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Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19.

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.

It’s revamping Messenger Kids with new parental controls and updated information on its children’s data policy.

If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.

The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.

Thinking of giving a young person an internet-connected ‘smart’ toy this Christmas? You may want to think again.

The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.

Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.

YouTube can’t track kids online anymore without their parents’ permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.

It’s a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC’s reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue.