A class action lawsuit was filed against Google on behalf of all parents in the United States who saw their credit reports cards να χρεώνονται από το Play Store μετά από αγορές εικονικών νομισμάτων ή περιεχομένου που έγιναν ακούσια από τα παιδιά τους όταν έπαιζαν δωρεάν ή εξαιρετικά χαμηλού κόστους games on smartphones and tablets. The complaint is that Google promoted free-to-play games and allowed these expensive purchases with lax restrictions on in-app purchases.
Specifically, the complaint describes how children are asked to buy virtual coins to continue the game, even worth 100 real dollars. Google allows registered Play Store users to make in-app and in-app purchases after entering a code. However, as stated in the lawsuit, Google stipulates that when o code entered there is a 30 minute window to use it freely without having to type it in again. During this window, in-app purchases can charge up to $100 to the guardian's credit card.
The lawsuit Imber-Gluck v. Google Inc. was filed by Berger & Montague, PC, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC, Carpenter Law Group, and Patterson Law Group, APC in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Apple was forced to return 32,5 millions dollars to millions of customers of the App Store, the app store for iPhones and iPads. And this as it was judged that the purchases had been made through game applications by their children, without the conscious consent of the owners of the (overinflated) accounts. The case involves in-app purchases before 2011, when Apple changed its policy that allowed unlimited charges to a linked credit card within 15 minutes of entering a code.
To maintain control over purchases through apps or even games on tablets and smartphones, Apple and Google have adopted a similar tactic. THE user he must set up his system to require a code to charge his credit card. What differs is how often a code will be requested for so-called in-app purchases and who bears responsibility for unintended purchases.
"In-app purchases": Finally note how the Play Store has added the ability to see if the app has in-app purchases, that is, if the child will be invited to make purchases through the app.
