The $2.5 billion settlement is made up of a $1 billion civil penalty paid to the government, the largest ever involving an ...

The FTC says Amazon used deceptive tactics to get customers to sign up for Prime and then made it difficult for them to cancel.

Amazon will issue $1.5 billion in refunds as part of an FTC settlement, with up to 35 million customers getting compensation.

Amazon has agreed to pay what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called a "historic" $2.5 billion settlement after being ...

Amazon signed up users for Prime without their consent and made it unusually difficult to cancel the subscription, leading to ...

The FTC accused Amazon in 2023 of enrolling tens of millions of customers into Prime using “sophisticated subscription traps designed to manipulate consumers into enrolling in Prime” ...

Amazon is under fire for allegedly tricking people into signing up for their Prime subscriptions, and making it hard for them to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission landed a historic $2.5 billion ...

Businesses making negative option or auto-renewal subscription offers, beware: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) enforcement is alive and well in 2025. Although the U.S.