30-08-2019 22:15 via adage.com

Google to pay more than $150 million in YouTube privacy case

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay more than $150 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it violated children’s privacy laws, according to a person familiar with the matter.The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission resolves a probe into whether the video service broke a law that makes it illegal to collect information on children under 13 and disclose it to others without parental permission. A group of activists last year asked the FTC to look into the matter.Bloomberg prev
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