One of the groups said it had used Google’s tools to run a targeted ad campaign this month on children’s channels. Google has said it did not allow such ads on videos made for children.
Category: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
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YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, Research Says
YouTube’s advertising practices on kids’ channels could have resulted in companies tracking children across the web, a report said.
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Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges
Regulators said the tech giant kept children’s Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children’s privacy law.
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Epic Games, Creator of Fortnite, to Pay $520 Million Over Children’s Privacy
The New York Times – Business:The creator of popular games like Fortnite and Rocket League violated children’s privacy and duped millions of users into unwanted purchases, federal regulators said.
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FTC Accuses Chegg Homework Help App of ‘Careless’ Data Security
The New York Times – Business:Chegg, a homework help app, exposed the data of 40 million users, including details about some students’ sexual orientation and religion, regulators said in a legal complaint.