And not a single penny will be paid to affected parties.

When do I get my cut?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.

The class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 said Google misled users into believing that it wouldn’t track their internet activities while using incognito mode.

It argued that Google’s advertising technologies and other techniques continued to catalog details of users’ site visits and activities despite their use of supposedly “private” browsing.

Plaintiffs also charged that Google’s activities yielded an “unaccountable trove of information” about users who thought they’d taken steps to protect their privacy.

Terms weren’t disclosed, but the suit originally sought $5 billion on behalf of users; lawyers for the plaintiffs said they expect to present the court with a final settlement agreement by Feb. 24.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the settlement.

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So, I assume this lawsuit happened because people still don’t have a clue as to what incognito mode actually is?

Don’t get me wrong here, it’s a misleading name that should be accompanied by some explanation for the user, so… Does Chrome not inform you about what incognito mode does?

Google would happily pay twice that to stay away from sanctions.

“How much do you want to let us keep stealing information and spying on people? We’ll pay it.”

What is Google doing different now? Has it made Android fully free software?