23 privacy and children ’s protagonism groupsfiled a Federal Trade Commission complaintagainst YouTube , alleging the platformillegally take in datafrom children . The groups , led by the Campaign for a Commercial - Free Childhood ( CCFC ) , allege YouTube is violating the Children ’s Online Privacy Protection Act ( COPPA ) by pull in data from children under 13 without parents ’ permit .
“ It ’s just basically unjust , ” Josh Golin , executive director of the CCFC , told Gizmodo , “ to apply Google ’s sinewy behavioral targeting on a child that does n’t yet understand what ’s going on . ”
In a statement to Gizmodo , YouTube deny the CFCC ’s allegations :
We are reviewing the complaint and will evaluate if there are things we can do to ameliorate . Protecting kids and kinfolk has always been a top precedence for us . BecauseYouTube is not for minor , we ’ve invest importantly in the creation of the YouTube Kids app to offer an option specifically design for children .
YouTube command users be at least 13 years old when join the site , and defecate clear its advert policies that itbars collecting datafrom children under 13 . The CCFC complaint , however , notes that this age prerequisite only applies to users make an write up . Signed out , exploiter of any age can watch videos ( thus , potentially have their data point pull together ) without any age check . As Golin tell Gizmodo , the FTC will in the end determine whether to ticket YouTube and , crucially , for how much .
“ The FTC would be well within its rights to all right Google tens of jillion of dollar , ” Golin say .
[ The Guardian ]
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