Google Marketing Executive Faces ‘Incognito’ Mode Questioning

Google’s chief marketing officer Lorraine Twohill faces questioning in a consumer lawsuit alleging that the company’s web browser tracks users even when they’re in “Incognito” mode, according to a ruling from a federal judge in California.

Lawyers for the consumers, who are claiming privacy violations, want to ask Twohill about her concerns over Incognito’s branding as private. Twohill can provide up to four hours of testimony under an order issued Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The Alphabet Inc. unit had sought to shield its marketing executive from the suit, arguing that consumers should ...