Google faces a $5 billion class-action lawsuit over Chrome’s incognito mode

Google recently faced a class-action lawsuit in California court in the United States, users accused Google Chrome browser even when browsing the web in incognito mode, will use Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, website plug-ins to the user’s Internet behavior Follow it up. The suit is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

According to Bloomberg News, a judge ruled last Friday that Google will face a class-action lawsuit with a total fine of at least 5 billion U.S. dollars. The lawsuit stated that Google should provide compensation of US$5,000 per person for the affected users, and the total number of users affected is expected to reach 5 million.

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Google had previously tried to dismiss the lawsuit, but was rejected by the judge because “Google did not inform users that Google participated in data collection when users browsed in incognito mode.”

At present, when the Google Chrome browser enters the incognito mode, it will prompt the user to visit the website, employer or school, and Internet service provider that may still see the user’s activity.

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