Reuters｜谷歌将销毁浏览数据以解决诉讼问题

Google to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit
April 1 from Reuters

Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.
谷歌同意销毁数十亿条数据记录，以了结一项诉讼，该诉讼声称，谷歌秘密跟踪了那些认为自己使用无痕浏览的人的互联网使用情况。

Lawyers for the plaintiffs valued the accord at more than $5 billion, and as high as $7.8 billion. Google is paying no damages, but users may sue the company individually for damages.
原告的律师对该协议的估值超过50亿美元，最高可达78亿美元。谷歌不支付任何损害赔偿金，但用户可以单独起诉该公司要求赔偿损失。

The class action began in 2020, covering millions of Google users who used private browsing since June 1, 2016.
该集体诉讼始于 2020 年，涵盖自 2016 年 6 月 1 日以来使用隐私浏览的数百万 Google 用户。

Users alleged that Google's analytics, cookies and apps let the Alphabet unit improperly track people who set Google's Chrome browser to "Incognito" mode and other browsers to "private" browsing mode.
用户声称，谷歌的分析、cookie 和应用程序让 Alphabet 部门不当跟踪将谷歌的 Chrome 浏览器设置为“隐身”Incognito" mode模式并将其他浏览器设置为“隐私”浏览模式的人。

They said this turned Google into an "unaccountable trove of information" by letting it learn about their friends, favorite foods, hobbies, shopping habits, and the "most intimate and potentially embarrassing things" they hunt for online.
他们说，这让谷歌变成了一个“不负责任的信息宝库”，让它了解他们的朋友、最喜欢的食物、爱好、购物习惯，以及他们在网上搜寻的“最私人的、最可能令人尴尬的事情”。

"The result is that Google will collect less data from users' private browsing sessions, and that Google will make less money from the data," the plaintiffs' lawyers wrote. In a statement, he called the settlement "a historic step in requiring honesty and accountability from dominant technology companies."
“结果是谷歌将从用户的私人浏览会话中收集更少的数据，谷歌将从数据中赚到更少的钱，”原告的律师写道。在一份声明中，他称和解是“要求占主导地位的科技公司诚实和问责的历史性一步”。

今日词汇
track 跟踪
Private Browsing 无痕浏览
plaintiff 原告，起诉人
sue for damages   起诉索赔
class action 集体诉讼
Incognito mode 隐身模式
unaccountable 不负责任的，难以理解的
trove 宝库，被发现物，无主珍宝
accountability 问责，责任