![]() ![]() Last month, plaintiffs deposed Google vice president Brian Rakowski, described in the filing as the ‘father’ of incognito mode. The filing continued, “As part of those discussions, Pichai decided that he ‘didn’t want to put incognito under the spotlight‘ and Google continued with out addressing those known issues.”Ĭastañeda said, “teams r outinely discuss ways to improve the privacy controls built into our services.” Google‘s attorneys said they would oppose efforts to depose Pichai and Twohill. ![]() The attorneys, citing Google documents said, “Pichai was informed in 2019 as part of a project driven by Twohill that incognito should not be referred to as ‘private’ because that ran ‘the risk of exacerbating known misconceptions’ ab out protections Incognito mode provides.” In a written update on trial preparations filed Thursday in US district court, attorneys for the users said they “anticipate seeking to depose” Pichai and Google chief marketing officer Lorraine Twohill. Google has said it makes clear that incognito only stops data from being saved to a user’s device and is fighting the lawsuit. Last June, users alleged in a lawsuit that Google unlawfully tracked their internet use when they were browsing incognito in its chrome browser. The Alphabet Inc unit’s privacy disclosures have generated regulatory and legal scrutiny in recent years amid growing public concerns ab out online surveillance. Google spokesman José Castañeda told Reuters that the filing “mischaracterises emails referencing unrelated second and third-hand accounts.” ![]() ![]() Google chief executive Sundar Pichai in 2019 was warned that describing the company’s incognito browsing mode as “private” was problematic, yet it stayed the course because he did not want the feature “under the spotlight,” according to a new court filing. ![]()
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