Google Settles $5 Billion Consumer Privacy Suit Over Chrome's Incognito Mode

Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion lawsuit that alleges the company secretly tracked Chrome users while they were browsing the web in incognito mode, according to a Reuters report Thursday.Terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed, but are expected to be presented to the court for approval by Feb. 24, according to Reuters. Google declined to comment.The lawsuit, filed in 2020 and potentially covering millions of users from June 1, 2016, onward, alleges that Google continued to track Chrome users' ...