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« on: January 17, 2014, 02:00:03 pm »

Apple's kiddie app deal stirs controversy at the FTC

Sharp dissent among the commissioners who extracted a $32.5M settlement out of Apple.

<p>FORTUNE -- There's fun to be had reading the documents that came with the Federal Trade Commission's announcement Wednesday that it had cut a $32.5 million deal with Apple (AAPL).</p>
<p>Apple was charged with letting kids spend millions on in-app purchases without their parents' consent. The company grudgingly agreed to settle.</p>
<p>The FTC's press release described the consent decree as a MORE<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tech.fortune.cnn.com&blog=8466345&post=131613&subd=fortunebrainstormtech&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~4/kH7hKvSdWAs" height="1" width="1"/>

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