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Amazon, Microsoft charged with violating children's privacy law

by Herb Weisbaum, contributing editor, Checkbook.org

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FILE - The Xbox logo is pictured at the Paris Games Week in Paris, Nov. 3, 2017.{ }Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console.{ } (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite, July 27, 2018.{ } The Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. { }(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE - Amazon Echo and Echo Plus devices, behind, sit near illuminated Echo Button devices during an event by the company in Seattle, Sept. 27, 2017. In a vote Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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FILE - The Xbox logo is pictured at the Paris Games Week in Paris, Nov. 3, 2017. Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
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