January 08, 2026
A California federal judge Thursday signed off on Google and YouTube's $6 million deal to end claims alleging they unlawfully collected biometric data, while urging lawyers to provide him with information about organizations behind an "outrageous" flood of fake settlement claims, vowing to refer them to the U.S. attorney's office for investigation.
June 26, 2025
A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he'll give preliminary approval to Google and YouTube's $6 million deal to end a proposed class action alleging the companies unlawfully collected the biometric data of around 21,000 Illinois YouTube users through the platform's video editing tools, saying he believes it to be "a very sound settlement."
June 28, 2023
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to let Google and YouTube escape a proposed class action alleging the companies harvested biometric data through video editing tools, saying YouTube's argument that it can't use the data to identify creators "is not well taken."