FTC’s $170 Million Children’s Privacy Settlement With Google, YouTube Approved

Mealey's (September 11, 2019, 12:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Less than a week after the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had settled a Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) claim against YouTube LLC and parent company Google LLC, a District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 10 signed and approved the settlement agreement, under which the defendants will pay $170 million to the FTC and New York (Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 1:19-cv-02642, D. D.C.)....