Google Seeks to Shield Marketing Executive From ‘Incognito’ Suit

Alphabet Inc.‘s Google is trying to shield chief marketing officer Lorraine Twohill from being questioned in a consumer lawsuit alleging that the company’s web browser tracks users even when they’re in “Incognito” mode.

Consumers looking to question Twohill should first seek information from other, lower-ranking Googlers with knowledge of the browsing mode before “leap-frogging” up the corporate ladder, the tech giant argued in a legal brief filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Lawyers for the consumers want to question Twohill about her “concerns” over Incognito’s branding, pointing in the brief to Google ...