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Google to pay $19 million to refund kids' in-app purchases |
September 04, 2014
Google has agreed to pay at least US$19 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company unfairly billed Android mobile device owners for in-app purchases made by their children, the agency said Thursday.Google will provide full refunds to affected Android users, and it has agreed to change its billing practices to ensure that it obtains informed consent from customers before charging them for items sold within mobile apps, according to the FTC.The FTC this year has brought similar complaints against Apple and Amazon.com, and in March, Google customers filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for children’s in-app purchases.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2602760/google-to-pay-19-million-to-refund-kids-inapp-purchases.html#tk.rss_all
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