Google will need to destroy incognito browsing data Sophie Atkinson Tech Journalist Google has committed to destroying or remediating ‘billions of data records’ collected through incognito browsing sessions as part of a proposed class action settlement filed Monday (April 1). The lawsuit, originally filed in June of 2020, accuses the search giant of violating … Continue reading Google will need to destroy incognito browsing data
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Google To Destroy Incognito Browsing Data
Google To Destroy Incognito Browsing Data by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 1, 2024 Google will destroy data from millions of users’ web-browsing histories as part of a lawsuit settlement, but there’s no word on whether or not purging the data will affect the company’s ad-targeting accuracy rates or large language model training capabilities. … Continue reading Google To Destroy Incognito Browsing Data
Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode
Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode It’s part of a settlement reached in December over a $5 billion privacy lawsuit. Will Shanklin Updated Mon, Apr 1, 2024 ALAIN JOCARD via Getty Images The first details emerged Monday from Google’s settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Chrome’s tracking of … Continue reading Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode
Google SGE While Browsing Added To Search Generative Experience
Google SGE While Browsing Added To Search Generative Experience by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 15, 2023 Google on Tuesday released features for the Search Generative Experience, including browsing, overlays with definitions, the use of color coding with syntax, and other coding improvements for users looking for SGE answers. SGE while browsing aims to help those … Continue reading Google SGE While Browsing Added To Search Generative Experience
New: LinkedIn’s Matched Audiences will target ads based on people’s web browsing, email addresses
LinkedIn will roll out a new ad targeting program called Matched Audiences in November, according to a leaked presentation. Tim Peterson on March 20, 2017 LinkedIn continues to cross off the checklist for assembling a modern digital advertising business after pressing reset a year ago. Later this year LinkedIn will once again let businesses … Continue reading New: LinkedIn’s Matched Audiences will target ads based on people’s web browsing, email addresses
Study: Your anonymous web browsing isn’t as anonymous as you think
A new paper from Princeton and Stanford researchers says their model for user identification works up to 70 percent of the time, using only anonymous browsing histories. Barry Levine on February 1, 2017 Data privacy advocates — and marketers concerned about ensuring user privacy — may have a new worry. It’s possible to determine … Continue reading Study: Your anonymous web browsing isn’t as anonymous as you think