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Google Reaches $30 Million Deal in YouTube Children’s Data Case

The proposal awaits Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen’s approval to resolve COPPA claims.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets with Aditi Panwar, 10, of San Jose, left, Asmi Sawant,10, center, of San Jose, and Aadya Batra,9, right , of San Jose, during “Technovation World Pitch, a program run by STEM nonprofit Iridescent, in partnership this year with Google’s Made with Code,” in Mountain View, Calif., on Thursday, August 10, 2017. (JosieLepe/Bay Area News Group)
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Overview

  • A preliminary settlement filed Aug. 18–19 in San Jose federal court would resolve a 2019 class action over alleged data collection from young YouTube viewers.
  • The proposed class covers an estimated 35 million to 45 million U.S. children who were under 13 while watching YouTube between July 1, 2013, and April 1, 2020.
  • Plaintiffs’ lawyers project per-claim payments of roughly $30 to $60 before deductions, and they plan to seek up to $9 million in fees.
  • Google denies liability and says it did not violate COPPA, following a separate $170 million settlement in 2019 with the FTC and New York over kids’ YouTube data.
  • A judge previously dismissed claims against channel owners such as Hasbro and Mattel, and Google also faces a separate lawsuit over alleged student data profiling via Workspace for Education.