Tag: unauthorized
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Apple Enacts App Store Returns Policy
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Following on from demands from EU authorities to better regulate in app purchases, Apple has enacted a new policy on digital stores which allows users to ‘return’ digital purchases made up to 14 days following the purchase. After what became quite the scandal for app stores, specifically Apple and Google ones, the move is expected…
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Google Pays Out Following App Lawsuit
The in app purchases problem in the tech industry has bubbled to the surface again this week, as Google has joined the list of companies having to pay out big money refunds for unauthorized purchases made on their app store. Growing pressure from courts and in the media has seen the problem coming to the…
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Facebook under scrutiny by FTC over user tracking allegations
Online human catalogue Facebook has found itself once again under scrutiny over user privacy concerns. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (abrev. EPIC) and a number of United States privacy groups have filed a complaint requesting that the popular Facebook site be probed by the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the social network ‘tracks’ it’s users…