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Epic Games to pay $275m penalty for violating children’s privacy law

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Martina Lindberg

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Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, has been hit with the largest civil penalty ever imposed for a Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

The big fine is part of a settlement between the company, the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to resolve alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule), and the Federal Trade Commission Act. If the

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