Google Agrees To Pay Money In Data Theft Lawsuit: Google, the world's most popular search engine, has agreed to pay victims of a lawsuit over its alleged incognito mode on its Chrome web browser.
According to Reuters, to end the damages lawsuit filed in 2020, Google offered the plaintiffs a settlement, which the victims accepted.
According to the report, Google is willing to pay $5 billion to the plaintiffs, and lawyers for the plaintiffs have also submitted a written response to the court that their clients agree to the settlement.
A $5 billion settlement between Google and the plaintiffs is expected to be approved by the court in February 2024.
Lawyers for Google and the customers using it declined to provide further details of the settlement but confirmed that both parties have agreed to a settlement.
Google was sued for defamation by several users in 2020, claiming that Google also collects user data through the incognito mode of its Chrome web browser and then uses that data for advertising.
The lawsuit said that Google claims that it does not collect internet data of users through incognito mode, but the truth is the opposite and that Google collects all kinds of data of all users, which affects the privacy of users. And that they were also given false information by lying to them.
Google initially filed motions to dismiss the lawsuit, but after the court rejected Google's motions, it has now settled with the victims for $5 billion.