U.S. sues Amazon over purchases by kids using mobile apps | Reuters
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Reuters) - The U.S. government sued Amazon.com on Thursday for allowing children to collectively run up millions of dollars in purchases on the credit cards of their unsuspecting parents while playing mobile apps like “Tap Zoo” and “Ice Age Village.”
The lawsuit, filed by the Federal Trade Commission, seeks to make the online retailer refund money spent without parental permission and to end Amazon’s practice of allowing purchases without requiring a password or other mechanism that gives parents control over their accounts.
