Who qualifies and how to claim for the Google and YouTube kids’ data settlement after the $30 million children’s privacy payout?Millions of Americans can claim part of a $30 million Google and YouTube settlement. The payout targets children under 13 whose data was co...
13 Jan, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
YouTube and Google $30 million child privacy settlement: Who qualifies and how to claimGoogle and YouTube will pay $30 million to settle claims of violating child privacy laws. The lawsuit alleged they collected data from unde...
16 Nov, 2025, 12.14 AM IST
Americans set to receive automatic cash payouts from three massive settlements - are you on the list?Three significant class-action settlements could soon offer payouts to Americans impacted by corporate misconduct. Target will pay $4.6 mil...
10 Nov, 2025, 07.57 PM IST
Has Google breached privacy, collected children's voices, license plate details and more?Google is currently amid a new wave of controversy as a recent privacy breach leak has claimed that it collected the voices of children, li...
05 Jun, 2024, 02.54 AM IST
Facing the Googly: Google announced changes to its app store policies but will these benefit users?Google has announced changes to its app store policies following a rap on the knuckles from India’s antitrust regulator. Will these benefit...
12 Feb, 2023, 06.11 AM IST
Seattle school district lawsuits over social media harm face tough legal roadThe US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month over the extent to which federal law protects the tech industry from such cl...
11 Jan, 2023, 10.34 PM IST
Flipkart and PhonePe separate; deal to bring windfall for Flipkart employeesSix years after Flipkart acquired PhonePe in 2016, the two companies announced today they are going their separate ways, having concluded a...
23 Dec, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
Epic Games to pay $520 million over children's privacy and trickery chargesThe Federal Trade Commission accused the company of illegally collecting children's personal information, of harming young players by match...
20 Dec, 2022, 07.59 AM IST
Musk clarifies his idea of ‘free speech Twitter’; Flipkart cuts friction to attract sellersMusk stated that free expression must be consistent with the law, and that he opposes censorship that goes beyond the law.
27 Apr, 2022, 07.11 PM IST
Zomato may advance IPOIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Zomato may advance its IPO, Indian SaaS can be a trillion-dollar market by 2030; and PayPal Ventures le...
08 Jul, 2021, 08.24 AM IST
World War SocialWe revisit the grandfather of social media controversies, and two more recent clashes between governments and big tech.
29 May, 2021, 07.52 PM IST
New YouTube rules on kids’ content to hit creators’ revenueYouTube rolled out new rules across the globe starting Monday, disabling personalised ads, comments, notification, live chat & other featur...
09 Jan, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
Google to pay USD 170 mn fine for sharing YouTube data from kidsThe settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York state Attorney General is the largest amount in a case involving the Chil...
04 Sep, 2019, 10.55 PM IST
- Why the Internet of the near future will be radically different
Several separate 'national internets' with differing, more regulated-than-before content, and where regulations differ across countries, is...
19 Feb, 2012, 07.22 AM IST