Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program

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In a settlement with the FTC, Amazon will have to pay out over a billion dollars to US customers for “deceptive” sign-up and cancellation processes. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

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Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a FTC suit which claimed that sign-ups + cancellations for Prime are manipulative and confusing In the words of one Amazon customer quoted in an earlier court filing: "IT IS SNEAKY AND BLOODY DISHONEST&quo

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Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

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The Federal Trade Commission is forcing Amazon to hand over $2.5 billion in total, with $1.5 billion going to consumers that were lured into deceptive Prime signups.

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Amazon Ordered to Pay $2.5B Over Misleading Prime Subscriptions Amazon has agreed to pay a massive $2.5 billion US ($3.48 billion CAD) after U.S. regulators accused the company of tricking people into signing up for Prime and then making it a nightmare t

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Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it used deceptive tactics to enroll consumers in Prime and made cancellations unnecessarily difficult. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

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