Deadline to file claim in $2.5B settlement over Amazon Prime coming soon
Amazon settled with the Federal Trade Commission last year after the company was accused of using “deceptive methods” to register millions of customers for paid Prime subscriptions, then making it difficult for those customers to cancel. Prime member who signed up for Prime between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025. You also had to have “unintentionally” signed up with Amazon’s “challenged enrollment flow” or tried and failed to cancel your subscription.
- ▪Amazon settled with the Federal Trade Commission last year after the company was accused of using “deceptive methods” to register millions of customers for paid Prime subscriptions, then making it difficult for those customers to cancel.
- ▪Prime member who signed up for Prime between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025.
- ▪You also had to have “unintentionally” signed up with Amazon’s “challenged enrollment flow” or tried and failed to cancel your subscription.
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Business Deadline to file claim in $2.5B settlement over Amazon Prime coming soon Comments: by Addy Bink - 07/24/26 9:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Addy Bink - 07/24/26 9:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING (NEXSTAR) – Those who were impacted by the alleged “deceptive methods” Amazon used for Prime subscriptions have just days to file a claim to receive part of a $2.5 billion settlement. Amazon settled with the Federal Trade Commission last year after the company was accused of using “deceptive methods” to register millions of customers for paid Prime subscriptions, then making it difficult for those customers to cancel.
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