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Apple Hit with Class Action Lawsuit over In-App Purchases
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2011/04/18 09:52
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Apple’s in-app purchasing policies have been challenged by a Pennsylvania man, Garen Meguerian, who claims that the Cupertino-based technology firm’s concerned policies are supporting unauthorized purchases.
Garen Meguerian, a father of two girls, filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple in a Northern California district court, claiming that Apple unlawfully targets children and entices them to purchase expensive virtual goods from the iTunes App Store.
Meguerian says that Apple’s in-app purchasing policies allowed his nine-year-old daughter to purchase virtual goods worth roughly $200 without permission.
Explaining the problem, Meguerian says that after entering a password to download an app a user gets a fifteen-minute window to make in-app purchases without entering the password again.
Meguerian adds that the in-app purchase policies allow "unlawful exploitation" of children and their parents’ wallets.
This is not the first time when Apple is feeling the brunt of parents’ criticism over its in-app purchasing policies. A few months back, the Washington Post reported that an eight-year-old child racked up $1,400 in in-app charges while playing Capcom's "Smurfs' Village" game |
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Class action or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued. This form of collective lawsuit originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U.S. phenomenon, at least the U.S. variant of it. In the United States federal courts, class actions are governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule. Since 1938, many states have adopted rules similar to the FRCP. However, some states like California have civil procedure systems which deviate significantly from the federal rules; the California Codes provide for four separate types of class actions. As a result, there are two separate treatises devoted solely to the complex topic of California class actions. Some states, such as Virginia, do not provide for any class actions, while others, such as New York, limit the types of claims that may be brought as class actions. They can construct your law firm a brand new website, lawyer website templates and help you redesign your existing law firm site to secure your place in the internet. |
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