Google will return $ 19 million to parents whose children made rash in-game purchases

The topic of in-game purchases in applications for smartphones has been raised more than once on Habré and Geekah. Indeed, quite recently (before the corporation updated the credit card settings), a child could take a tablet or phone of a parent, with a credit card tied to an account, and make a lot of fun shopping.

Some kids, without knowing it (or not thinking about the consequences), were spending thousands of dollars of parental money to buy another sword or skate in any toy for Android or iOS. Parents of these children repeatedly appealed to the court, the authorities, and it worked.
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The US Federal Trade Commission has entered into a reimbursement agreement with Google for parents whose children have made rash purchases. The amount of the return (for all parents, there may be thousands) is 19 million US dollars. Now the corporation is sending letters to its users, who may have suffered because of the in-game purchases of their children.



Apple is also returning funds to parents in a similar fashion. The amount that Apple is going to return to victims, is 32.5 million US dollars . The return of funds by the corporation is not made as a gesture of goodwill, but by decision of the same US Federal Trade Commission.