Google to delete user records gathered from browser private mode

Google has agreed to delete billions of records containing personal information collected from millions of people through its Chrome web browser (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Google has agreed to delete billions of records containing personal information collected from millions of people through its Chrome web browser, as part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit in the United States.

The lawsuit accuses Google of tracking Chrome users’ internet activity even when they had switched the browser to “Incognito” mode, a setting which is supposed to shield a user from being tracked.