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Google promises to erase Incognito browsing data as part of settlement

Tech giant believed that this lawsuit was 'merit-less.'

This week, Google agreed to clear a trove of browsing data in an attempt to settle the infamous Incognito mode lawsuit, which was first brought to light in 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. Additionally, Google has agreed to destroy billions of data points that the lawsuit alleges were improperly collected, to update disclosures on its website stating the corrected policies on private browsing, and also to give Chrome users the ability to turn off third-party cookies. "At a high level, we made several important changes to our disclosures to provide clarification on how your data is collected and how visible your activities are when you visit a website using Incognito Mode," a Google spokesperson stated.

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