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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€2.13bnTotal of monetary amounts
€2.13bnLargest single case: Amazon.com, Inc.
€2.13bnMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

25 Sep 2025 Amazon.com, Inc.Amazon pays 2.5 billion USD in FTC settlement over Prime sign-up and cancellation hurdles USAInformation duties in online retail €2.13bn

According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Amazon used confusing order screens to push millions of customers into Prime subscriptions without their consent and deliberately made cancellation difficult. The settlement comprises a civil penalty of 1 billion USD and 1.5 billion USD in refunds, as well as a clear decline button and simple cancellation.

What organisations can take from it

Subscription sign-ups require an equally prominent option to decline and a cancellation process that is as simple as signing up.

Relevance to training and awareness

Dark patterns and subscription design in product design

Authority / court
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
Legal basis
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA); Section 5 FTC Act
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Retail and e-commerce
Employees
10,000 or more
Liability of senior managers
The press release names Senior Vice President Neil Lindsay and Vice President Jamil Ghani.
Published
25 Sep 2025

Original amount 2,500,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Sep 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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