The Federal Trade Commission has  been  probing  the  sign -up and  cancellation  practices  of Amazon Prime  starting  in March 2021 with the  allocation  of  civil  processes , the retail and tech  mammoth barred  in  a  request  to the  agency  filed  before  this month. 

The  solicitation  asks the FTC to  cancel , or  extend  the deadline for  answering ,  processes  transferred  last June to Bezos,  Amazon's  former  CEO, and  current  CEO Andy Jassy. It says the FTC" has  linked  no  legitimate  reason  for  demanding  their  evidence when it can  gain  the  same  information , and  more , from  other  substantiations  and  documents ." 

The  disquisition  has widened to  include  at least five  other  subscription  programs ,  according to Amazon Audible, Amazon Music, Kindle Unlimited, Subscribe & Save, and an  unidentified  third-  party  program  not  offered  by Amazon.

The  controllers are  asking  the  company  to  identify  the  number  of consumers who were  enrolled  in the  programs  without  giving  their  concurrence , among  other  client  information . In June,  agency  staff  sought  to  serve  processes  on  nearly  20