Microsoft Trouble
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Longtime Halo designer David Ellis departs 343 Industries [Ed: XBox seems to be dying. Many of the managers leave in droves this year. Many XBox layoffs, too.]
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Windows XP's afterlife shows copyright's copywrongs • The Register
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Is Outlook down? Thousands of users report problems with Microsoft's email platform
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Microsoft to pay $20 million to settle US charges for violating children's privacy
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday. The company had been charged with violating the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
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Microsoft expects $425 million privacy fine over LinkedIn ad targeting practices - OnMSFT.com
After the recent round of layoffs and even closing down its China app, InCareer, Microsoft’s employment-focused social network platform, is back in the headlines again. Last week, Microsoft revealed that it might incur a $425 million fine over alleged privacy violations by LinkedIn.
In 2018, the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) initiated an investigation to determine whether LinkedIn has been violating European data protection law regarding its targeted advertising practices.