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Google must reveal tracking of US court website visitors after surprise disclosure in privacy hearing

By Mike Swift
  • 25 Feb 2021 19:58
  • 25 Feb 2021 20:49
Google entered a court hearing today in Silicon Valley hoping to dispatch a lawsuit that claims its Chrome browser’s “incognito mode” is a privacy “illusion” that enables Google to partner with websites to harvest even more personal data about users.
But the hearing took a surprising turn when a Google

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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