YouTube which is is owned by the US tech giant Alphabet, which is also the parent company of Google has been accused of collecting the viewing data of children aged under 13.In 2019, YouTube was fined $170m (£139m) by a US regulator for violating children’s privacy laws. This followed a similar accusation that it was collecting data on children under 13 without parental consent. Firms found to be in breach of the children’s internet code can face large fines, similar to the penalties for breaching data protection laws. Are major technology companies breaching data privacy ?

