Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’

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Google agreed on Thursday to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private browsing” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. Matt Slocum/AP

Matt Slocum/AP

SAN FRANCISCO — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers

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