TikTok, Others Agree To Settle Minors’ Class Suit Over Data Collection For $1.1M

Mealey's (December 17, 2019, 1:10 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — Two days after filing a class complaint in an Illinois federal court accusing TikTok Inc. and others of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other laws by profiting off the collection of data from users under age 13 without parental consent, two minors, through their mothers, on Dec. 5 moved for preliminary approval of a $1.1 million class settlement (T.K., et al. v. Bytedance Technology Co., Ltd., et al., No. 19-7915, N.D. Ill.)....