Christopher Brown reports:
Google LLC and YouTube LLC must face some claims of a long-running proposed class action alleging they collected information concerning children who watched videos on their channels in violation of state privacy and consumer-protection laws.
The plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that Google and YouTube engaged in highly offensive behavior in collecting children’s information without informing parents or obtaining their consent, Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Monday in allowing their claims of intrusion upon seclusion to survive.
She also allowed their claims under the consumer-protection statutes of Indiana, Massachusetts and New Hampshire to survive for the purpose of damages, along with their equitable relief-claims under the statutes of Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Tennessee.
Read more at Bloomberg Law.