Google makes deal in multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over 'potentially embarrassing' Incognito mode data grabbing

The plaintiffs were seeking for themselves and other affected Internet users the return of what they claim are billions of dollars in profits Google made from the browsing data, plus unspecified damages of more than US$5,000 (RM23,260) for each plaintiff and affected user. — AFP

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.