The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, accusing the online shopping giant of not taking steps to prevent minors from making unauthorized applications found in mobile shopping.
The move had been expected since last week, when Amazon announced that it reached an agreement with U.S. authorities on the case. In a letter to the FTC last week, the company said it had already compensated parents who had complained, and was prepared to go to court.
On Thursday, Amazon said that what was said in the letter remains in effect, and that no further comments.
The dispute centers on games for children in the Kindle reader applications, where it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between real and virtual shopping cart.
When Amazon introduced the ability to purchase applications in 2011, a password is not needed to make a purchase. This changed in 2012, when Amazon began requiring a password for every major purchase of $ 20.
In 2013, the company updated its procurement system password but it was a period of time where a child could make a purchase, according to the FTC complaint.
A woman quoted in the paper said his daughter had accumulated 358.42 dollars (about four thousand 600 pesos) in unauthorized purchases on the Internet while playing.
The request requires the court to compel Amazon to compensate all affected consumers for unauthorized purchases, and prohibit the company to charge consumers for purchases not authorized.
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