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Microsoft to pay $20m over violations of children’s privacy laws

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Martina Lindberg

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The company was illegally collecting data without parents’ consent.

Microsoft Corp. has been required to pay a $20m civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) by collecting and storing kids’ personal information without their parents’ consent.

The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade

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