YouTube fined for collecting kids' data

By Rachel Lerman and Marcy Gordon
Updated September 5 2019 - 3:53am, first published 3:39am
YouTube will pay $US170 million in total for collecting the data of its child audience illegally.
YouTube will pay $US170 million in total for collecting the data of its child audience illegally.

Google's video site YouTube has been fined $US170 million ($A250 million) to settle allegations it collected children's personal data without their parents' consent.

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