Google will pay $170 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without…
The record fine, which had been anticipated after news reports that Google was about to settle the case, has ramifications across all platforms, as so much of kids’ viewing habits have shifted to online devices. Parental and consumer groups had called on the FTC to investigate.
“This means that we will limit data collection and use on videos made for kids only to what is needed to support the operation of the service,” the company said. “We will also stop serving personalized ads on this content entirely, and some features will no longer be available on this type of content, like comments and notifications.”
The settlement also requires that Google and YouTube must notify channel owners when their content may be subject to the children’s privacy law. It also requires that the platform maintain a system for identifying children’s content on the platform to ensure compliance.The commission voted 3-2 to approve the settlement. Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Rohit Chopra voted against the action because they did not think it went far enough in sanctioning the company.
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