Big Tech giant Google could face a $ 5 billion fine due to an ongoing lawsuit in a US court . Three individuals sued Google in a California court alleging that they were stealing their data even in 'Incognito' mode.
'Incognito' mode gives consumers the convenience that no data of what they do on their mobile phone will go to Google in this mode.
But in a lawsuit filed in June last year, it was alleged that the company is a "comprehensive datatracking business" . The company steals people's data even when they take appropriate steps to protect it, such as incognito mode in Chrome or private browsing mode on Safari, even if people's data is stolen.
In a major decision in the lawsuit, District Judge Lucy Koh stated that Tech Joint did not "inform people that they (the company) are collecting their data even when consumers are in private mode." That is, the California court believes that Google has also collected data in private mode and hid its information from the people. On this basis, the court has decided to pursue the case . Google's attempt was to dismiss the lawsuit, but now it will face a $ 5 billion lawsuit.
Explaining the matter , Google has said that it already informs its consumers that incognito mode does not mean 'invisible' meaning that their policy does not say that no data will be collected in incognito mode. Google says that he will continue his legal battle and whatever he did he did according to the company's policy.
Actually, whatever we search on Google, read, see, Google has a data of all of them. Google gathers information about our interest, then sells it to a third company. This scheme is applicable for the entire region. Through this, a third company, which buys people's data from Google, knows the interest of the people of the entire region and plans to sell their products accordingly.
But when the consumer is doing private browsing, and he does not want his data to be shared with anyone, how can Google collect his data and share it with third parties? If Google is doing this, then it is also collecting and sharing information directly to the consumer without the will of the consumer, which is a violation of consumers' civil rights.
The US court has assumed that Google is collecting their data without informing people, so it is very likely that Google will lose a $ 5 billion lawsuit. Whatever the outcome of the trial will have a very broad impact.
Google has come under target of governments around the world anyway. His arbitrary attitude, especially during the controversy with the Australian government, has tarnished his image. In such a situation, if Google loses the case about the private mode and it is proved that Google is collecting their data against the wishes of the people, then action can be taken against it in other places also, which is the image of Google and Business will be harmful for both.
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