Google will delete billions of records containing personal information about more than 136 million Americans. The company agreed to do this as part of the lawsuit: the plaintiffs accused the tech giant of illegally spying on users, even when they switched the browser to incognito mode, The Verge writes.
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Users filed a class-action lawsuit in 2020: Users cited US law and noted that Google collects browsing history.
The plaintiffs argued that the company must compensate millions of users who activated incognito mode: at least $5,000 per person, for a total of $5 billion.
In late 2023, Google agreed to resolve the dispute and offered to delete or anonymize “billions” of browsing data collected while users were in incognito mode.
The exact period during which the data will be deleted is not specified. If the records cannot be completely deleted, they will be de-identified. The settlement agreement must be approved by the court.
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