Agreed services company American Internet giant "Google", a response of up to 19 million dollars to customers who bought their children inadvertently many things through the procurement service within applications "An.ab" through smart phones and Tablet PC running Android .
According to the Federal Trade Commission that Google violated the American a free-trade clauses Act, which prohibits commercial practice "unfair" through the collection of the value of purchases services "An.ab" performed by children without the consent of their parents.
The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Edith Ramirez said in a statement: "become smart phones and Tablet PC part of everyday life for millions of American families, and with the increasing use of American technology has become important to remind companies that consumer protection laws are still in place, including the need to not be borne by consumers value Purchases did not agree with them. "
According to a statement on the body it Google contact customers "An.ab" stated value of purchases bought by their children within 15 days of completion of the transaction. If you can not Google response from the full amount of 19 million dollars to customers, the company would respond rest of the money to the Treasury.
The settlement will be open to the public comments until October 6 (October) and then the next Federal Trade Commission will decide whether to hold a final agreement with Google does not either.
Monitoring Trade Commission
The investigations Federal Trade Commission on the practices of Internet companies go back to 2011, when it decided to monitor the issue of procurement services sale online applications and resulted in a settlement worth 5.32 million dollars with Apple Electronics in January (second) past with moving the complaint federal against trade company electronic (Amazon) in July last year.
It is noteworthy that Google began providing service purchases "An.ab" to store applications its own in 2011, but it began to enforce the use of passwords to gain access to it in 2012, however, Google allows 30 minutes to buy without a password, which allows for the possibility of entry of children and do purchases large without knowing their loved ones.
It is noteworthy that the European Commission is also investigating the purchases "An.ab" in order to protect the consumer. In July last she ordered Google to delete the word "free" of all the games that contain Purchases "An.ab" and display the average prices of these purchases.
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