Google is facing a $5 billion lawsuit for allegedly tracking your browsing activities via Chrome’s Incognito Mode.
Google introduced the Incognito Mode in Chrome to prevent the browser from storing cookies or browsing history when you surf the web. However, it turns out that the tech giant has made some very tall claims, and you aren’t browsing privately under the Incognito mode.
The class-action lawsuit accusing Google LLC of misrepresenting Chrome’s privacy features and tracking users’ online activities was filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and plaintiffs are seeking $5 billion in damages, that’s $5,000 for each of the users of Incognito Mode since June 2016.
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It is worth noting that in 2018, internet search engine DuckDuckGo (DDG) that emphasizes protecting searchers’ privacy released a study claiming that Google Incognito searches are not private and that the company “tailors search results regardless of browsing mode.”
Now, according to the court filing [PDF], Google is found to be persistently tracking and collecting consumers browsing history and web activities regardless of the “safeguards consumers undertake to protect their data privacy.”
This is in sharp contrast to Google’s claim that users can control what information they want to be shared or collec ..
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