{"id":112613,"date":"2023-12-31T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T13:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/google-soglasilsya-na-sdelku-v-dele-ob-otslezhivanii-v-rezhime-inkognito"},"modified":"2023-12-31T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T13:10:14","slug":"google-soglasilsya-na-sdelku-v-dele-ob-otslezhivanii-v-rezhime-inkognito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/google-soglasilsya-na-sdelku-v-dele-ob-otslezhivanii-v-rezhime-inkognito","title":{"rendered":"Google has agreed to a settlement in the incognito tracking case.","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Google has reached a settlement in a lawsuit related to privacy violations associated with using the 'incognito' mode in browsers. The terms of the agreement are not disclosed, but the initial lawsuit was filed for $5 billion, calculating compensation at $5,000 for each user of 'incognito' mode. The terms of the settlement are agreed upon by both parties in conflict, but still need to be approved by a federal judge at a hearing scheduled for February 24. <\/p>\n
Google faced allegations of violating U.S. federal laws regarding wiretapping and privacy laws in California. The lawsuit claims that Google may have used analytics data (likely referring to statistics gathered through Google Analytics), browser cookies, and its applications to track user activity when enabling 'incognito' mode in Chrome, as well as when using private browsing mode in other browsers. Such tracking allowed for uncontrolled access to information about friends, hobbies, favorite foods, shopping preferences, and embarrassing things that users did not wish to disclose, believing that they used 'incognito' mode to protect their privacy. <\/p>\n
It is also mentioned that Google chose the misleading name 'incognito', creating the impression that users are provided with anonymity and protection from tracking, rather than just a lack of browsing history saving and clearing related site data, such as cookies. Thus, Google led users to believe that their actions in this mode would not be tracked, while in reality, it continued to use its advertising technologies and other tracking methods to collect data on visits and activity on websites. \n Source: opennet.ru<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"