Google, Channel Owners Tell 9th Circuit Federal Law Preempts State Privacy Claims

Mealey's (March 1, 2022, 10:48 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In briefs filed Feb. 25, Google LLC and a group of owners of kid-targeted channels on YouTube LLC’s platform ask the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a trial court’s finding that a group of minors’ state law claims over Google’s purported collection of the minors’ personally identifiable information (PII) is preempted by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)....