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Apple To Refund Unauthorized In-App Purchases

posted by n1 on Thursday March 27 2014, @10:30PM   
from the apples-making-lemonade dept.

sootman writes:

Apple has sent an email out to iTunes users informing them that if a child has made an unauthorized in-app purchase, the money may be refunded.

We've heard from some customers that it was too easy for their kids to make in-app purchases. As a result, we've improved controls for parents so they can better manage their children's purchases, or restrict them entirely. Additionally, we are offering refunds in certain cases. Our records show that you made some in-app purchases, and if any of these were unauthorized purchases by a minor, you might be eligible for a refund from Apple.

They go on to describe a process where you can look at your purchase history and mark any that you'd like a refund on if they were made by minors. The program will run until April 15, 2015.

This comes as a result of an agreement between Apple and the FTC earlier this year.

• App Permissions (Score: 4, Interesting) by GungnirSniper on Thursday March 27 2014, @11:40PM

  by GungnirSniper (1671) on Thursday March 27 2014, @11:40PM (#22376) Journal

  Too bad it is against the business model of any app store to make blocking in-app payments as easy as a permissions issue.

  Maybe Blackberry will do so since their business customer base could like such a feature.

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