FTC: Google to pay $170 million fine to settle allegations that its YouTube subsidiary illegally collected personal information about children without their parents’ consent. FTC: YouTube violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a 1998 law that places parents in control over what information is collected from their young children online. The fine levied against Google comes a little over a month after the FTC fined Facebook $5 billion for misusing its users’ data in violation of a 2012 agreement. Some children’s right groups and members of Congress say the penalty is too low.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/privacy-advocates-criticize-ftcs-google-settlement-a-13022