谷歌50亿美元隐私和解：'隐身模式'跟踪用户问题

Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in June 2020 that alleged that the company misled users by tracking their surfing activity who thought that their internet use remained private when using the "incognito" or "private" mode on web browsers.

谷歌已同意解决一起起诉案，该案件声称谷歌在网页浏览器的"隐身"或"私人"模式下跟踪用户的上网活动，用户误以为他们的互联网使用在此模式下仍然保持私密。2020年6月提出诉讼。

The class-action lawsuit sought at least $5 billion in damages. The settlement terms were not disclosed.

这起集体诉讼案要求至少获得50亿美元的赔偿。和解条款没有透露。

The plaintiffs had alleged that Google violated federal wiretap laws and tracked users' activity using Google Analytics to collect information when in private mode.

原告声称谷歌违反了联邦窃听法，并使用谷歌分析工具在私密模式下收集信息。跟踪用户的活动。

They said this allowed the company to collect an "unaccountable trove of information" about users who assumed they had taken adequate steps to protect their privacy online.

他们表示，这使得公司能够收集关于用户的"无法估量的大量信息"，而这些用户认为他们已经采取了足够的措施来保护他们在网上的隐私。

Google subsequently attempted to get the lawsuit dismissed, pointing out the message it displayed when users turned on Chrome's incognito mode, which informs users that their activity might still be visible to websites you visit, employer or school, or their internet service provider.

随后，谷歌试图解散这起诉讼案，指出用户在Chrome的隐身模式下打开时显示的信息，该信息 告知用户，他们的活动可能仍然对他们访问的网站、雇主或学校，或其互联网服务提供商可见。

It's worth noting here at this point that enabling incognito or private mode in a web browser only gives users the choice to search the internet without their activity being locally saved to the browser.

值得注意的是，启用网页浏览器的隐身或私密模式只是让用户选择在不在本地保存到浏览器的情况下搜索互联网。

That said, websites using advertising technologies and analytics APIs can still continue to track users within that incognito session and can further correlate that activity by, for example, matching users' IP address.

也就是说，使用广告技术和分析API的网站仍然可以在隐身会话中继续跟踪用户，并可以通过例如匹配用户的IP地址来进一步关联这些活动。

"Google's motion hinges on the idea that plaintiffs consented to Google collecting their data while they were browsing in private mode," U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled.

美国地区法官伊冯娜·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯裁定：“谷歌的动机依据用户同意谷歌在用户私密浏览时收集其数据这一观点。由于谷歌从未明确告知用户这样做，法院无法作为法律问题裁定用户明确同意上述数据收集。”

"Because Google never explicitly told users that it does so, the Court cannot find as a matter of law that users explicitly consented to the at-issue data collection."

“因为谷歌从未明确告知用户这样做，所以法院不能作为问题的法律裁定用户已经明确同意上述数据收集。”

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