The settlement stops Google from surreptitiously collecting user data worth, by Google's own estimates, billions of dollars.
Google will collect less data from users' private browsing sessions and will make less money from the data.
Google had already updated disclosures to users, changing the splash screen displayed 'at the beginning of every Incognito session' to inform users that Google was still collecting private browsing data.
Under the settlement, Google agreed to 'no longer track people's choice to browse privately,' and 'Google cannot roll back any of these important changes.'
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