Google will destroy the data collected from millions of users during their time browsing the web, following an agreement reached on Monday to end a lawsuit over the confidentiality of personal information.
The class action lawsuit filed in 2020 concerned the “Incognito” mode available in Chrome, Google’s browser, which gives users the impression that they are not being followed by the online search giant, although they are, according to the plaintiffs.
They accuse the world’s number one in digital advertising of having misled them about the way in which Chrome behaved with users who used this private browsing option.
“Plaintiffs’ efforts yielded key confessions from Google employees, including documents describing Incognito as ‘a lie in practice,’ a ‘problem of professional ethics and basic honesty,'” the attorneys said in the settlement. filed Monday in a San Francisco court.
“This settlement is a historic step in requiring mainstream technology companies to be honest with the information they provide to users about how they collect and use their data,” attorney David Boies said in a court filing.
Google promised to “immediately” reformulate the information that appears in “Incognito” mode to “inform users that it collects information about private browsing data.”
The agreement does not provide for financial compensation but leaves the door open for Chrome users to take action against Google if they wish.
With information from Reuters.
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2024-04-02 07:47:27