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Google fails to end $5 billion lawsuit
A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of users by secretly tracking their internet use. Users allege the company tracked their online activity even when their Chrome browsers were set to “Incognito”, and other browsers were set to “private” browsing mode.