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Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a \u201cprivate browsing\u201d mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit.<\/p>\n

Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia filed separate suits against Google in January in state courts over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users\u2019 privacy.<\/p>\n

Paxton\u2019s filing adds Google\u2019s Incognito mode to the lawsuit filed in January. Incognito mode or \u201cprivate browsing\u201d is a web browser function that Paxton said implies Google will not track search history or location activity.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit said Google offers the option of \u201cprivate browsing\u201d that could include \u201cviewing highly personal websites that might indicate, for example, their medical history, political persuasion, or sexual orientation. Or maybe they simply want to buy a surprise gift without the gift recipient being tipped off by a barrage of targeted ads.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suit said \u201cin reality, Google deceptively collects an array of personal data even when a user has engaged Incognito mode.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google said on Thursday that Paxton\u2019s filing is again \u201cbased on inaccurate claims and outdated assertions about our settings. We have always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly dispute these claims and will vigorously defend ourselves to set the record straight,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Paxton previously alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their location even when users sought to prevent it.<\/p>\n

Google has a \u201cLocation History\u201d setting and informs users if they turn it off \u201cthe places you go are no longer stored,\u201d Texas said.<\/p>\n

In January, an Arizona judge ruled allegations Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the state\u2019s attorney general.<\/p>\n

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