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Google鈥檚 US$170m bill for breaching child data law

Google agreed to pay a US$170 million fine to settle charges that it illegally collected and shared data from children on its YouTube video service without consent of parents.

The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York State Attorney General is the largest amount involving the Children鈥檚 Online Privacy Protection Act, a 1998 federal law.

鈥淵ouTube touted its popularity with children to prospective corporate clients,鈥 said FTC Chairman Joe Simons.

鈥淵et when it came to complying with COPPA, the company refused to acknowledge that portions of its platform were directed to kids. There鈥檚 no excuse for YouTube鈥檚 law violations.鈥


 

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