Google accused in lawsuit of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by tracking their internet use from browsers set in “private” browsing mode.
Google was sued Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing it of illegally invading millions of users' privacy by tracking their internet use from browsers set in"private" browsing mode.
The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion, accusing the Alphabet Inc. unit of illegally collecting information about what people are viewing online and where they are doing their browsing through various applications and website plug-ins, including Google Analytics and Google Ad Manager. "Billions of times a day, Google causes computers around the world to report the real-time internet communications of hundreds of millions of people to Google," according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California.The lawsuit, which said the proposed class likely includes"millions" of users, seeks damages per user of $5,000 or three times actual damages, whichever is greater.
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