In an article published by Law360, Mitzi Hill was quoted regarding the FTC's decision regarding YouTube's child privacy. The Federal Trade Commission fined YouTube $170 million for violating children’s privacy, marking a historical moment for the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Now, YouTube must develop new systems to protect children’s privacy online. In light of this, companies are being urged to heed the importance of child privacy protection.
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FTC's Historic YouTube Deal Raises COPPA Enforcement Bar
The $170 million penalty that YouTube and its parent company Google LLC have agreed to pay to the FTC and New York's attorney general easily dwarfs the prior record for the largest settlement under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
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