Federal regulators have also accused Epic Games of collecting teen players' personal information without parental consent.
Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, will pay $520 million to settle allegations from federal regulators that it tricked children into making in-game purchases and violated privacy laws.
The video game company will pay $275 million for violating a federal children's privacy law and will spend another $245 million in refunding customers for its alleged"unlawful billing practices," the Federal Trade CommissionThe $275 million marks the largest fine the agency has ever obtained for the violation of an FTC rule, while the $245 million represents a record refund for a gaming case, the federal agency said.
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