Google Has Been Collecting All Your Incognito Data

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Google Has Been Collecting All Your Incognito Data

Some people are about to get real uncomfortable right now. In court documents filed earlier this week, Google admitted that they had been collecting ALL your data from your searches while in incognito mode. You would think that when you search for something in “Incognito” mode that it’s private.  In reality all it does is not add it to your computer’s search history.

A lawsuit filed in 2020 said that Google was misrepresenting the type of data it collects from those searches.  Google settled late last year, but the details were made public this week. The tech giant has agreed to delete billions of data records from people’s private browsing sessions.  The plaintiffs wanted $5 BILLION in compensation but that didn’t happen. Google is making some changes to its disclosure forms and will also not track how often you switch to Incognito.