However a lawsuit filed in June alleges Google does actually intercept, track and collect communications even when you use the Incognito mode. Google said last year it would phase out third-party cookies that track a person's individual browsing across websites and target ads to them based on their activity. When you use Google Chrome’s Incognito mode, you would probably be assuming that Google won’t be tracking your usage in that mode. The ruling comes amid continuing scrutiny of tech giants such as Google and Facebook how much data companies have gathered from consumers. Judge Lucy Koh denied Google’s request, saying the company did not. 'The court concludes that Google did not notify users that Google engages in the alleged data collection while the user is in private browsing mode,' US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, wrote in her ruling. Google has failed to win the dismissal of a 5 billion class-action lawsuit over Incognito Mode in its Chrome browser. using its Chrome browsers despite their enabling the software’s Incognito mode for private browsing, a new lawsuit charges. The lawsuit, filed in June, alleges Google violates wiretapping and privacy laws by continuing to 'intercept, track, and collect communications' even when people use Chrome's incognito mode and other private web browser modes.Ī federal judge on Friday denied the tech giant's request for dismissal of the lawsuit, which seeks class action status. Google illegally tracked millions of people in the U.S. Google failed to win dismissal of a lawsuit alleging it collects users' data on internet activity even when they browse in a browser's private incognito mode.

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