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Re:Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store by andrei_says_ on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:24AM (#12650417)
I also see the need for a company to be able to close an account for truly fraudulent activity and not disclose how they caught the misconduct.

I'm in no way implying that such activity happened in this case, just that the policy makes sense.

An appeal process should be in place though.

Re:Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store by Cthulhu_ on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:57AM (#12650513)
They don't need to disclose how they caught it, just what said misconduct was - going "yeah we're closing your account due to misconduct" is like fining someone for no reason. It'd be a violation of human rights if that happened, and in this particular case, it's potentially ruining someone financially.
Re:Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store by maccard on Thursday October 06, 2016 @07:54AM (#12651676)
It's not really - it's more akin to closing someone's bank account and saying "we're closing your account for misconduct" which does happen.
Re:Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store by andrei_says_ on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:20PM (#12656604)
Not disclosing the details for the reason could prevent a malicious actor to learn and improve their strategies.
Re:Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store by waterphone on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:09AM (#12652546)
Except false positives always happen, and when you have such a policy, innocent people are caught in the middle and face an accusation of vaguely defined misconduct with no details to use to try and appeal the incorrect accusation, because they don't even know what they're being accused of.