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Children's Privacy and COPPA Compliance

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What it is

We know that children's privacy is important. That's why we've built Google services with strong privacy protections for children. Google accounts created for children under 13 are managed by parents through Google's Family Link service.

Why it matters

Children's data receives special legal protections under COPPA and GDPR Article 8, and Google's compliance posture here is critical given the scale of children's use of YouTube, Google Search, and Google Classroom.

Consumer impact

Google collects a wide range of personal data including location history, search queries, emails (for feature delivery), browsing activity on third-party sites via Google's ad network, voice and audio data, and device identifiers, combining these across all Google services to build detailed user profiles. This cross-service data combination powers Google's advertising business and means your activity on one Google product can influence what you see on entirely different products and third-party websites. You can review and delete your data, turn off ad personalization, and manage location history at myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC is the primary enforcement authority for COPPA (16 CFR Part 312) and has previously imposed a $170M penalty on Google/YouTube for violations of children's privacy law.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Privacy Policy
Entity
Google
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 4, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001904
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CA-D-00015
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Entity: Google | Document: Google Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-001904
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google/google-privacy-policy/childrens-privacy-and-coppa-compliance/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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