The settlement, valued at $5 billion, stems over allegations that Google collected data about people using its incognito mode.
Google will destroy a vast trove of data as part of a settlement over a lawsuit that accused the search giant of tracking consumers even when they were browsing the web using 'incognito' mode, which ostensibly keeps people's online activity private.
The settlement also requires Google to change incognito mode so that users for the next five years can block third-party cookies by default.'This settlement is an historic step in requiring dominant technology companies to be honest in their representations to users about how the companies collect and employ user data, and to delete and remediate data collected,' the settlement filing states.
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