April 20, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a California federal judge's decision refusing to let a group of 185 Chrome users intervene in a privacy class action accusing Google of improperly collecting and misusing data from users browsing in Incognito mode, saying the proposed intervenors were "too little, too late."
August 07, 2024
A California federal judge agreed Wednesday to review billing records supporting class counsel's $217.6 million fee bid for cutting a nonmonetary deal with Google to end claims that Google surreptitiously tracked users after Google's counsel claimed the hours were inflated, unjustified and above Google's own $40 million defense legal bill.
April 24, 2024
Attorneys from three firms urged a California federal judge to award them $217.6 million in fees after reaching a settlement with Google in which the search giant agreed to delete billions of data records related to users' private browsing activities, with a Google representative blasting the fee bid as an attempt to "line their own pockets."
April 01, 2024
Google LLC on Monday agreed to delete billions of data records that reflect certified class members' private browsing activities as part of a nonmonetary eve-of-trial settlement to resolve allegations that the tech giant surreptitiously tracks Chrome users running the browser's incognito mode.
January 02, 2024
Google has reached a deal to resolve allegations by a certified class of potentially tens of millions of consumers saying the tech giant surreptitiously tracks Chrome users running the browser's incognito mode, scrapping a high stake, two-phase jury trial set for early February.
August 08, 2023
Google must confront allegations that it misled Chrome users into thinking it wouldn't track their web-browsing activities in Incognito mode, an Oakland federal judge said, ruling that public disclosures from the company do not provide clarity on its data-collection practices.
May 02, 2023
Google is defending its latest objections to a putative class lawsuit accusing the tech company of secretly monitoring Chrome users who activate the internet browser's privacy mode, telling a federal judge it deserves a chance to rebut new claims that it violates California law.
March 30, 2023
A California federal judge has again sanctioned Google in a proposed class action alleging the company surreptitiously tracks Chrome users running the browser's incognito mode, finding that the tech giant missed a discovery deadline, according to an order unsealed Wednesday.
March 22, 2023
Google asked a California federal court to throw out a suit over its alleged tracking of private web browsing activities, arguing that three years of discovery have shown that Google never promised that it wouldn't collect data on users in its private browsing mode feature and that its users agreed to the company's privacy policies.
August 05, 2022
Google and Chrome users are continuing to exchange jabs in a dispute over the company's alleged tracking of private web browsing activities, with Google slamming the latest bid to depose its CEO as a "fishing expedition" and the plaintiffs pressing a California federal judge to impose more sanctions on Google for discovery violations.