Asia Tech Wire (Apr 2) -- Google plans to destroy a large chunk of data reflecting the web browsing history of a large number of users as part of a lawsuit settlement.

The class action lawsuit, filed in 2020, accused Google of misleading users about how the Chrome browser tracked the activities of those who browsed privately in Incognito mode.

Details of the settlement agreement, filed Monday in U.S. federal court in San Francisco, outline what actions Google will take to change its practices around private browsing.

Google agreed to destroy billions of data points allegedly improperly collected in the lawsuit, update disclosures about the information it collects in Incognito mode, and give users the option to disable third-party cookies in that setting.