Video game company Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases, U.S. federal regulators said Monday.
“Epic used privacy-invasive default settings and deceptive interfaces that tricked Fortnite users, including teenagers and children,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. Dark patterns are deceptive online techniques used to nudge users into doing things they didn’t intend to do.
I remember giving my son $20 to get a skin one time. I added my paypal account. The next day I check paypal and see that he spent another $20. So I go into the game and see he could just go on the purchase screen and not have to enter any Paypal login or password. Shady.
You believe I' m still alive and if so why can' t I have a lawyer.
RyGuy5788 I'm assuming your son has this game, you should check so see if you're eligible for anything.
So does that mean my son with get the thousands back that were spent when he was EIGHT?!?
Epic better show me the money! And I want a full rundown on the information they’ve collected on my child. Fortnite GamingNews EpicGames EpicFail
That's a well deserved fine.
It’s a drop in the bucket
OOOOF
I been playing games for about 33 years. This game sucks. Never played it. Never wanted to. Now that I got VR I have no desire to play traditional games.
EASPORTSFIFA next please
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