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Google to delete billions of user records in ‘Incognito’ lawsuit

Tech giant has been accused of tracking Chrome users’ internet activity even when they had switched to a private browser

The settlement requires Google to make more prominent privacy disclosures about Chrome’s Incognito mode when it is activated. Picture: Getty

Google has agreed to delete billions of records containing personal information collected from millions of people through its Chrome web browser, as part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit in the United States.

The lawsuit accuses Google of tracking Chrome users’ internet activity even when they had switched the browser to “Incognito” mode, a setting which is supposed to shield a user from being tracked.

The details of the deal emerged on Monday, more ...