Amazon Pays $2.25 Million to Settle Federal Identity Theft Records Case
Amazon agreed to pay a record $2.25 million civil penalty and submit to a court injunction to resolve allegations it repeatedly denied identity theft victims access to transaction records they were legally entitled to receive under federal law. The Justice Department filed the complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, alleging Amazon knowingly violated Section 609(e) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which requires businesses to provide identity theft victims […]