Back in July 2014, the FTC sued Amazon claiming that the company had allowed children to make in-app purchases without the consent of their parents. This past April, a judge ruled that Amazon did not warn or safeguard Appstore users about unauthorized in-app charges made by these minors using freemium apps. On Thursday, a federal judge ordered Amazon to set up a process that over a year would help reimburse parents for these charges.
When the FTC brought its original suit against Amazon in 2014, the government agency said that Amazon didn’t prevent kids from running up $86 million of unauthorized … – Source
Judge wants Amazon to refund unauthorized in-app purchases made by children
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