Google Beats Children’s Privacy Suit Over Online Data Collection

Google LLC , YouTube LLC, and several owners of YouTube channels defeated a proposed class action alleging the online portals collected information concerning children who watched their videos in violation of state privacy and consumer-protection laws.

The plaintiffs failed to show that Google’s collection of their children’s personal information in the course of routine commercial operations was “highly offensive” to a reasonable person, Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said July 1.

The plaintiffs also failed to show that they suffered loss, injury, or damages from the alleged misappropriation of ...