With 'click to cancel' rule, FTC wants to solve subscription headache
Trapped in a recurring payment for a subscription or membership you no longer need? Breaking up is about to get easier thanks to the FTC.
The FTC Is Making It Easier to Get out of Online Subscriptions
As the FTC announced today, the final “click-to-cancel” rule will require any company selling a recurring subscription online to make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up in the first place. The rule will go into effect about six months from now.
FTC adopts ‘click to cancel’ rule to make it easier to end subscriptions, mirroring California law
A divided Federal Trade Commission adopted a powerful rule Thursday that requires companies to make it just as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one.
Government to Punish Companies That Make It Hard to Cancel Subscriptions
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted a 'click to cancel' rule to force companies to make the cancellation process easy.
Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, the FTC says in a new rule
The "click-to-cancel" rule, now finalized by the Federal Trade Commission, aims to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships. Companies argue that the agency overstepped its authority.
FTC takes on subscription traps with 'click to cancel' rule
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission adopted a final rule on Wednesday requiring businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up, in the agency's last major rulemaking before the Nov.
Avoid the ‘Doom Loop’: New rule makes it easier to cancel subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission approved a new rule this week that should make it easier for you to cancel a subscription you no longer want. The “Click to Cancel” rule tells businesses what they must do and can no longer do to their subscribers.
The FTC is making it easier to cancel subscriptions. Here’s what to know.
The agency’s “click to cancel” rule requires that subscription services can be canceled in as many steps as it takes to sign up for them.
FTC orders companies to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up for them
A new government rule says canceling subscriptions and memberships has to be as easy for consumers as signing up for them.
How to Cancel a Subscription Online Even When the Company Doesn’t Want You To
You enter some info, punch in those credit card numbers, and shazam! A subscription is born. The reverse isn’t always the case. Many companies make cancelling their services way harder than subscribing,
New FTC rule simplifies subscription cancellations
The FTC's new rule mandates easier cancellation of memberships and subscriptions, requiring companies to offer the same method for cancellation as sign-up.
America's nightmare of never-ending subscriptions
Companies are using shadowy sign-up tactics and difficult cancelation processes to keep Americans trapped in subscriptions.
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