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A Norwegian group filed a complaint with regulators, saying Amazon had deliberately made it difficult to end memberships to its Prime service. Groups in Europe and the U.S. back the effort.

The social media company said the agency was examining whether it had misused people’s personal information to serve ads.

Small businesses say the Twitter chief’s other company is holding on to 30 percent of their customers’ payments during the pandemic.

Sometimes products are in stock. Sometimes they aren’t. And delivery times vary widely. A virus-fueled surge in orders has created chaos behind the scenes, and confusion for customers.

The proposed penalties are among the largest the F.C.C. has sought in years, and come after the data was misused by rogue law enforcement officers and others.

The lawsuit says that Google, the top tech brand in public schools, used its educational products to spy on students.

Norwegian research raises questions about whether certain ways of sharing of information violate data privacy laws in Europe and the United States.

The United States is virtually the only developed nation without a comprehensive consumer data protection law and an independent agency to enforce it.

Members of Congress questioned whether the power of Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon could hurt consumer privacy.

Even amid a bipartisan backlash against tech companies, lawmakers have struggled to channel that into a federal privacy law.

The leaders of Californians for Consumer Privacy say they want to amend the law, which goes into effect next year, through a ballot initiative.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center says the deal would unfairly dismiss thousands of complaints against the tech giant.