval.

The settlement comes at a time when large technology companies are being subjected to heightened scrutiny of their business operations in the United States and elsewhere.

Within the United States of America, Google and its parent company, Alphabet, are now facing two different monopoly cases that have been launched by the federal government.

Additionally, it has just reached a settlement in a number of other lawsuits.

To settle charges brought by states in the United States that it tracked the position of users who had opted out of location services on their devices, it paid about $400 million (£318 million) in 2022.

Additionally, in December 2023, it reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit that had been filed by a group of states in the United States. The complaint had accused the company of stifling competition to its Play Store on Android smartphones. The settlement was worth $700 million, which is equivalent to £557 million.