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FTC Alleges Amazon Billed Parents for Children's Unauthorized In-App Charges
2014-07-11 11:48:39| IT Services - Topix.net
Amazon.com is the latest company to face accusations that it profited from the sale of mobile services without the users permission.
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FTC Sues Amazon Over Accidental In-App Purchases
2014-07-11 02:37:59| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The FTC said unauthorized in-app purchases on the Amazon Appstore amounted to "millions of dollars of charges."
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FTC sues Amazon over in-app purchases
2014-07-11 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
U.S. regulator seeks refunds for millions of dollars of unauthorised charges incurred by children.
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FTC sues Amazon for unauthorised in-app charges
2014-07-10 19:59:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Amazon.com has billed parents and other account holders for millions of dollars in unauthorised in-app charges incurred by children, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed on 10 July in federal court. The FTC's lawsuit seeks a court order requiring refunds to consumers for the unauthorised charges and permanently banning the company from billing parents and other account holders for in-app charges without their consent. According to the complaint, Amazon keeps 30 percent of all in-app charges.
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U.S. lawmaker asks FTC to probe implications of Facebook 'big data' experiment
2014-07-10 13:47:48| InfoWorld: Top News
A U.S. senator has asked the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize the use of big data by Facebook and other Internet companies, following a controversy over a Facebook experiment on some of its users. "... I think the industry could benefit from a conversation about what are the appropriate rules of the road going forward," Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia said in a statement.
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