$30M Google, YouTube Settlement Aims to Resolve Privacy Lawsuit Over Allegedly Unlawful Collection of Children’s Data
Hubbard et al. v. Google LLC et al.
Filed: October 25, 2019 ◆§ 5:19-cv-07016
A settlement has been reached that may resolve a class action that claimed Google and YouTube collected the personal data of millions of minors without parental consent.
California
A $30 million settlement has been reached that, if approved by the court, will resolve a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed Google and YouTube unlawfully tracked and collected the personal data of millions of minors under 13 without parental consent.
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The proposed Google class action settlement aims to cover all individuals in the United States who, at any time between July 1, 2013 and April 1, 2020, were under 13 years old and watched content allegedly directed to children on YouTube. Per court documents, the settlement includes an estimated 35 million to 45 million individuals.
The plaintiffs filed a motion detailing the terms of the settlement agreement on August 18, 2025. It is now up to the court to decide whether to grant preliminary approval to the Google and YouTube privacy settlement.
If approved, the deal will provide pro-rated cash payments to eligible class members who submit a timely, valid claim form, the settlement agreement says. Court documents note that individual payout amounts are currently unknown and will depend on how many valid claims are filed.
Google settlement claim forms can be filed by mail or online through the court-authorized website—YouTubePrivacySettlement.com—once it is launched.
ClassAction.org will update this page when the official Google and YouTube settlement website goes live.
According to the plaintiffs’ motion, class members will have 120 days following the date the deal receives initial approval to submit a claim form. Any claims for minors should be completed and filed by a parent or legal guardian, the settlement agreement adds.
Related Reading: Class Action Claims Google, YouTube Collected Children’s Information without Parental Consent
Notice of the Google privacy settlement will be issued within 30 days following the date of preliminary approval, the agreement states.
According to the Google lawsuit, the tech giant violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and state privacy laws by harvesting and using the personal data of minor YouTube viewers without parental consent.
The class action suit was initially filed in October 2019 in the wake of an enforcement action brought against Google by the Federal Trade Commission and New York State Attorney General over alleged COPPA violations. Google and YouTube agreed in September of that year to pay $170 million in civil penalties and change certain data collection practices to settle the allegations.
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