US-based technology giant Microsoft will pay $ 20 million in compensation due to a lawsuit filed in the USA. The subject of the lawsuit is child users who own Xbox. Microsoft admitted its mistake with a common sense explanation. Let’s take a closer look at the details of this event.
According to the accusation filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Microsoft violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). According to the statement made by the FTC, the company stored personal data of children under the age of 13 on its servers for much longer than the legal framework. The FTC stated that Microsoft did so by the end of 2021.
Microsoft admitted to holding the data, but this data did not fall victim to any leaks
“Unfortunately, we failed to meet customer expectations and we are committed to continuing to improve our security measures. We believe we can and should do more, and we will remain true to our commitment to safety, privacy and security for our community,” said Dave McCarthy, a senior executive at Xbox. it was never used, shared or monetized.” expressions were used. McCarthy also stated that the data was not deleted due to a problem in the Microsoft infrastructure, they fixed the problem after they detected the problem and the data was automatically deleted.
In addition to $20 million, Microsoft will also make some changes to its systems.
The US Department of Justice also instructed Microsoft to make some changes as part of the lawsuit. According to this; Parents who open an Xbox account for their child will be notified of additional privacy options for children. Also, all child accounts opened before 2021 will need to be linked to a parent account. In addition, Microsoft will delete personal data of children and process such data by obtaining permission from the parent account.
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