Microsoft pays $20 million for Xbox COPPA violations.

Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle an FTC complaint that its Xbox platform illegally collected and retained information about children without their parents' consent, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). As part of the settlement, Microsoft will have to directly notify parents using the console of the benefits of creating a separate account for their child and notify third-party publishers when it shares player data from children. The FTC will monitor Microsoft to ensure compliance with these new restrictions.