Washington: Google will delete a huge trove of data containing the search histories of millions of users to settle a 2020 lawsuit that accused the company of illegally tracking users’ activities even when they were in incognito mode, The Wall Street Journal reported.

In 2020, a lawsuit was filed against Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, over alleged tracking of users’ activities in various applications even when permissions were disabled, including in the anonymous browsing mode. Then the court came to the conclusion that Google did not notify users about the collection of data.

Details of the settlement were disclosed in federal court in San Francisco, the report said on Monday.