Google pledges to destroy browsing data to Ssettle ‘incognito’ lawsuit

Google plans to destroy a trove of data that reflects millions of users web-browsing histories, part of a settlement of a lawsuit that alleged the company tracked millions of users without their knowledge..

The class action, filed in 2020, accused Google of misleading users about how Chrome tracked the activity of anyone who used the private Incognito" browsing option..

The lawsuit alleged that Googles marketing and privacy disclosures didnt properly inform users of the kinds of data being collected, including details about which websites they viewed..

According to the court filing, Google has agreed to destroy billions of data points that the lawsuit alleges it improperly collected, to update disclosures about what it collects in private browsing and give users the option to disable third-party cookies in that setting..

Attorney David Boies, who represents the consumers in the lawsuit, said the settlement requires Google to delete and remediate in unprecedented scope and scale" the data it improperly collected..

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