Engadget: Microsoft will pay the FTC $20 million to settle charges over collecting children’s data

Engadget: Microsoft will pay the FTC $20 million to settle charges over collecting children’s data. “Microsoft will have to pay $20 million to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that the company violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the complaint filed by the DOJ on behalf of the FTC, the department accused the tech giant of collecting its underage Xbox users’ information and retaining their data even without their parents’ consent.”