Google Says Incognito Doesn’t Mean Invisible in Bid to Toss Suit

Oct. 22, 2020, 4:49 PM UTC

Google users should know their “incognito” browsing is visible to others, the Alphabet Inc. unit said in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the company violates user privacy.

Disclosures make clear the Chrome browser mode doesn’t make user activities “invisible,” the company said in a filing Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The mode prevents other people who use the same device from seeing a user’s activity, but not third parties. “The user’s activity during that session may be visible to websites they visit, and any third-party analytics or ads services the visited ...

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