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Comment: New Google sanctions raise stakes in US 'Incognito' privacy litigation

By Mike Swift ( March 31, 2023, 20:27 GMT | Comment) -- Google was sanctioned again by a US judge in privacy litigation over the “Incognito” private mode in the Chrome browser, but an augmented jury instruction about Google’s misconduct that jurors would hear if there's a trial could end up being far more significant than the sanction order’s financial penalty. In a case that hangs on whether Google obtained legal consent to collect browsing data from people in Chrome's privacy browsing mode, enhanced jury instructions drafted by a federal judge appear to give the plaintiffs a significant weapon they could use in settlement negotiations, or even at trial.Google was sanctioned again by a US judge in privacy litigation over the “Incognito” private mode in the Chrome browser, but an augmented jury instruction about Google’s misconduct that jurors would hear if there's a trial could end up being far more significant than the sanction order’s financial penalty. ...

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