Microsoft eats $20 million FTC fine for violating kids' privacy on Xbox Live, admits no wrongdoing and promises not to do it again

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Microsoft eats $20 million FTC fine for violating kids' privacy on Xbox Live, admits no wrongdoing and promises not to do it again

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TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago

The company agreed to the settlement with the FTC over multiple COPPA violations.

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Abandoned account signups weren’t being deleted. Hardly seems worth breaking out the torches and pitchforks over.

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