A US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge in San Fransico has denied a lawsuit by consumers against Google in a 2020 federal lawsuit appeal for class-action status. The plaintiffs allege that Google continued to collect users' browsing data using “incognito” mode and were seeking $5 billion in damages. If their appeal had been granted class-action status, they would have been able to pursue large-scale claims against Google as a group running into tens of millions instead of needing to file individual lawsuits. A jury trial for the original case is scheduled for November.
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