The CFPB’s lawsuit describes how ACTIVE automatically and unlawfully enrolled families into its discount club by using digital duplicity.

In December 1999, ActiveUSA and Racegate merged in a deal that brought TicketMaster City Search as a major investor and the combined entity became headquartered in La Jolla, Calif.[2] ACTIVE underwent a round of mergers and acquisitions in 1999 and 2000 with companies including: LeagueLink, Inc, Eteamz and Sierra Digital (RecWare).

[6][7] On September 30, 2013, ACTIVE announced it was to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.05 billion, completing the sale on November 15 of the same year, at which time the company's president, Darko Dejanovic, was named CEO.

[citation needed] In 2012, ACTIVE purchased StarCite, a strategic meetings management technology, and created the Business Solutions group.

[20] In 2009, IPICO won Frost & Sullivan's North American RFID Sports Technology Leadership of the Year Award.

[22] IPICO race timing chips have been used to track a variety of sporting events, including the Main Cross Country Festival of Champions.

[30] In August 2016, a computer breach of Active Network's system that processes online hunting and fishing license sales was announced.