Google makes deal in multibillion-dollar lawsuit over Incognito mode


The terms of the settlement, which must be approved by a judge, were not revealed in the joint court filing last week by both sides informing the court about the deal. — Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP

NEW YORK: Google has reached a deal in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of making an Orwellian grab of "potentially embarrassing” data from tens of millions of people using the company’s "Incognito mode” and other private browsing, according to a court filing.

The three Californians and two others who sued the Mountain View digital-advertising giant on behalf of themselves and legions of other internet users in 2020 claimed the firm captured the data despite saying it would not.

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