US court sanctions Google in privacy case, company's second legal setback in days


FILE PHOTO The logo of Google LLC is seen at a Google Store in New York City U.S. January 20 2023. REUTERSShannon StapletonFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google LLC is seen at a Google Store in New York City, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

(Reuters) - A U.S. court has sanctioned Google LLC for a second time in recent days, after a judge in a decision unsealed on Wednesday said the Alphabet Inc unit took too long to comply with a ruling last year in a data-privacy class action.

The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen in San Jose, California, stems from a class action claiming Google unlawfully tracked its users while they were using the company's Chrome browsers in private, or "incognito," mode.

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