It's hard to make that argument when you control the browsing device that tells users that they are in private mode, but then identify specific devices and users from the other end of the network with your other product.
Firefox's private browsing feature blocks tracking scripts. Edge's doesn't as far as I can tell, and I haven't looked into the behavior of smaller Chromium-based browsers.
> Now you can browse privately, and other people who use this device won't see your activity. However, downloads and bookmarks will be saved. Learn more
Note that it says that Chrome will not save said information. It does not (even the "learn more" pages, sorry, I couldn't be bothered to dive deep into the ToS over minor internet discussions) say anywhere that Google will not save said data. It does say that it won't be saved to _your_ Google account but that could mean a lot of things.
Of course, it doesn't mean anything, it is just paranoid thinking. A major multibillion corporation with a business based on tracking and advertising wouldn't simply store your "private" data for any reason, especially when there was no way to find out about it, enforce it not to, and punish it, if it transgressed.
Does it specifically say that although Chrome doesn’t save the information Google is saving it? The distinction between “Chrome won’t save information” and “information won’t be saved” is legally important to Google and intentionally unclear/misleading to the average Chrome user.
Google is a company. Their tracking code isn't a website. It doesn't mention to users that that their private browsing mode doesn't actually protect users from their other products.
Yes, because it is not relevant. The website the user is browsing is what decided to put Google Analytics code on their page. It is their responsibility to tell their users that Google will get this data.
Google is not the ambiguous other "websites and ISPs." They are the ones making the claim that you are in private mode with a Google product, even though you aren't.
Users don't know how things work. They read that as if Google is respecting privacy, not tracking everything they do.
People are naïve when it comes to this: had a manager some years ago who used to watch porn usin company's phone in private mode.Got asked to attend a meeting in the head office just to be shown pages upon pages of browsing activities he had,while at work. Nearly got kicked out.
In my current job I did tell pretty much everyone ( to their surprise) that private mode won't stop me from asking network logs from our IT support company.
Private Browsing has never been about hiding your traffic from analytics AFAIK. It's about your local browser history only.