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Google Commits to Deleting Browsing Data to Resolve ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit (NOT April fools!)
Badlands Media ^
| 4/1/2024
| Ali Tucker
Posted on 04/01/2024 9:15:39 AM PDT by C210N
As part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit alleging unauthorized tracking by the company, Google will erase a vast collection of data encompassing the web-browsing histories of millions of users.
The class action lawsuit, initiated in 2020, leveled accusations against Google for purportedly deceiving users regarding Chrome's tracking mechanisms while using the private “Incognito” browsing mode. The lawsuit claimed that Google's promotional materials and privacy statements failed to adequately disclose the extent of data collection, including specifics about the websites visited by users.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: google; internet; privacy; spying; surveillance
Not April fools, given I checked and found MANY other news sources with similar info.
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:15:39 AM PDT
by
C210N
To: C210N
You ‘incognito’ was very ‘cognito’....................
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:17:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: C210N
Folks, don’t use Google tools, period.
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:17:58 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Red Badger
The promise to not turn over your biometric information either.
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:18:39 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(A rich man is called a sugar daddy. A poor man is called into HR.)
To: C210N
Now only the DHS and China will have it!
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:18:55 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Jonty30
And I trust them..........................NOT!.................🤷♂️
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:24:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
If you trust google with anything you’re not very ‘cognito’...
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:24:53 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: null and void
It doesn’t really matter about Google one way or another.
The NSA has everything.
Google is a piker compared to them.............
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:31:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: C210N
So...when I searched for Stormy Daniels/blow job while in Incognito mode...they know that? Ulp...
LOL...
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:34:04 AM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: C210N
The barn is now empty and they are willing to close the door
To: Red Badger
We have alternatives to google, NSA not so much...
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posted on
04/01/2024 9:46:45 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: null and void; Red Badger
NSA!?!?! Never...
Ive switched to GAB,
Guojia Anquan Bu,
they super pinky swear that they would never track me.
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posted on
04/01/2024 10:20:56 AM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
To: Red Badger
“”””And I trust them..........................NOT!.................🤷♂️””””
The use of “NOT!” like that, was very popular in the 90s (I think then), but was being used more than a hundred years ago as well.
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posted on
04/01/2024 10:25:25 AM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: C210N
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posted on
04/01/2024 10:26:48 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
("God grant I don't outlive my wits.")
To: C210N
Google? Collecting user data?
No way!!!!! I just can’t believe it. /s
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posted on
04/01/2024 10:51:19 AM PDT
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: C210N
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posted on
04/01/2024 1:07:33 PM PDT
by
dagunk
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