February 03, 2016
Amazon.com Inc. told a Washington federal judge Tuesday to throw out the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's request for an injunction in a suit over charges for in-app purchases made by children, claiming that it already changed its policies before the agency sued.
October 19, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday continued to blast Amazon over its failure to produce nearly 200,000 recordings of consumer complaints about unauthorized in-app charges, arguing that an agreement between the parties meant to protect customer privacy cannot be used to shield the vital evidence.
October 14, 2015
Amazon on Tuesday hit back at the Federal Trade Commission's request for close to 200,000 recordings of customers complaining of in-app charges carried out by children, telling a Washington federal court to reject the request because it would violate customer privacy.
September 29, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission urged a Washington federal court Monday to require Amazon.com Inc. to hand over recordings of consumers complaining about in-app charges, which the regulator says the online retailer failed to reveal over the past year of discovery in litigation over kids' unauthorized in-app purchases.
September 15, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal court last week to resist attempts by Amazon.com Inc. to grill the agency about Apple Inc.'s business practices, saying its investigation into Apple isn't relevant to the suit against Amazon over kids' unauthorized in-app purchases.
August 04, 2015
A Washington federal judge on Monday sided with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in its bid to pry information out of Amazon.com Inc., ordering the retailer to provide contact information of parents who were denied refunds for in-app purchases allegedly made by their children without their consent.
July 07, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission urged a Washington federal judge on Monday to force Amazon.com Inc. to reveal the identities of potential witnesses whose children made unauthorized in-app purchases and other information that the agency says Amazon has attempted to conceal with "boilerplate burden objections."
June 30, 2015
Amazon.com on Monday shot back at the Federal Trade Commission's bid to compel the Internet giant to disclose the names of "potentially thousands" of its customers in the agency's suit challenging charges for children's in-app purchases, saying the FTC's request would needlessly violate customers' privacy.
December 01, 2014
A Washington federal judge on Monday nixed Amazon.com's attempt to escape a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission challenging charges for children's in-app purchases, saying the agency's suit made a plausible claim and was not brought under a new legal principle.
October 06, 2014
Amazon.com Inc. said on Friday that the government is overreaching in its lawsuit challenging unauthorized in-app purchases made by children, arguing that its terms of service for the Android app store absolve it of potential liability.