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Company: Age of Learning, Inc. dba ABCmouse
Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: September 2, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Online children's education company Age of Learning, Inc., which operates ABCmouse, agreed to pay $10 million and change its negative option marketing and billing practices to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it made misrepresentations about cancellations and failed to disclose important information to consumers, leading tens of thousands of people to be renewed and charged for memberships without proper consent.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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