Google will soon begin to contact customers who made in-app purchases on Android devices about potential refunds under a settlement of an unfair billing complaint by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

The FTC said Friday that it has given final approval to a settlement of at least US$19 million proposed in September. In its September complaint against Google the FTC accused the company of allowing children to make repeated in-app purchases through apps available on Google’s Play store without parental permission.

The $19 million settlement is targeted at Google account holders whose children made unauthorized in-app purchases. Google is responsible for the entire cost of those in-app purchases, according to the settlement.

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