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.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs valued the accord at more than US$5 billion , and as high as US$7.8 billion. Google is paying no damages, but users may sue the company individually for damages. Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said the company was pleased to settle the lawsuit, which it always considered meritless.
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