While there has been much said over the past few years of Google gathering data on users to sell ads and make a profit, perhaps the most egregious of this practice is YouTube collecting data on children in order to sell ads for its products. There’s a price to pay, however. Google, the parent company of YouTube, has agreed to provide new protections for children and also to pay a $170 million fine as a settlement in an investigation. Penalizing YouTube After complaints from consumer groups, the Federal Trade Commission and the New York state… Read more