How to redeem the $30M YouTube kids’ privacy payout before the January 21 deadline

A judge approved Google’s $30 million settlement to families over accusations it invaded kids’ privacy on YouTube – and people eligible to benefit from the class-action suit need to file by Jan. 21 to claim their award. US Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen on Tuesday gave the final stamp of approval to the settlement, ending a six-year legal battle in which parents claimed Google violated children’s privacy by collecting data while they watched YouTube videos. The 2019 lawsuit alleged YouTube “baited” kids into watching cartoons and nursery rhymes, collected their data without parental consent and then profited from that data as they used it to better advertise to minors. A judge approved Google’s $30 million settlement to families over accusations it invaded kids’ privacy on YouTube. AlexPhotoStock – stock.adobe.com Google, which owns YouTube, did not admit to any wrongdoing in the settlement. The company did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. The class of people entitled to settlement payments includes all people in the US who were under 13 and watched content “allegedly directed to children on YouTube” between July 1, 2013, and April 1, 2020, according to the ruling. To receive a settlement payment, class members
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