Fortnite gamers to start receiving refunds after Epic Games settlement with FTC
More than 600,000 players Fortnite will start to receive refunds after federal regulators said Epic Games “tricked” people into making unwanted purchases.
More than 600,000 players of Fortnite will start to receive refunds after federal regulators said Epic Games, the developer behind the popular game, “tricked” people into making unwanted purchases.
The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that it is sending more than $72 million to impacted players in the U.S., with additional refunds to be distributed at a later date. The average payment is about $114 per player, according to the agency.
The news comes two years after the FTC ordered the North Carolina-based Epic Games to pay a total of $520 million to settle allegations that it collected personal data from children without first obtaining the consent of a parent or guardian.
As part of the settlement, Epic neither confirmed nor denied the allegations, though at the time it agreed to overhaul its privacy policies and chat and text functions, as well as reconfigure how it charges game users.
A spokesperson for the developer did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
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