"Privacy Concerns: Google's Decision on Incognito Data and Florida's Abortion Referendum"

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"Privacy Concerns: Google's Decision on Incognito Data and Florida's Abortion Referendum"
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Google has agreed to delete billions of private browsing records of users who used "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser as part of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over the company's web-tracking practices. The lawsuit alleged that Google continued to track and harvest data from users in incognito mode, despite claiming it was private. The settlement, which does not include monetary damages for class members, also requires Google to clarify the limitations of incognito mode and block third-party tracking during incognito browsing.

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