FTC:  Google, YouTube To Pay $170 Million To Settle Children’s Privacy Violations

Mealey's (September 4, 2019, 1:18 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against YouTube LLC and parent company Google LLC in District of Columbia federal court on Sept. 4, alleging that the defendants were guilty of numerous violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting the personal information of children without their parents’ knowledge or consent (Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 1:19-cv-02642, D. D.C.)....