Published 11 months ago

Microsoft to pay $20 mln to settle US charges for violating children's privacy

Microsoft will pay $20m to settle charges that it violated the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by illegally collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without their parents' consent.
The Federal Trade Commission found that Microsoft retained children's data, including phone numbers, and failed to inform parents about the data collection policies.
Microsoft must institute new safety protections for children and maintain a system to delete all personal data after two weeks if no parental consent is obtained.

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Times of India

Microsoft: Microsoft will pay $20m to settle US charges of illegally collecting children's data

Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console. The agency charged that Microsoft gathered the data without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, and that it also illegally held onto the data. Those actions violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the FTC stated.

11 months ago·India

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BBC News

Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations

The tech giant used data collected from child Xbox users without telling parents, US regulators say.

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Microsoft to Pay USD 20 Million to Settle US Charges for Violating Children's Privacy

Microsoft settles FTC charges for $20 million over illegal collection of personal information from children without parental consent.

11 months ago·India

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The Hindu

Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. charges of illegally collecting children's data

The agency charged that Microsoft gathered the data without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, and that it also illegally held onto the data. Those actions violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the FTC stated

11 months ago·India

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The Independent

Microsoft will pay $20M to settle U.S. charges of illegally collecting children's data

Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Microsoft to pay $20 mln to settle US charges for violating children's privacy

Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday.

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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