SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the \u201cincognito\u201d mode in its Chrome browser \u2014 along with similar \u201cprivate\u201d modes in other browsers \u2014 to track their internet use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 said Google misled users into believing that it wouldn\u2019t track their internet activities while using incognito mode. It argued that Google\u2019s advertising technologies and other techniques continued to catalog details of users\u2019 site visits and activities despite their use of supposedly \u201cprivate\u201d browsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plaintiffs also charged that Google\u2019s activities yielded an \u201cunaccountable trove of information\u201d about users who thought they\u2019d taken steps to protect their privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The settlement, reached Thursday, must still be approved by a federal judge. Terms weren\u2019t disclosed, but the suit originally sought $5 billion on behalf of users; lawyers for the plaintiffs said they expect to present the court with a final settlement agreement by Feb. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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