According to the BBC, Google has consented to delete billions of records and accept specific limitations on its capacity to track users, as outlined in the text of the proposed court settlement.
The action follows a class action lawsuit brought in the US in 2020, alleging that Google breached the privacy of its users even when they were using private mode. The business still stands by the agreement, but not the submission.
The data destruction will affect users worldwide in addition to those in the US. After the business filed a lawsuit last week, Google at last made clear its “Incognito” mode data tracking policy.
Even after removing the local browsing history access option, Google continues to track certain types of data. Furthermore, Google tested a feature that would prohibit all third-party cookies for Chrome users—including those using the incognito mode. The feature started to work for the whole five years of settlement money.
Google Science will remove “hundreds of billions” of confidential browser history files from its servers as part of the settlement.
Google has stated that it will not be awarding any damages, claiming that the action lacks merit, and that it will remove any out-of-date technical data that does not pertain to any particular person. As a result, Google continues to face lawsuits alleging privacy violations that could result in lost profits or other financial repercussions.
