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Fortnite maker to pay $520M for privacy, e-commerce abuses
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The maker of the popular Fortnite video game will pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints revolving around children's privacy and its payment methods that tricked players
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The company is refunding $245 million to customers who made unwanted purchases because of poor game design, and is paying a $275 million fine for collecting personal data from kids without consent.
By Brian Fung, CNN Epic Games, maker of the hit video game “Fortnite,” has agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle US government allegations that it misled millions of players, including children and teens, into making unintended purchases and that it violated a landmark federal children’s p…
Epic Games, developer of "Fortnite," reached a $520 million settlement with the FTC over allegations that it violated children's privacy and manipulated users.
Video game company Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children's privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases, U.S. federal regulators said Monday.
Epic Games allegedly collected the personal information of Fortnite players under the age of 13 without parental consent. The company agreed to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and its payment methods that duped gamers into making unintended purchases.
Epic will pay $275 million to settle claims it violated children’s privacy rules in 'Fortnite.' It will also pay $245 million to refund players over billing practices as part of a record-breaking settlement..
The maker of the popular Fortnite video game will pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints revolving around children's privacy and its payment methods that tricked players
Epic Games, the maker of the hit video game Fortnite, has agreed to pay more than half a billion dollars in fines including a $275 million fine for violating children's privacy laws.
Epic Games has just been slapped with an eye-popping, record-breaking settlement from the FTC that means the end of a pair of civil complaints against the Fortnite publisher.
The FTC said the agreement consisted of two record-breaking settlements that resolve a pair of civil complaints it was filing against North Carolina-based Epic.
Epic Games is accused of collecting children's information and deceptive billing in the popular videogame. US regulators have also said that the games voice chat options must be turned off for younger children.
“We accepted this agreement because we want Epic to be at the forefront of consumer protection and provide the best experience for our players,” the game maker said in a statement.
Epic Games, developer of the online game Fortnite, has settled with the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department over allegations it violated children’s privacy law as well as duped customers into making unwanted purchases with its game design.
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