Google loses bid to toss Incognito mode data grabbing lawsuit

The lawsuit alleges that Google’s data practices infringe on privacy, deliberately deceive consumers, and give Google and its employees “power to learn intimate details about individuals’ lives, interests, and internet usage." — Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP

SAN JOSE: A federal court judge this week shot down Google’s attempt to scuttle a multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit accusing it of making an Orwellian grab of “potentially embarrassing” data from users’ “Incognito mode” and other private browsing.

The three Californians and two others suing Google on behalf of themselves and tens of millions of other internet users claim Google captured the data despite promising it would not.