FTC fines Fortnite maker Epic Games $520M over children’s privacy charges | allinfosecnews.com

Dec. 19, 2022, 3:01 p.m. | Amanda Silberling

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday morning it will charge Epic Games with a $520 million settlement over charges related to children’s privacy. Epic Games, which makes popular all-ages games like “Fortnite” and “Fall Guys,” allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by deploying “design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe […]

FTC fines Fortnite maker Epic Games $520M over children’s privacy charges by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

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