“When you sign in with your Google account, we use the watch and search history tied to each specific installation of the app to recommend content on YouTube Kids, as described above, and we will continue to use that watch and search history for recommendations even if you sign out of the app, unless they are cleared and paused in the settings section as described below.”
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Signing out of the app does not stop YouTube Kids from using existing watch and search history for recommendations; a parent must take the additional affirmative step of clearing and pausing history to stop this use.
Signing out of the app alone does not prevent YouTube Kids from using watch and search history for recommendations; parents must also clear and pause the history in settings.
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"When you sign in with your Google account, we use the watch and search history tied to each specific installation of the app to recommend content on YouTube Kids, as described above, and we will continue to use that watch and search history for recommendations even if you sign out of the app, unless they are cleared and paused in the settings section as described below.Excerpt from YouTube Kids's Privacy Notice
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Signing out of the app does not stop YouTube Kids from using existing watch and search history for recommendations; a parent must take the additional affirmative step of clearing and pausing history to stop this use.
Signing out of the app alone does not prevent YouTube Kids from using watch and search history for recommendations; parents must also clear and pause the history in settings.
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