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By Philippa Wain Technology reporter 4 January 2024 Image source, Getty Images Google has begun testing changes to the way companies are able to track users online. A new feature in the Chrome browser disables third-party cookies – small files stored on your device to collect analytic data, personalise online ads and monitor browsing. It will initially be available to 1% of global users, about 30 million people. Google describes the changes as a test, with plans for a full rollout to eliminate… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google settles lawsuit over tracking people in ‘incognito mode’  Euronews Google agrees to settle $5 billion lawsuit accusing it of tracking Incognito users  Engadget Google settles $5bn lawsuit for ‘private mode’ tracking  BBC.com Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’  NPR Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Morning After: Google will settle $5 billion lawsuit over tracking Incognito Chrome users  Engadget Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google settles massive $5B lawsuit over improperly tracking ‘incognito mode’ users  New York Post Google settles $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit  Reuters Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit  Ars Technica Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google details its next steps for wiping out Chrome tracking cookies  Engadget Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Masters 2023: Tracking Tiger Woods’ second round at Augusta National  Yahoo Sports Source link

Google has settled two more of the many location tracking lawsuits it had been facing over the past year, and this time the search giant is getting an even better deal: just $29.5 million to resolve complaints filed in Indiana and Washington DC with no admission of wrongdoing. The cases filed in the Midwestern state and the capital are similar to those settled elsewhere in the US in the last 12 months and center on allegations that Google deceived users into handing over location data,… Source link

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno mayor Hillary Schieve is suing a private investigator and his company after finding a device attached to her vehicle that was capable of tracking its real-time location. The lawsuit, first reported by The Nevada Independent on Thursday, alleges that the investigator trespassed onto her property to install the device without her consent. It says Schieve was unaware until a mechanic noticed it while working on her vehicle. The complaint says, further, that the… Source link

Google has reached a $391.5 million setlement with 40 states, including North Dakota, over its location tracking practices related to Google Account settings. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the state will receive $4.1 million dollars from what he calls the largest multi-state Attorney General privacy settlement in U-S history. Wrigley says the investigation and settlement focused on Google’s deceptive practices regarding data collection, retention, and use.