United States of America: Lawsuit relating to Google's collection of children's personal data on YouTube without parental consent (Hubbard v Google LLC) (Case No. 5:19-cv-07016-SVK)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
18 Aug 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

18 Aug 2025
under deliberation

Lawsuit relating to Google's collection of children's personal data on YouTube without parental consent was filed at Northern District Court of California (Hubbard v Google LLC) (Case No. 5:19-cv-07016-SVK)

On 18 August 2025, a seventh amended class action complaint was filed in the US Northern District Court of California against Google LLC and YouTube LLC, seeking damages on behalf of children under 13 who watched child-directed content on YouTube be…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court