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UK research shows kids run up 45 million euro on apps

In England, parents have had to fork out an estimated 30 million pounds for apps bought by their ...
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08.34 8 May 2013


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UK research shows kids run up 45 million euro on apps

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08.34 8 May 2013


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In England, parents have had to fork out an estimated 30 million pounds for apps bought by their children without permission - that's more than 45 million euro.

According to research, unauthorised purchases are putting an extra 52 euro on a typical monthly bill.

And it seems eight-year-olds are the biggest unintentional culprits.

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Danny Kitchen is five.

He racked up a bill of over 1700 pounds - or well over 2,500 euro - in just ten minutes on his parents' iPad.

His mother Sharon is staggered:


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