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Microsoft Settles Charges Over Data Collection on Children Using Xbox

Company agrees to pay $20 million and bolster privacy protections for child gamers

By John D. McKinnon
The FTC said that Microsoft violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children under 13 when they signed up for Xbox. Photo: emmanuel dunand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Microsoft agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges that it violated children’s privacy rights when they signed up for its Xbox gaming system, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. 

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