Google Pays $8M in COPPA Case, Admits No Wrongdoing
Google will pay $8.25 million in a settlement resolving class-action allegations that it collected minors’ personal information without parental consent and used it for advertising (see 2306230041), it said Tuesday. However, the search giant “vigorously denied … allegations of wrongdoing” in case 5:23-cv-03101 at the U.S. District Court for Northern California.
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Judge Casey Pitts said Google collected the personal information of "millions of children under the age of 13 without parental consent in violation” of COPPA when they downloaded or used an app from Google Play.
Judge Pitts granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement after two and a half years of litigation. Pitts added Google denied the plaintiffs “suffered any injury."
Google had argued COPPA preemption and the statute of limitations expiring as reasons for the court to drop the case (see 2309180024). The company didn't respond to a request for comment.