Google Chrome Secretly Collected Data From Incognito Mode and Now Deleting It

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Google has faced lawsuit for secretly collecting data from users’ incognito activity. The data includes almost every website we visit and everything we do.

Since the lawsuit was on point, Google couldn’t defend it. The company, Google, has agreed to delete “billions of data points” collected from the user activity in incognito mode, despite saying that “it was not possible” previously.

This means that by deleting the data, Google can save billions of dollars.

The lawsuits date back to 2020, accusing Google of tracking browser activity in the Incognito Mode without explicitly informing their users.

After years of jostling with the lawyers, Google agreed with the plaintiffs after Christmas, but the information was only recently released to the general public.

Will Google stop collecting data in Incognito Mode?

No, they won’t stop. In fact, after the agreed settlement, Google will include a splash screen informing the users of the type of data they will be collecting.

Is it time to change browsers?

This raised a big question about the reason for incognito mode if no privacy is offered. Knowing your data is being collected kills the idea of secretly browsing’.

If you’re concerned about browsing privately, Chrome is the worst place to start. Consider using a VPN, but not on Chrome. Browsers like Brave, Safari, and others are making remarkable changes to keep the browsing data as anonymous as possible and the information encrypted and hidden.

While Chrome is made to harvest user data, it is one of the worst browsers to have when it comes to data privacy.

DuckDuckGo has also released a browser that is also focused on privacy.