Epic Games Scores Partial Arbitration of Minors’ Privacy Suit

Six out of seven plaintiffs in a proposed class action alleging Epic Games Inc. unlawfully collected the personal information of minors must take their claims before an arbitrator, a federal court ruled.

The six plaintiffs all played Epic’s popular Fortnite video game through accounts they themselves created. It’s up to an arbitrator to decide whether they were still bound by the arbitration clause in the Epic End User License Agreement despite their renouncing of the EULA and the arbitration agreement when they filed the lawsuit, Judge Robert S. Huie of the US District Court for the Southern District of California ...