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YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

YouTube video service will pay $170 million (£138 million) to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children

Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims

Google will pay $150-200 million to settle allegations YouTube violated a children's privacy law while gathering data to better target its adverts

US negotiating multibillion-dollar fine with Facebook: report

US has been investigating revelations that Facebook inappropriately shared information belonging to 87 million of its users with the now-defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

FTC probing allegations of Amazon’s deceptive discounting

WASHINGTON: As part of its review of Amazon's agreement to buy Whole Foods, the Federal Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Amazon misleads...

US sues Amazon over purchases by kids without parental permission

WASHINGTON: The U.S. government sued Amazon.com on Thursday for allowing children to collectively run up millions of dollars in purchases on the credit cards of their unsuspecting parents while playing mobile apps like "Tap Zoo" and "Ice Age Village."