Why Alphabet (Google) CEO Sundar Pichai is under indictment
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will face questioning in a California federal court case. According to the allegations, Google would also track users who browse "incognito".
Sundar Pichai, head of Alphabet, Google's parent company, goes to court.
Alphabet CEO could be questioned in a California federal court case. Reuters was the first to report it.
In the lawsuit filed in June 2020, users accused Google of illegally invading their privacy. The prosecution claims that Google collects browsing history and other data on web activity even after enabling private browsing mode incognito.
Plaintiffs in a court filing noted that Pichai was aware of problems in Google's Incognito mode in 2019. According to the indictment, the CEO of Alphabet did not intervene so as not to turn the spotlight on the Google Chrome function.
Google previously said that it makes it clear that incognito browsing only prevents data from being saved on a user's device.
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THE ACCUSATION TO GOOGLE
Complainants who have accused Google of illegally tracking their internet usage while using the “Incognito” browsing mode can question Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai for up to two hours. A California federal judge made it.
In her order on Monday, US judge Susan van Keulen in San Jose, California, said that "some documents state that specific pertinent information was disclosed to, and possibly by, Pichai." He therefore granted the plaintiffs 'lawyers' request to question him.
EA SUNDAR PICHAI
Plaintiffs are claiming that Pichai has "personal and unique knowledge" of Chrome browser issues and privacy concerns. As can be seen from a court document.
THE POSITION OF BIG G
Google spokesman José Castañeda commented to Reuters that the new requests are "unwarranted and exaggerated". "While we firmly contest the claims in this case, we have cooperated with the plaintiffs' countless demands … We will continue to defend ourselves vigorously," Castañeda stressed. .
NAVIGATION IN INCOGNITO ACCORDING TO GOOGLE
According to the plaintiffs' report, earlier this year, Brian Rakowski, known as "the father" of Incognito mode, testified that although Google claims that private browsing allows private browsing, what users expect may not match reality.
"Incognito mode in Chrome gives you the ability to browse the Internet without your activity being saved to the browser or device," Google spokesman Castañeda noted in a press release earlier this year. "As we clearly state every time you open a new incognito tab, websites may be able to collect information about your browsing activity during your session."
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/perche-il-ceo-di-alphabet-google-sundar-pichai-e-sotto-accusa/ on Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:23:04 +0000.