Google mulled building private search in wake of tech scandal – Technology News

Google mulled building private search in wake of tech scandal – Technology News

Alphabet Inc.’s Google considered creating a more private way to search the internet that wouldn’t track the sites users visited, according to testimony from a senior vice president in the government’s landmark antitrust case against the company. The year was 2019 and Google was in defense mode as tech companies dealt with the fallout from … Read more

Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit

Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit

A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she could not find that users consented to letting Google collect information about what they viewed online because the Alphabet unit … Read more