YouTube fined US$ 170 mil. for violating children's privacy laws
  • 5 years ago
Video-sharing website YouTube has been fined a record 170 million U.S. dollars by a U.S. regulator for violating children's privacy laws.
YouTube had been accused of collecting data on children under 13 without parental consent.
The Federal Trade Commission said the data was used to help advertisements target children by using "cookies" or personal identifiers, which violates the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Google, which owns YouTube, agreed to pay the fine.
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