Google has settled a class-action lawsuit alleging the company tracked and captured user data even when users were in Chrome’s “Incognito” mode, which is marketed as a privacy-protecting feature. The details of the settlement, reached after a federal judge in California had scheduled a 2024 trial, are not publicly disclosed. The lawsuit originally demanded compensation ranging from $100 to $1,000 per plaintiff, potentially costing Google billions.
The lawsuit, filed in 2020, accused Google of tracking user activity in Incognito mode to monitor web traffic and sell ads, contradicting the privacy expectations of users. This claim was supported by internal emails between Google executives. Despite the settlement, a Google spokesperson has declined to comment on the matter.
The lawsuit is part of a broader scrutiny of tech giants for privacy violations. Recently, Google announced new protections for user location data, while companies like Amazon, Meta, and Google’s parent company Alphabet have faced similar lawsuits from federal regulators over privacy law breaches. The lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the Google case have not yet commented on the settlement.
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