Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case

The settlement requires Google to expunge billions of personal records stored in its data centers and make more prominent privacy disclosures about Chrome's Incognito option when it is activated. It also imposes other controls designed to limit Google's collection of personal information. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the US surfing the Internet through its Chrome web browser.

The massive housecleaning comes as part of a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the search giant of illegal surveillance.