Amazon Might Owe You 51. Here's How to Find Out if You're Eligible

WIRED 

Here's How to Find Out if You're Eligible 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. Amazon customers with a Prime subscription will soon be able to make claims online for their share of the $1.5 billion the company is being ordered to pay to users in the United States. Amazon now has to "provide $1.5 billion in refunds back to consumers harmed by their deceptive Prime enrollment practices," according to a press release from the FTC. The total settlement with the FTC is $2.5 billion, which includes a $1 billion penalty owed to the government. "There was no admission of guilt in this settlement by the company or any executives," says Alisa Carroll, an Amazon spokesperson, in an email sent to WIRED on Thursday after the decision was released.