9th Circuit:  State Privacy Claims Against Google Not Preempted By COPPA

Mealey's (January 4, 2023, 10:52 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — Reversing a trial court’s dismissal of a group of minors’ privacy and unfair competition claims against Google LLC, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) does not preempt the state law claims over the purported collection of children’s personally identifiable information (PII) on YouTube....