2024-04-03 11:01:51 UTC

Google has settled a class-action lawsuit over its Incognito mode, agreeing to delete billions of data records collected while users browsed the web privately. The settlement requires Google to update the Incognito mode "splash page" as well. The agreement follows years of disclosures about Google's data collection practices, shining a light on the tech giant's extensive data siphoning even in private browsing mode.