Despite Reconsideration, Kids’ Privacy Claims Over Apps To Proceed Against Google

Mealey's (February 4, 2021, 6:30 PM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Although a New Mexico federal judge, in a Feb. 2 reconsideration ruling, found that she had previously misapplied the standard for determining whether gaming apps are child-directed under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the judge concluded that the state of New Mexico sufficiently alleged that Google LLC had actual knowledge that the apps in question were geared toward children, leading her to again decline to dismiss a COPPA claim against the company and its advertising unit....