The lawsuit claims Google’s unauthorized tracking violates the federal wiretap laws.<\/p>\n
Google has been hit with a $5 billion lawsuit over “illegally” tracking millions of users, despite them using Incognito mode. The class action lawsuit seeks $5,000 in damages per user for violations of federal wiretapping and California privacy laws.<\/p>\n The complaint, which was filed in the federal court in San Jose, California on Tuesday, says Google collects data from users regardless of whether they clock on Google-supported ads, with the help of tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, website plug-ins, and mobile apps. This allows Google to learn nearly everything about its users, including the “most intimate and potentially embarrassing things” that they search for on the web.<\/p>\n Jose Castaneda, a Google spokesman, said in a statement sent to Reuters<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n Incognito mode in Chrome gives you the choice to browse the internet without your activity being saved to your browser or device. As we clearly state each time you open a new incognito tab, websites might be able to collect information about your browsing activity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Castaneda added that the Mountain View-based company plans to “defend itself vigorously” against the claims. While Google introduced Incognito detection blocking with Chrome 74 in April last year, its Chrome support page<\/a> clearly mentions that Incognito mode does not “prevent your activity or location from being visible to the websites you visit.”<\/p>\n Best Chrome extensions to protect your online privacy and security<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The lawsuit claims Google’s unauthorized tracking violates the federal wiretap laws.<\/p>\n What you need to know<\/p>\n Google has been slapped with a $5 billion lawsuit in the U.S. for “illegally” tracking users in Incognito mode. Google has been hit with a $5 billion lawsuit over “illegally” tracking millions of users, despite them using Incognito mode. The class action lawsuit seeks $5,000 in damages per user for violations of federal wiretapping and California privacy laws.<\/p>\n The complaint, which was filed in the federal court in San Jose, California on Tuesday, says Google collects data from users regardless of whether they clock on Google-supported ads, with the help of tools s…<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Google slapped with $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users in Incognito mode - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"The lawsuit claims Google's unauthorized tracking violates the federal wiretap laws. What you need to know Google has been slapped with a $5 billion lawsuit in"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2978],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37709,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37708\/revisions\/37709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/sites\/androidcentral.com\/files\/styles\/large_wm_brw\/public\/article_images\/2017\/02\/google-logo-dark-glfx-glfx.jpg?itok=WW9bAYRP\"){kind=logo}
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\nGoogle apparently uses tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, website plug-ins, and smartphone apps to gather data, regardless of whether users click on Google-supported ads.
\nThe complaint claims “millions” of users who browsed the internet in Incognito mode since June 1, 2016 may have been affected. <\/p>\n