Google refunding $19m to those whose kids bought in-app purchases

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The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Google to pay $19 million (about £11.6m) to those whose children mistakenly bought in-app purchases.
This covers purchases made back from 2011, when in-app purchases were first introduced on Google's service. The FTC deemed these a violation as they were a commercial practice that charges consumers for purchases made by their children.
The FTC initially took issue with Google's failure to ask for a password or proper authorisation when buying in-app purchases. Google then added a password verification screen in 2012, but this failed to note the exact amount the transaction would be, and worse, that all transactions would remain accessible without re-entering a password for the next half-hour.
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