According to the complaint filed in the federal court in San Jose, California, Google gathers data through Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager and other applications and website plug-ins, including smartphone apps, regardless of whether users click on Google-supported ads. Jose Castaneda, a Google spokesman, said the Mountain View, California-based company will defend itself vigorously against the claims. While users may view private browsing as a safe haven from watchful eyes, computer security researchers have long raised concern that Google and rivals might augment user profiles by tracking people’s identities across different browsing modes, combining data from private and ordinary internet surfing. The complaint said the proposed class likely includes “millions” of Google users who since June 1, 2016 browsed the internet in “private” mode. The case is Brown et al v Google LLC et al, US District Court, Northern District of California, No.

Source: bd News24 June 03, 2020 00:11 UTC