Google Settles Lawsuit Over Chrome Browser Privacy, Agrees to Enhance Incognito Mode and Delete Billions of User Records

Google agrees to purge billions of records with personal information collected from 136 million Chrome users as part of a settlement in a privacy lawsuit.

The lawsuit accused Google of tracking Chrome users even when they were in Incognito mode, which is supposed to prevent tracking.

Settlement requires Google to make its Incognito mode more private, limit data collection in Chrome, and delete old personal data.

Google says the data was never used for personalization and the lawsuit was meritless.

Settlement follows Justice Department antitrust lawsuit against Google and upcoming changes to Google Play app store rules.