Privacy Groups to FTC: Where's Our Google Complaint

Privacy groups are pressing the Federal Trade Commission for the status of their complaint against Google. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, the Center for Digital Democracy, and their counsel at the Institute for Public Representation were among a host of groups that filed a complaint against Google back in April, asserting that while YouTube is the most popular online platform for kids, from which the company profits, Google asserts that the site is not for children in arguing that it does not have to be compliant with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).  While the groups said they had met with FTC staffers in May about the complaint, they have heard and seen nothing since. "While more than six months have passed since we conferred with the FTC," they wrote, "the privacy of millions of children visiting YouTube is compromised every single day. On behalf of the 22 consumer and privacy advocacy organizations which signed our complaint, we convey our hope that the FTC will act soon to protect these children."