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Google Must Face Privacy Lawsuit for Tracking Children Without Parental Consent: Appeals Court

Google Must Face Privacy Lawsuit for Tracking Children Without Parental Consent: Appeals Court
People stand in the lobby of Google's Washington headquarters on Jan. 8. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
12/29/2022|Updated: 12/29/2022
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Google is set to face a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech behemoth of collecting information and tracking children’s behavior online without consent, according to the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by children, through their parents, against Google, YouTube as well as other firms with channels on the video streaming platform like Cartoon Network, Hasbro, DreamWorks Animation, and Mattel Inc. The companies are blamed for running targeted ads on children based on Google’s “persistent identifiers.” The decision comes a year after another court had dismissed the suit.

Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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