A federal judge in California told Google on Friday that the company must face a lawsuit over tracking users’ activities in Chrome‘s incognito mode. According to a report from Bloomberg, the big G had appealed to the court to throw out the case, but the judge rejected the request. Reuters noted that the suit seeks at least $5 billion in damages from the search giant — nearly $5,000 per user. Last June, three users had filed a class-action lawsuit against the company alleging that its Chrome browser collects data even if you’re using the private (incognito) mode. They said that…
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