Google, YouTube fined $170m for illegal collection of children’s data
According to Sputnik News, the commission said the U.S. government had previously accused the video hosting platform, which belongs to the tech giant, of illegally tracking and targeting users under the age of 13.
Authorities said YouTube abused its powers and used cookies without parental consent to create targeted advertisements for minors. “Yet when it came to complying with the federal law banning collecting data on children, the company refused to acknowledge that portions of its platform were clearly directed to kids’’.
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