A judge in the United States has ordered Google to face a class action lawsuit for tracking users on its Chrome browser, even when users were using private browsing mode.
Some Internet users use private browsing thinking they are less tracked by Google and the websites visited, but this is not the case. Indeed, Incognito mode still does not offer private browsing.
Three Google users in June last year accused Google of excessive data tracking and, among other things, thatthey should have been informed that their data continued to be tracked even when the private browsing mode of the browser is used. In other words, they are accusing Google of lying incognito and demanding more than $ 5 billion in fines.
Judge prevents Google from avoiding trial
Google failed to have the complaint dismissed by the courts. This weekend, a California state judge, Lucy Koh, concluded that Google had not notified its users "of an alleged collection of data while the user was in private browsing mode." For this reason, the company will face the lawsuit filed since June of last year, in which it was alleged that Google has "widespread data tracking activity".
Google responded to the allegations, including explaining that private browsing does not mean that a user is invisible. According to the digital giant, user activity may continue to be available to sites that Internet users, even when private browsing is used. In addition, Google considers that it has sufficiently explained on the new private browsing tab that the activity can remain visible by the websites that Internet users visit.
Even if Google has never been a good student when it comes to respecting the privacy of its users, it will soon take steps to gradually remove cookies from the internet, which track individual users. If Google permanently deletes cookies, then individual tracking should no longer exist on Google by 2022.
Source : cnet
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