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

San Francisco –

Microsoft can pay a nice of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission prices that it illegally collected and retained the info of youngsters who signed up to make use of its Xbox online game console.

The company charged that Microsoft gathered the info with out notifying dad and mom or acquiring their consent, and that it additionally illegally held onto the info.

In a weblog put up, Microsoft vice chairman for Xbox Dave McCarthy outlined further steps the corporate is taking to enhance its age verification techniques and to make sure that dad and mom are concerned within the creation of kid accounts for the service.