Amazon is sued for free shopping system

U.S. authorities filed a lawsuit against Amazon web sales because of the lax system on purchase applications, which allowed minors to spend their money without the permission of their parents.

The Federal Trade Commission demands that the amount that was charged to the clients in an unauthorized way is given back to them, and that in total would go up to millions of dollars.safer

In addition, in the future shall establish a safer system shopping. In many free games are sold ‘lives’ or virtual ‘aid’ that children can buy from the devices without any problem and from their parents virtual accounts.

The Federal Trade Commission criticizes that when Amazon opened its app store it did not request a password. Even when this situation was changed it was made necessary only in cases of purchases of over $ 20.