The company also didnt properly inform users of the data it collected to measure web traffic and sell ads.
Even when users are browsing the internet in private browsing mode, Google continues to track them.
Under the settlement, Google will update disclosures about what it collects from users in private browsing mode.
The company says its already working on implementing these changes.
Also, it will let incognito users block third-party tracking cookies by default for five years.
Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said the company was pleased to settle the class-action lawsuit and called it meritless.
We are pleased to settle this lawsuit, which we always believed was meritless.
We never associate data with users when they use incognito mode.
