Google to Cough Up $19M for Kids’ App Purchases
Google will pay no less than $19 million in refunds to customers whose children made in-app purchases from the Google Play store without their parents’ permission, the Federal Trade Commission said Friday.
The FTC’s announcement comes after a period of public comment following Google’s agreement to settle the case this past September.
According to the commission, when Google first launched in-app charges to its store in 2011, the tech giant billed customers for inadvertent purchases made without passwords or any form of authorization.
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